British writer wins domain squatting ruling
News A British cybersquatter was ordered by International domain name body ICANN to hand over domain names to author Jeanette Winterson, Thursday. Winterson lodged a complaint against Cambridge academic Mark Hogarth after he registered www...
[May 26, 2000, 13:01]
Web 'landlord' proves there's money in renting
News Koustas himself used to be a cybersquatter. Nick Koustas' father has been in the real estate business for years, so it's only natural that he would follow in his footsteps -- but with a dot-com twist.
[August 13, 2001, 12:02]
Intellectual property laws in flux
News Citing cybersquatter legislation in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other company-backed attempts to protect property, the panellists worried about the effects such restrictions could have on free speech and the Internet.
[April 7, 2000, 10:39]
'Three strikes and you're out' for domain name hijackers
News The measures are part of an overhaul of the dispute resolution system for the .uk domain names designed to give Nominet new powers over name disputes, including the power to transfer a domain name in the event of a successful claim against a...
[March 8, 2001, 11:47]
Cash reward offered for arrest of sex.com fraudster
News The cybersquatter skipped several court appearances in May that were scheduled to assess why he had failed to pay the $25m (£17m) costs that Kremen was judged to have incurred while Cohen used the site between 1995 and 1999.
[June 1, 2001, 17:04]
Anti-cybersquatting law faces first test
News Regardless of this case's outcome, Belsky, who specialises in Internet law, plans to continue pursuing cases using the new, anti-cybersquatter act. A federal district court judge in Oakland, California, is expected to rule next week on what may be...
[December 16, 1999, 11:43]
Nickers lose domain names to underwear company
News The lingerie chain Victoria's Secret has won the rights to four Internet domain names using its trademark, and has received $120,000 (£81,716) in compensation. The Internet company Victoria's Cyber Secret had been cybersquatting the domain names...
[September 20, 2001, 16:49]
Man to give up trademarked domain names
News Amidst all the stories about opportunists buying up the domain names of other companies with the intent of selling them for a hefty profit later on, the story of John Zehr makes a welcome contrast. Zehr touts himself as a reformed cyber-squatter...
[January 11, 2000, 14:57]
Political cybersquatting scores a win
News In a victory for cybersquatters and others who snatch up domain names containing personal monikers, a dispute-resolution board has refused to turn over Web addresses containing the words "Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.
[April 30, 2002, 10:11]
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
News What's unusual about (the allegation) is that it's not just any cybersquatter, it's a registrar, which is a problem," said Ann Ford, the managing partner of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's Washington, DC office, who specialises in trademark and...
[June 5, 2006, 9:35]
