Last November I published an article about the Supreme Court agreeing to hear an appeal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The case centers around Booking.com and their desire to get a trademark on “Booking.com”. Wendy Davis of MediaPost wrote: The U.S. Patent and Trade Office refused to grant the company a trademark, arguing […]
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U.S. Supreme Court to consider blocking Booking.com trademark
Reuters reported that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. Federal courts have rejected trademarks for other similar names, such as hotels.com, mattress.com and lawyers.com. From the article: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a bid by a federal agency to prevent the popular […]
Continue ReadingFounder of Squadhelp interviewed at Inc
Darpan Munjal is the founder of Squadhelp, a company that helps people name their business. The naming platform has become very popular over the last year at Namepros with many members submitting names there. For the 2nd Time, Squadhelp.com has made the Inc. 500, Ranking No. 274 Mr. Munjal was interviewed for the upcoming issue […]
Continue ReadingAvoiding trademark trouble is always the right advice
So there is a member on Namepros that asked for advice on a name that they thought might be a problem intellectual property wise. The name was getvisacard.com, members of the community advised against the name and the member had the registration cancelled. Now they are having second thoughts, wondering if they made a mistake […]
Continue ReadingDomainer who won a UDRP 6 years ago now has a 50,000 Euro payday
The top sale this week on Sedo was AppleGreen.com for 50,000 Euros or $56,005. The domain still points to Sedo parking page but when I checked the whois on DomainIQ all the info is redacted for GDPR except for the country and that shows IE, (Ireland). There is a website at applegreen.ie. Well that leads […]
Continue ReadingStop taking legal advice from domain investors
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 […]
Continue ReadingWinning the UDRP doesn’t always mean you’re done
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 […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket.org launches and files for TM
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 […]
Continue ReadingGo Daddy Vs The Oscars – Up to $30 million at stake
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 […]
Continue ReadingAmazon Demands Website Owner Turn Over Domain
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 […]
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