domain names

9th Cir. decision re enforcement of judgment by levying on and auctioning off domain names

February 26, 2010 23:19

In Office Depot, Inc. v. Zuccarini, No. 07-16788 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2010), the Ninth Circuit held Office Depot’s money judgment against notorious cybersquatter could be enforced by levying upon and selling off his domain names.VeriSign, the registry for all “.com” and .net” domain names, is located ...

Big Numbers in Downloads and Domain Names

February 26, 2010 10:23

You may have heard the news that iTunes has hit the 10 billion (with a "b") mark in number of songs downloaded.  Sales began in 2003.  That's an average pace of more than 1.4 billion downloads a year.  Considering that a typical single song retails for $0.99 on iTunes...

A Frisbee By Any Other Name?

February 19, 2010 10:00

In reading news of the passing of Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee  ®, I was surprised to learn that the Frisbee wasn't always called "Frisbee."  Morrison sold his rights to Wham-O in 1957 ("sold" being used loosely -- he apparently earned more than $2M in ...

New ICANN Electronic UDRP ("eUDRP") Procedures for Domain Name Disputes

February 02, 2010 18:45

Last month, ICANN announced that its Board had approved changes to the Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“Rules”) providing for electronic filing of UDRP documents. Under the modified Rules, electronic filing will become mandatory effective March 1, 2010....

What’s in a Name? Domain Name Disputes for Dummies

Pamela Pengelley
February 01, 2010 01:56

Never underestimate the value of a good domain name! As any website owner will tell you, http://www.rose.com, by any other name, is likely to lose customers. About a week ago, my colleague’s nephew, Kevin Bortnick, found himself in a domain name predicament. His plight is interesting and he has g...