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Today the House passed a bill that would protect trademark owners from cybersquatting. However, the bill undermines what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) calls a freedom to criticize a company’s practices, dubbing it the “Business Criticism Prevention Act.” Criticism of the bill also comes from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [...] Continue reading
After battling with the Internet Registration Authority (IRA) for over two years, Palestine finally has its own top-level country domain, .ps. [...] Continue reading
The intel-inside.com site, previously run by a cybersquatters as a pornography site which Intel thought would soil their reputation, suddenly had a for-sale sign hung on its front page after Intel threatened to take legal action. When sale efforts failed, the domain name went up for auction on eBay.com, with bids up to [...] Continue reading
Since March, the site intel-inside.com published a heavy arrangement of pornographic links and pictures. However, since Intel, the computer chip maker, because aware of the site, the links have been removed and a simple ‘for sale’ sign has appeared there instead. The domain mentions that the current bid is $150,000 and that it’s from [...] Continue reading
IT folks got a shock if they visited intel-inside.com looking to find the latest on Intel Technologies. The domain name was registered by a porn service, though Intel has filed suit claiming damages to their trademark. [...] Continue reading
NetNames had filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against FreeNetNames (an ISP) and had their website shut down by court order. However NetNames’ sudden lack of action, with no word from them in over three weeks, led the judge to believe they had abandoned their efforts, and FreeNetNames was allowed to continue with their business. [...] Continue reading