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| USPTO Sued over Patent Office Appointment |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 8:41 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| House and Senate leadership, and senior staff on legislative policy and strategy, including judiciary issues such as intellectual property protection, the Web site said. Peterlin also served as general counsel to Richard Armey, majority leader of the House of Representatives, the Web site said. She clerked on the Fifth Circuit Court of |
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| Firefox Takes IE Down Another Notch |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 7:44 pm |
| Tags: Domain Names Domains, Google, Ip Issues, Microsoft, Monetization, The Power Of The Internet, Type In Traffic, Web Tech |
| Danno sends spicy headline and link: ""FYI...July 17http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39167861,00.htm?r=1Best,Dan""" ***FS*** The way I see it Microsoft / IE have two choices. They can clean up their act (browser) and stop gaming people's navigational intent via BS takeovers of your/my traffic to |
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| Australian Press Delves Into Domain IP Issues |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 5:05 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| Danno writes: "FYI.., Web of confusion between domain names and trademarks (AU)http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/web-of-confusion-between-domain-names-and-trademarks/2007/07/19/1184559956079.html Best,Dan" ***FS*** Thanks Danno. |
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| Ebay Builds Some Bad Karma |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| I have never liked Ebay's IP approach.. they run software that sends out blanket bullshit CD's to every registrant owning a name incorporating "eBay" including completely unrelated names like "prudhoebayrealestate.com". Companies with an entitlement mindset like this get no love from me. I don't buy or sell on |
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| Nefarious ISPs for $100 Alex... |
| Published: July 15, 2007, 12:56 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues, Paid Search |
| Cedric writes: "Looks like ISPs also reroutes mistyped URLs to their own pages: www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/11/tiscali_dns_hijacking/ " ***FS*** Support an ISP of this variety and you support their illicit behavior. I view ISPs as monopolies of sorts, so when I see them pervert their user's browsing experience like that |
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| More Lawsuits Target the Darkside |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 6:44 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/331601_cybersquatting14.html This is a gradual shaping and of the space, where portfolios of trademark names are driven deeper underground and forced to operate from faceless organizations in unreachable jurisdications. While I don't subscribe to the philosophy of deliberately targeting trademark |
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| Are all Land Developers Robber Barrons?.. |
| Published: September 16, 2007, 11:31 pm |
| Tags: Domain Names Domains, Ip Issues |
| asks the question if all multiple registrants of domain names (domainers) are 'cybersquatters'. Professor Eric Goldman of the Santa Clara University School of Law School just looks bad in this one. This is a professional who should know better than to try to paint anybody trying to profit with domain names in such an inequitable and |
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| Polaris Enforces It's Marks |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 11:23 am |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| peers and battle hardened IP counsel. Not all cases are as clear cut as this one Download wpp-polaris.pdf .. I expect some legal pushback as the first registrant's located in juridictions where ACPA doesn't apply, start to fight back using a twist of arguments found in old cases such as webber grills (although that criteria was |
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| Reverse Domain Hijacking Found in FCC.com UDRP |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 7:47 pm |
| Tags: Domain Names Domains, Ip Issues |
| time in a long time that a WIPO panel found reverse domainhi-jacking:http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-0770.htmlFcc.com - The Spanish complainant - a concrete company - didn't mentionwhat, if anything, the respondent was doing with the domain name. Ofcourse, if you look at the site, anyone can see that it is an |
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| French Firm Loses WIPO Attempt on Atlantic.com |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 1:50 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| should have. http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-1063.html Corporations such as this one in France are the Internet equivalent of 'armed robbers' in a convenience store.. They want your stuff, stuff that could be sold to anyone for value.. and they don't want to pay for it. ...Daddy's got |
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| Most of Amazon's One Click Patent Rejected... |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 12:57 pm |
| Tags: Ip Issues |
| Most of amazon's one click patent rejected, because of evidence that another patent predates it. Amazon has the right to file a response. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9799269-7.html?tag=nefd.only |
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| Trademark Law- What Search Marketers Should Know |
| Published: October 20, 2007, 10:51 am |
| Tags: Domain Names Domains, Ip Issues, Monetization, Paid Search, Traffic |
| http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627333 This is a topic that all domain registrants and paid-search marketers should familiarise themselves with. |
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| Names That Mean a Lot of Different Things, For Different Reasons, to Different People |
| Published: October 20, 2007, 11:58 pm |
| Tags: Domain Names Domains, Ip Issues |
| could be an airline, a reciprocating saw, or a frat-house.. United could be an airline, a moving company or any number of insurers. Doll House could be something children have played with for 300 years.. or a registered trademark related to beer cozies in certain countries or jurisdictions. The most contentious disputes relating to |
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