Changes coming to USPTO leadership
The United States Patent and Trademark Office, affectionately known as the USPTO, will sustain a change in leadership in January. David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, will be resigning his position and moving on to greener pastures. The Greek-American ran the USPTO […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain registered in 1988 sold on NameJet – did it really expire?
A domain name registered in September of 1988 – a year before many domainers weren’t even born – was just sold on NameJet. The 24 year old domain, Imagen.com, was sold for $7,855 after its former owners, Mexican corporation Imagen Radio, apparently failed to renew the domain. Imagen.com was forwarding to Imagen.com.mx for several years. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Microsoft unveils new logo after 25 years but misses on a special .com
Microsoft unveiled a new corporate logo yesterday; it’s first corporate identity change in 25 years! Which means, there is still room for change here at DomainGang, as we’re approaching the electronic publication’s 3rd anniversary. Said Jeff Hansen, General Manager, Brand Strategy, about the new Microsoft logo: “In advance of one of the most significant waves […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No love at the UDRP: First they lost the .net and now the .com!
In late July we posted how a UDRP brought against the domain name, OneLove.net, was denied. The OneLove.net owner demonstrated fair use of the domain since 1998, although it was not over the web but rather, email. It seems that the same Complainant went after the dot com as well, and they failed to grab […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Email use for a domain is a valid response to UDRP claims
A UDRP over at the National Arbitration Forum was turned down, for the domain name OneLove.net. There are a couple of reasons why the Respondent won the case, despite the existing trademark by the Complainant. Firstly, the domain’s registration of 1998 predates the trademark. But most importantly, the Respondent used the domain – but not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sorry that we touched some sensitive chords!
It seems that we touched some sensitive chords with yesterday’s revelation that Chinese domain repository, 4.cn is actively engaging in the fine art of trademark violations. Its understandable that one has to be supportive of their sponsors and all that good stuff, but to be referred to as “scandalous” and even “offending” is simply hilarious. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese auction site 4.CN is the new king of trademark violations
Ever since it changed its policies, Australian Domain marketplace, Flippa, has taken measures to disallow and remove trademark violations. The new king of obvious domain violations is now 4.CN – a Chinese auction web site that clearly shows the state of lawless anarchy in China, regarding intellectual property. For example, more than 90 “facebook” domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Just reported 10 trademark violation auctions on Flippa
After a year plus of allowing the listing of blatant trademark violations at its marketplace, Flippa.com – the Australian auction house for domains and web sites – finally decided to utilize a filtering mechanism. The method of disallowing certain strings in domains was welcomed by DomainGang. So exactly how is it implemented these days? We […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Vindicated: Flippa takes measures against trademark violation listings
DomainGang is finally vindicated. For a year now we’ve been saying how Flippa.com – the Australian marketplace for auctioning domains and web sites – allowed particularly famous trademark violations to be listed. The examples we raised our concern about included Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft. According to the latest corporate blog post by Flippa, first […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CheapValium .us: A trojan horse case at the National Arbitration Forum
According to their web site, the National Arbitration Forum “is a world leader in dispute resolution.” Particularly: “The FORUM provides fair, affordable, and accessible civil justice to all through recruitment, selection and management of a highly experienced and distinguished panel of over 1,600 former judges and seasoned lawyers. Expert FORUM arbitrators and mediators apply reasonable […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum closes trademark sales threads down – What does Flippa do?
Popular domain forum DNForum.com – voted top domain forum for 2011 – continues its firm practice of disallowing and closing down sales threads that offer trademark violations for sale. An example can be seen at this thread, where an obvious Google trademark domain was being offered for sale. The thread was closed with the notification […]
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