Domain Name Law Show number 129 outline: A. Show Intro by Todd 1. Greet Audience and Introduce Co-Hosts 2. Make General Announcements 3. Share Show Agenda B. Domain Name Legal News 1. X takes @music Handle from User with a Half Million Followers (CNBC) Are social media handles considered property in… Continue reading Domain Name Law Show #129
Domain Name Law Show #128
In Domain law show number 128, we talk about subject matter jurisdiction under the ACPA after a foreign trademark holder wins a UDRP against a domain registered in the USA. Magistrate Judge McCarthy is not sure that there’s any federal jurisdiction after the Abitron v Hetronic SCOTUS decision. SHOW #128 (SHOW LINK) Tuesday, August 1,… Continue reading Domain Name Law Show #128
Was the RoadLaw.com UDRP Transfer Decision Wrong?
A WIPO panel of arbitrators ordered the transfer of roadlaw.com to a US trademark owner of the words ROAD LAW. The trademark owner filed a UDRP complaint with WIPO to set the process in motion. You can read the roadlaw.com udrp transfer decision here: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2023/d2023-1117.pdf The Complainant’s trademark registration for ROAD LAW is US Reg.… Continue reading Was the RoadLaw.com UDRP Transfer Decision Wrong?
Domain Name Law Show No. 127
Tune into the Domain Name Law at 6 pm Eastern, on Tuesdays. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 on Clubhouse @ 3pm PST/6pm EST (SHOW LINK) Show Outline A. Show Intro by Todd 1. Greet Audience and Introduce Co-Hosts 2. Make General Announcements 3. Share Show Agenda B. Domain Name Legal News 1. Internet Commerce… Continue reading Domain Name Law Show No. 127
Verisign seeks to double the wholesale cost of .net domain names
Verisign seeks to double the wholesale cost of .net domain names. This represents a huge cost on entrepreneurs, small businesses, brand owners and domain investors. Why should ICANN recklessly award this $130M -> $260M monopoly to Verisign? Furthermore, the annual rise in wholesale fees for maintaining registrations for .net domain names is completely unjustified and… Continue reading Verisign seeks to double the wholesale cost of .net domain names
Domain Law Show #89
The Domain Law Show Agenda for October 25, 2022 Clubhouse Domain Law Club Link: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/domain-name-law ICA Membership Offer / Meeting (https://www.internetcommerce.org/blog/announcing-the-2023-ica-member-meeting-january-22-24-at-resorts-world-las-vegas/) NEWS ICANN says Ombudsman cannot be an avenue of appeal for UDRP https://domainincite.com/28361-you-cant-appeal-a-udrp-appeal-icann-ombudsman-says/embed#?secret=vevKKKhxTZ#?secret=u89M6nTAeU Coca Cola RDNH https://domainnamewire.com/2022/10/25/coca-cola-bottler-tries-to-reverse-hijack-kof-com/embed/#?secret=npI1s6mBsw#?secret=F463JUpK4JCoca-Cola bottler tries to reverse hijack kof.com The kof.com Complaint was denied and the Panel declares that the… Continue reading Domain Law Show #89
Floridafamilyinsurance.com URDP decision review
An ADR Forum UDRP panelist, Ho-Hyun Nahm, Esq., ordered the transfer of the domain floridafamilyinsurance.com to the Complainant based on some questionable allegations about the Complainant’s trademark rights. UDRP Decision Summary The Complainant’s Trademark registrations FLORIDA FAMILY INSURANCE US Registration Number: 3997659 FLORIDA FAMILY US Registration Number: 2521396 FLORIDA FAMILY US Registration Number: 3997657 Florida Family Insurance Services, LLC… Continue reading Floridafamilyinsurance.com URDP decision review