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ICANN throws out second .org appeal, so URS stays

The Uniform Rapid Suspension process is to stay in .org, after the ICANN board of directors rejected an appeal from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF had challenged the inclusion of URS in the recently renegotiated .org Registry Agreement, on...

December 18, 2019 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, ethos, isoc, reconsideration, rfr, URS

Wasn’t aware of the trademark : #UDRP response actually helped save the #domain

The registrant of practicesnapshot.com is a dental studio that instructed one of its employees to register the domain in 2016. Apparently, the words “practice snapshot” have nothing to do with hockey, but it’s about providing software...

December 11, 2019 DomainGang deny transfer, Domain Law, practicesnapshot.com

#Localvore .com : #Domain age beat #UDRP despite registered trademark

The domain Localvore.com was registered in 2006, and its Registrant used it consistently with food-related guide services since then. In 2012, another company began to use the term, and managed to register LOCALVORE TODAY, and in 2017 LOCALVORE with th...

December 6, 2019 DomainGang Domain Law, localvore, Localvore.com

Former NTIA chief Redl now working for Amazon

David Redl, the former head of the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration has joined Amazon as an internet governance advisor, I’ve learned. I don’t know whether he’s taken a full-time job or is a contractor, bu...

November 6, 2019 Kevin Murphy acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac, icann 66

America has Amazon’s back in gTLD fight at ICANN 66

The United States looks set to stand in the way of government attempts to further delay Amazon’s application for .amazon. US Governmental Advisory Committee representative Ashley Heineman said today that the US “does not support further GAC...

November 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac, icann 66, montral

Lawyer labels domain investing “Anticipatory Cybersquatting”

Article published by ABA could lead trademark holders astray. I was doing some research this weekend when I came across an article published by American Bar Association in June. The article by Tamara Kurtzman, a California attorney, rails against the practice of buying domain names for future sale to companies that may want to use […]

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October 14, 2019 Andrew Allemann Anticybersquating Consumer Protection Act, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Crunch time, again, for Whois access policy

Talks seeking to craft a new policy for allowing access to private Whois data have hit another nodal point, with the community now pressuring the ICANN board of directors for action. The Whois working group has more or less decided that a centralized m...

October 14, 2019 Kevin Murphy burger, Domain Policy, epdp, gdpr, icann 66, law enforcement, ssad

Pablo #Escobar .com : A $3,000,000 asking price led to #UDRP loss for this 20 year old #domain

The domain PabloEscobar.com was registered in 1999, as an exact match of a deceased Colombian drug lord’s name. Pablo Escobar’s notoriety has been portrayed in several movies and in the highly-acclaimed Netflix drama series, “Narcos.&...

October 9, 2019 DomainGang Domain Law, Pablo Escobar, PabloEscobar.com

#TechTrends .com : A 2002 #domain was challenged via the #UDRP process

TechTrends.com is clearly a generic domain, and was registered in 2002. Its Korean registrant intended to set up a tech industry news magazine. They did so in 2018. By 2007, Association for Educational Communications and Technology had trademarked TECH...

October 2, 2019 DomainGang Domain Law, techtrends, techtrends.com

Killed by #Google: Does this #domain pass the “fair use” requirement?

When it comes down to using famous brands in domain names, the basic response is: Don’t do it, bro. Most such cases end up in a swift UDRP decision favoring the Complainant – the company whose trademark was infringed upon. But is there a &#...

September 25, 2019 DomainGang fair use, Killed by Google, KilledByGoogle.com

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