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James Brown estate doesn’t “feel good” after domain dispute

Godfather of Soul’s domain name can stay with management company.
The estate of James Brown has lost a domain arbitration case for the domain name JamesBrown.com.
The domain is owned by LAC ...

National Car Rental sues over National.com typo – a domain it doesn’t even own

Car rental company demands typo of National.com, a domain it doesn’t even own.
Vanguard Trademark Holdings, which owns the National car rental brand, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) ...

Shuzi seller loses battle for Shuzi.com

A Shuzi bracelet is supposed to work miracles, but it doesn’t have powers to “steal” domain names.
ShuziQi, which sells “Shuzi” bracelets, has lost a domain dispute ...

USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING

Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner.
On Wednesday I posted a list of 115 trademark applications that could be related to new top level domains, along with their current ...

WIPO gives Twitter popular typo Twittr.com

Twitter gets typo of its Twitter.com domain name.
A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded Twitter the domain name Twittr.com in a uniform domain name dispute resolution policy ...

115 Top level domain trademarks and their current status

I’ve made plenty of commotion about companies filing for trademarks on future top level domain names. It always seems that they’re successfully pulling a fast one on the U.S. Patent ...

Doh! AARP lawyer forgets to attach screenshot, loses case

AARP wins two cases for similar domain names but loses third.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) just received determinations in three cases it filed for aarpdiscounts.info, ...

Some legal advice: LegalAdvice.org is generic

Panel rules against company claiming rights to LegalAdvice.org.
A company called Capitalism, Inc. didn’t quite get the legal advice it needed in a recent UDRP case.
The company asked a ...

SOPA goes to Ireland

Ireland may enact a SOPA-like law without much debate.
The Stop Online Piracy Act in America may be “dead” for now, but the United States isn’t the only country that wants to ...

USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning

Cancels two approvals, more to come?
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level ...

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