Domain and Trademark Blog

The Malaysian domain names registry has recently announced further details regarding the launch of Jawi, Chinese, and Tamil IDN.my domain names. 
• Phase 3 (September 20, 2011 – November 30, 2011): Please note that because of the time difference, this launch begins at 9pm on Monday September 19th EDT. This phase includes Jawi, Chinese, and Tamil …

A North American band could be set to make a fortune from the sale of their website domain name, it has been suggested.
Defunct Canadian rockers The Tea Party hold the rights to teaparty.com – a domain name they registered back in 1993, in the early days of the world wide web.
With …

Judges in Ontario, Canada, have decided that domain names can be considered legal property in that province.
In a decision which could potentially have wider significance, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that domain names exhibit more of the features of intangible property than of a licence.
The London Free Press reported how the …

As the countdown to the introduction of generic domain names continues, the number of country code web address suffixes is continuing to increase.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has completed a string evaluation on a proposed Kazakhstan country code.
As a consequence, individuals and businesses operating in the oil-rich former …

Residents of a village in south-west England have reacted furiously after a local heritage organization trademarked its name.
The Dartington Hall Trust has registered the name Dartington as a trademark, and is now using the name on all of its branding, reports the BBC.
Defending the decision, the trust said the mark had been sought …

UK internet regulators could be set to follow the lead of the US by seizing domain names used for illegal activity.
Over the last year, the US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has been taking control of domain names used to perpetrate fraud, copyright infringement and other crimes.
Opinion over the ICE …

Fraudsters can use typosquatting techniques to get their hands on data-filled emails that would otherwise not have been delivered, it has been reported.
According to Peter Kim and Garret Gee of the Godai Group, cyber thieves can get their hands on confidential information by registering web domains containing commonly mistyped names.
Over a six …

A leading gaming publisher has emerged triumphant following a domain name dispute.
Activision – the creator of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series – took exception to the registration of modernwarfare3.com by an unrelated third party.
Florida resident Anthony Abraham acquired the domain name in March 2009, but two and a half …

A real estate company has reached a truce with Virginia Tech over the use of the trademark ‘Hokie’, it has been reported.
According to the Roanoke Times, the school had attempted to sue Hokie Real Estate for the use of the mark – the famous moniker for its sports teams.
Virginia Tech was seeking to …

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has officially handed out its eight millionth patent, it has been reported.
According to the Washington Post, patent number 8,000,000 was handed out to Second Sight Medical Products, a company which helps people with poor eyesight.
The firm has been granted permission to develop a device called …