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Stop taking legal advice from domain investors

June 15, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

I have said it before but it always seems to come back up, don't take legal advice from a domainer with no legal background. Of course no one wants to pay money each and every time a potential issue comes up. But either you are running a business or you have a hobby or even worse you are just buying raffle tickets that have a one year shelf life. If you have assets you consider important/valuable, you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domaining 101, Intellectual Property

Winning the UDRP doesn’t always mean you’re done

March 21, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

When a bad UDRP decision comes down against a domain owner, like the one on ADO.com, comments flood in to go to court, win it back there. Well that's a two way street, companies follow that same premise. I read a very good post on IPLegalCorner.com by Gerald M. Levine. The post discusses something that over the years I have written on Namepros about to less than experienced domain investors. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domaining 101, Intellectual Property, UDRP

BrandBucket.org launches and files for TM

December 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

A Norwegian man has filed a trademark application for brandbucket. The applicant has registered the domain name brandbucket.org. From Trademarkia: Status Update! On Saturday, December 3, 2016, status on the BRANDBUCKET trademark changed to NEW APPLICATION FILED. On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for BRANDBUCKET by Ruben Botn-Jørgensen, Kolbotn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Intellectual Property

Go Daddy Vs The Oscars – Up to $30 million at stake

June 24, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Go Daddy Vs The Oscars I have been following this case for close to five years, Go Daddy and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been engaged in a battle for over 5 years on whether or not Go Daddy is at fault for allowing their customers to register domains that infringe on The Oscars brand name. It is interesting to note that Go Daddy claims to have only made $350 from the 293 domains … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Go Daddy, Intellectual Property

Amazon Demands Website Owner Turn Over Domain

July 29, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The owner of FireTvNews.com wrote on his website that Amazon has demanded the domain name from him, he said they also asked for the Facebook page to be deleted. He has said he is going to comply as he is just a one man show, the domain has not yet transferred but it does redirect to a new domain, AFTVnews.com. The owner moved the website content to the new domain that was registered on 7/21/14. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Intellectual Property

Upstart NJ Tech Firm Just May Have the Midas Touch When it Comes to Intangible Assets

September 11, 2013 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: Raymond Hackney A press release came out this morning from a company who says they just may have the "Midas Touch" when it comes to intangilble assets such as domains. Innosolutions LLC should really get on who put out there press release as the web address listed in the PR is a typo. Of course we all make mistakes but you really need to be spot on about your domain when you are talking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domain Monetization, Domain Sales, Intellectual Property

An Inside look at the most hated company in tech

August 22, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Cnet did a very detailed and lengthy piece on Intellectual Ventures. Who is Intellectual Ventures ? Intellectual Ventures was founded by two Microsoft veterans in 2000. Since it was founded,Intellectual Ventures has -- through $5 billion in investment funds and its own brainstorming efforts -- collected nearly 70,000 "intellectual assets" on technologies ranging from nuclear power to camera … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Intellectual Property, Web/Tech

How Victoria’s Secret Learned About Domain Law

August 21, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH David Mitnick from DomainSkate.com wrote an article on Digiday.com that went into great detail about how Victoria's Secret lost a domain arbitration with a brothel in Australia. The article goes on to warn brands they need to be careful about the new tld launch. David Mitnick wrote: But do pay attention to the new global top-level domains. Over 1,900 applications were filed for new top-level … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Intellectual Property, New Tlds

Forbes: “Time Is Running Out For SOPA Opponents Congressmen Warn At CES 2012”

January 12, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Forbes posted an article that quotes two congressman Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). They spoke at CES in Las Vegas. Taken from the article: “This is a crucial window here for those who want to see the Net come out of this debate without this enormous collateral damage” caused by the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, Wyden told conference-goers. “We are not prepared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Intellectual Property, TM, Web/Tech

Apple wants ipods.com

June 3, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

TechCrunch has reported that Apple has woke up after a nine year nap and wants ipods.com Yesterday, Apple lodged a complaint, positing that the domain name should be transfered over to them. Apple of course owns the ‘iPod’ trademark, so my guess it the dispute will be resolved rather rapidly. The company currently owns iPod.com, iPhone.com, iTunes.com, iMac.com, iWork.com and many other related domain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Intellectual Property Tagged With: apple, Domain Names, ipods, Mp3, music

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