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No room for cybersquatters - Part II
News As far as potential cybersquatters, Tinsley says simply, "We don't deal with them. There are enough good, generic names out there that we don't need to get in a legal mess with [cybersquatters]. Part 1
[March 27, 2000, 12:23]
A Year Ago: No room for cybersquatters
News Cybersquatters, once a mere nuisance, now can go to prison for violating your trademark. Get your lawyer on the phone. It was the eve of the new millennium, and while revellers and doomsayers had bigger thoughts on their minds, legal watchdogs...
[March 27, 2001, 6:03]
No room for cybersquatters
News It was the eve of the new millennium, and while revellers and doomsayers had bigger thoughts on their minds, legal watchdogs trained their eyes on an obscure case in Oakland, California, between the Web site Quokka Sports and two New Zealand-based...
[March 27, 2000, 12:13]
'Cybersquatters' face domain eviction
News Network Solutions Inc.which has an exclusive government contract to register Internet addresses, recently purged 18,000 registrations that it suspected were held by speculators, who typically register thousands of names at once.
[April 6, 1999, 9:06]
Wired Sussex wins cybersquatting case
News A Sussex-based not-for-profit organisation has won its dispute with cybersquatters after the UK domain name registry Nominet ruled in its favour and awarded it two domains. Wired Sussex negotiated with the cybersquatters and agreed to pay them £130...
[February 3, 2004, 16:40]
Anti-cybersquatting law faces first test
News They seem to be classic cybersquatters," said Adam Belsky, lawyer for Quokka Sports. It [the act] shows that cybersquatters aren't going to be able to get away with this any longer. A federal district court judge in Oakland, California, is expected...
[December 16, 1999, 11:43]
Lawyers, analysts: ICANN vote will cause URL chaos
News The attraction for cybersquatters is not going to be setting up a registry that matches someone else's brand; it will be in the generic TLDs. Each time a new TLD is introduced, large brands spend a fortune on defensive registrations to avoid the...
[June 27, 2008, 17:02]
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]
GoldNames launches name-trading service
News An investment bank for cybersquatters? That might be one way of describing Jerusalem-based GoldNames, though the company itself prefers a more polished image. The company, which is to unveil a new trading service for Internet domain names Wednesday...
[August 16, 2000, 11:28]
Madonna wants 'her' name back
News Wipo's arbitration and mediation centre, which last week forced a group of cybersquatters to give up 40 Internet sites containing the word Yahoo! The Material Girl wants her name back. Pop star Madonna has filed a complaint with a United Nations...
[August 21, 2000, 10:06]
ICANN relaxes domain-name rules
News In an effort to deter cybersquatters, the organisation is likely to charge a hefty price for the new names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers voted on Thursday to relax rules for naming websites.
[June 27, 2008, 10:07]
Verizon wins largest-ever cybersquatting damages
News This case should send a clear message and serve to deter cybersquatters who continue to run businesses for the primary purpose of misleading consumers," Sarah Deutsch, Verizon vice president and associate general counsel, said in a statement.
[December 29, 2008, 7:34]
Nickers lose domain names to underwear company
News The respondent failed to comply with the order, so the lingerie company decided to pursue legal proceedings against the cybersquatters. The lingerie chain Victoria's Secret has won the rights to four Internet domain names using its trademark, and...
[September 20, 2001, 16:49]
Britons get .me.uk domain
News In order to discourage cybersquatters from speculative registrations, the registration fee for Nominet members will start at £50 plus VAT. The .me.uk second-level domain (SLD) opened for registrations on Monday morning, following a strong vote of...
[January 14, 2002, 11:03]
Court resists trend in Net address case
News The case is unusual, said a lawyer for Strickland, because in most cases of this type courts have ruled in favour of companies, which have been seen as targets of profiteering "cybersquatters" trying to exact payments for domain names.
[September 6, 2001, 10:56]
New domain names on the way?
News The owners of those trademarks have suggested they be "grandfathered" into any new domains so as to ease the inevitable legal battles arising from cybersquatters snapping up their brand names when the new domains are released for public use.
[March 13, 2000, 9:51]
Cybersquatting escalates in Asia
News Last year, Microsoft filed three lawsuits in U.S.federal court against cybersquatters whom the software vendor said gained illegal profits from selling the domain names of thousands of websites, such as WindowsLiveTutorial.com and HaloChamp.com...
[October 8, 2007, 8:15]
Icann swamped by Net name chaos
News Apart from cases where cybersquatters poach domain names in order to extort money or steal a company's good name, there is the problem of ensuring that legitimate organisations use names that are independent of each other, as trademarks are...
[April 11, 2001, 15:55]
Domain for mobile devices hits the Web
News Despite his reservations, Malhotra believes most big brands will spend the roughly £100 to register their dot-mobi names anyway, because they will want to protect their names from cybersquatters. The first domain suffixes especially created for...
[May 24, 2006, 10:10]
ICANN comes under fire - again
News But so far, just seven additional names have gone online, leaving some to charge ICANN is in the pocket of trademark holders who fear more domains will lead to more cybersquatters. Lawmakers are calling for hearings, consumer groups are up in arms...
[April 2, 2002, 11:28]
