http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=203100004   Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has filed a trademark infringement suit against a California dentist who has registered more than 40 Internet domains with names similar to the software maker’s products or brands. The domains registered by Dr. Saed Said are “identical or confusingly similar” to Microsoft’s trademarks, the company claims in court papers filed [...]

Elliot interviews Brett Lewis, domain attorney. Brett: “One does not choose to be a domain name lawyer.  It chooses you….What is it about the field that interests me? Every case is like a puzzle. A lot of detective work goes into building or defending a case, and it is fun to find those pieces and put [...]

 This sh** is not going un-noticed,.. “Senators Push for ‘Serious Scrutiny’ of GoogleClick Deal by FTC” http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/11/20/senators-push-for-serious-scrutiny-of-googleclick-deal-by-ftc/?camp=newsletter&src=mv&type=textlink and… Not your everyday UDRP Case. (winner for the good guys) http://www.dnforum.com/f26/sold-dropped-then-udrp-buyer-2-thread-251832.html#post1305753 ***FS***  This is good stuff…  I guess the more the light shines on the importance of online media and paid-search,  the more sensible minds come around [...]

  http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/11/21/geometriccom-wipo-victory-with-dissent/ Geometric is a word that is in the public domain. Public Domain. Any one with a trademark or registered trademark on the word, (e.g. Geometric) should not be able to exclude other people from using the generic word in ways unrelated to their mark.  Every person on Earth has a right to use the word Geometric as it relates [...]

http://www.calvinayrelife.com:80/a-case-of-first-impression-could-see-the-last-of-domain-seizures.html    Summary: Calvin brings his wallet to bear, challenging over-reaching ne’er-do-wells who would covet his names.  He plans to argue that “domain’s are not property” and that domains which contain his trademarks are not subject to seizure as assets..  He’s rolling with precedent so should be a piece of cake. Quote: “”If the defendants’ [...]

http://blog.snipperoo.com/2007/11/death-of-the-do.html   Summary:  A guy who could have bought billions of dollars worth of domain real estate by applying his foresight (but didn’t) now declares “domain names dead” and hypothesizes that we will abandon domain names in favor of Rube Goldberg inspired Universal Search Locators (USLs) which will take over as the foundational elements of the web..  While I could [...]

Industry scuttlebutt has it that a fairly large multifaceted legal action is coming down the chute involving, potentially, scores of litigants and defendants, multiple domain registrars and registrants.  As I understand the matter, it will seek to make a federal case out of folks who have tasted names using an active parking page to monetize [...]

   Erik J. Heels writes about Brand Protection and domain names. 11 point strategy. http://www.abanet.org/lpm/magazine/articles/v33/is5/an16.shtml

  … This graphical illustration neatly sums up the hierarchy  … What flavor do you want your trademark violations, Calico or Tabby? Trademark intent Internet-traffic comes to domain names even if those domain names do not exist..  Think about what happens in your browser’s address-bar as you and millions like you type invalid domain names and search strings.  Think about where the [...]

 Dr. John Berryhill takes us on a brief turn down memory lane and posits on the potential ‘tit for tat’ relating to the hijacking of user intent:  “”Recall that when Sitefinder was operating, there was a BIND patch (put out by Vixie?) that would detect Verisign’s synthesized DNS results and “re-fix” them as NXDOMAIN. So, you now [...]