AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Blog
This blawg highlights national news items about purchases and sales of domain names, as well as lawsuits involving allegations of domain name theft.
Author: Enrico Schaefer is the founder of Traverse Law in Traverse City, Mich. He also authors The Greatest American Lawyer, Domain Name Dispute Blog and Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Trademark Law • Internet Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Blog
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Cybersquatting Continues To Be The # 1 Method By Which Consumer Fraud Is Perpetrated
According to Markmonitor, cybersquatting continues to be the preferred method of online fraud. Linking a website with a major name brand or trademark, increases the likelihood that consumers will be confused. When consumers fail to…
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Eric Goldman Interview: Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted (Part 2)
Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before joining the SCU faculty in 2006, he was an Assistant…
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Professor Eric Goldman on Domain Name Exceptionalism - Is Special Treatment Warranted? (Part 1)
Eric Goldman is an Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also directs the school's High Tech Law Institute. Before joining the SCU faculty in 2006, he was an Assistant…
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Handling Trademark Challenges in an Online World
Get the latest information on trademark issues implicated in the launching of online advertising campaigns, including the purchase of keywords, buying display ads, developing and protecting taglines, and acquiring associated domain names. Moderator: Russell Pangborn,…
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Cybersquatting American International Group
DomainFight.net reports the following Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Proceedings brought by American International Group, Inc. (AIG), on October 8, 2006. DomainTools.com reports the following typographical variations of “AIGInsurance”, most of which are cybersquatted…
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Domain Name Dispute Update: Cybersquatting Trademark Protected .net Domain Names
A search of the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy decisions by WIPO and NAF of .net domains reveals the following results. It is no surprise that .net domains are heavily cybersquatted along with the…
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Pluto Domain Services Found To Have Engaged In a Pattern of Bad Faith Cybersquatting
Domainfight.net provides the following returns for “Pluto Domain Services” as a respondent in UDRP arbitrations. There is no question that Pluto Domain Services is a habitual cybersquatter under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.…
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Domainers Take A Stand Against Cybersquatting: Rick Schwartz’s Silicon Valley TRAFFIC Show Will Focus on Eliminating Cybersquatters from the Community.
There was time when cybersquatting was pursued vigor as business model. After trademark attorneys and their clients turned up the heat, attitudes changed somewhat. Domainers sought to clean their portfolios of cybersquatted domains in order…
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Cybersquatting the Microsoft Brand: Getting Tough on Trademark Infringement
There has been significant commentary recently on bulletin boards and within the domainer community about Microsoft Corporation's stepped-up online brand protection efforts. Microsoft has been aggressively pursuing any and all domain registrants who have registered…
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DOMAINfest Opening Remarks by Oversee President Jeff Kupietzky About the Opportunities in a Down Domain Name Market
Are you wondering what Oversee's President Jeff Kupietzky's thinks the opportunities are in this down domain name market? Here is a audio clip of his opening remarks live from DOMAINfest in Hollywood, California. (transcript to…