Saturday, December 31st, 2011
A year ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The year 2011 didn’t seem too promising, either health-wise, or economically. There was massive unemployment, stocks were down, real estate was in the toilet, and domain parking platforms were sinking like BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Though my law practice was doing fine (and, thank
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
In a case filed with the National Arbitration Forum, a panel has held that “nominative fair use” is a valid defense and Denied the Claim filed by KBR, Inc. against attorneys who had registered KBRLitigation.com. In the...
Monday, December 26th, 2011
During the past 6 months, there have been a record number of Complaints Denied at the National Arbitration Forum. Here are the top 19 Panelists who have denied at least 4 Complaints or more since June 1,...
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Committee Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a five-page letter today to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz calling for “serious scrutiny” of Google’s business practices. “We believe these allegations regarding Google’s search engine...
Monday, December 19th, 2011
The companies — software developer Ascentive and mattress manufacturer Classic Brands — alleged in court papers that their trademark was violated by PissedConsumer because it used their companies’ names in URLs like “ascentive.pissedconsumer.com.” Ascentive and Classic Brands...
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Since its launch in June 2010, the initiative, spearheaded by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) directorate, has seized hundreds of websites for alleged intellectual property violations, including a raid on “Cyber...
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Opening a two-day conference on digital freedom sponsored by Google and the Dutch government, Mrs. Clinton warned that restrictions on the Internet threatened not only basic freedoms and human rights, but also international commerce and the free...
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Kurt Pritz,a senior vice president at ICANN, said the group is expecting between 500 and 1,000 applications for new top-level domains. But an array of advertisers, businesses and nonprofits are worried the plan could force them to...
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers released a draft proposal to address their concerns with controversial House and Senate bills that would crack down on piracy and counterfeit products on foreign websites. Even though they...
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Robert Lee was compelled to sign a privacy agreement before the dentist, Stacy Makhnevich, would treat a painful infected cavity in his tooth in November 2010, said the class-action suit filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court....
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