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CADNA Launching Campaign Against Cybersquatting

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2007 - 2:28pm.

Washington - The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) said that it has launched a national campaign against cybersquatting -- the fraudulent abuse of domain name registration.

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Lance Armstrong Foundation Wins Domains in Cybersquatting Dispute

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 1, 2005 - 4:43am.
Geneva - Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong's charitable foundation, which sells the ubiquitous yellow arm bracelets that raise money for cancer research, has won a cybersquatting case against several websites found to be using its name for commercial profit. The World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) domain name arbitration center ordered the domain names livestrongbracelets.net, talk-livestrong.com and mylivestrong.com turned over to the Lance Armstrong Foundation (www.livestrong.org). The WIPO ruled that CSA Marketing and Chris Angeles registered the names in bad faith in late 2004.
tags: Dispute | Lance | Armstrong | Cybersquatting |

Google Wins Cybersquatting "Typo" Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 11, 2005 - 10:42am.
Minneapolis, Minn. -- Google has won a cybersquatting case against a man who registered domain names like Googkle.com, Ghoogle.com and Gooigle.com that could be mistakenly entered by web surfers as typos. The National Arbitration Forum (NAF) ruled on Friday that Sergey Gridasov registered the domain names in bad faith, and in fact was using them to redirect users to sites that attempted to download viruses, trojan horses and spyware to their computers. The sites will now be turned over to Google.
tags: Law | Google | Cybersquatting | Typo |

Apple Wins Cybersquatting Dispute Over iTunes.co.uk Domain

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 15, 2005 - 5:25am.
London -- A domain name dispute resolution service has ruled that a U.K. firm was cybersquatting when it registered the domain iTunes.co.uk, and has ordered the domain turned over to Apple Computer, which operates an iTunes Music Store in the U.K. CyberBritain, headed by SoJewish founder and teenage dot-com millionaire Benjamin Cohen, had argued that he registered the domain a month before Apple submitted its trademark registration for "iTunes" in December 2000. Cohen told Silicon.com he is considering an appeal with either Nominet or to the High Court, and in the meantime will continue to redirect the domain to another of his websites.
tags: Law | Apple | iTunes.co.uk | Cybersquatting |

Eminem Wins U.K. Cybersquatting Case Against EmimemMobile.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 22, 2004 - 3:48am.
Geneva -- Rapper Eminem has won a cybersquatting case in the U.K. against a firm selling mobile phone entertainment at the domain EminemMobile.com. The World Intellectual Property Organization's domain name arbitration and mediation center found that U.K. resident Tim Mcintosh and his Visitair Ltd. registered the domain in bad faith, and was using it to sell unauthorized ringtones of Eminem recordings. The domain will be automatically turned over to the musician in 10 days.
tags: U.K. | Cybersquatting | Eminem | EmimemMobile |