Domain and Trademark Blog

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to relocate its upcoming domain name conference away from Jordan, the country where it was first planned to take place.
Scheduled for June 20 and running until June 24, the meeting was expected to be a forum for discussion of the proposed introduction of a plethora …

Digital piracy and trademark infringement come down to gaps in the market that are simply being filled by tech-savvy individuals attempting to make a quick buck, one tech website suggests.
According to Jared Moya, chief editor of technology portal Zeropaid, illegal filesharing and streaming are widespread because of the inability of legitimate traders and trademark holders …

U.S. senators are considering extending domain name seizure powers to combat the growing problem of online piracy — or digital piracy.
Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, has promised to introduce a new bill that would target rogue websites and would be broadly similar to the rejected Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act.
The proposed act …

The Dashboard domain name report, which is published twice a year, has shown that there has been a dramatic upswing in the number of Web users and organizations adopting the .org top level domain name.
According to the new report, which was published this week, the number of .org registrants has risen by 10.3 percent in …

Deckers Outdoor has kick-started a trademark battle as it attempts to keep hold of its Ugg boot trademark.
The shoe in question has turned the firm into a multi-million dollar concern — $800 million to be exact.
As well as attempting to tackle the problem of counterfeiting, the firm has filed two trademark infringement suits against rival …

A trademark dispute between rival car manufacturers Ford and Ferrari is close to being resolved, it has been claimed.
According to Wheels Unplugged, the dispute, which was brought by Ford Motor Company and relates to Ferrari’s use of the F150 mark, will likely result in a slight alteration to the firm’s racing car name.
Ferrari currently uses …

A Broomfield, Colo., Internet user has registered two domain names — universityofcentralcolorado.com and denverstateuniversity.com — after a news report was published outlining plans by the Metropolitan State College of Denver to change its name to either the University of Central Colorado or Denver State University.
A representative of domain name manager GoDaddy.com told the Daily Camera, …

The sports conference specialist Pac-10, which is rebranding itself Pac-12, wants a fan of the late West Side rapper 2Pac to hand over a domain that uses its new name.
Pac-10 wants to take control of Pac-12.com, but the Web address is currently in use by a hip hop fan, hosting “A Dozen Jamz by Tupac” …

The value of domain names is steadily increasing, it has been claimed.
According to new research from domain name registrar Sedo, the average value of .com domain names rose by 61.9 per cent year-on-year, while .org web addresses saw their value rise by 55.9 per cent.
The value of .net web addresses also rose — albeit by …

The registry for the United Kingdom, Nominet, recently announced that the Unregistered Rights Sunrise Phase for the 1 & 2 character .co.uk, .net.uk, .org.uk, and .me.uk domain names will begin on February 14, 2011 and end on March 16, 2011. For more information please visit http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/aboutdomainnames/reserved/howtoregister/.
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