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According to a news tip received by iGoldrush, a legal complaint has been filed against GoDaddy, the largest Domain Name Registrar with $750 million in revenues, by former employees. According to the complaint, GoDaddy may be trying to discount a portion of it’s labor force …
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It happened in December of 2007. A designer named David Airey was on a much needed vacation from work, computers, and the technical life. His relaxing vacation soon became one of stress and worry when he was notified by friends that his domain name was forwarding to another site. As …
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A 2-1 decision by Kentucky’s Court of Appeals reversed a recent Circuit Court ruling allowing Kentucky officials to seize 141 casino related domain names. Kentucky officials must now return the domain names seized last year.…
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A panel of judges in the Kentucky court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the 141 gambling domain names, stating that a domain name is not “a gambling device” and that the domain names are free for now. This newly delivered verdict strikes down the Circuit Courts plan to …
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Verizon sued OnlineNIC, a San Francisco domain registration company that Verizon claimed had 663 domains designed to confuse Verizon customers. The judge in the lawsuit awarded $33.15 million to Verizon Communications.…
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Three different civil liberties groups are urging the Kentucky Court of Appeals to return the 141 gambling domain names that were seized by Kentucky officials. The names were seized by officials cracking down on gambling sites claiming they violated Kentucky anti-gambling laws. “The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy …
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A Kentucky Circuit Court judge ruled that internet gambling domain names are considered a “gambling device” and are therefore subject to Kentucky’s anti-gambling laws. Because they violate these laws, the judge Ok’d the seizure of 141 gambling domain names offering internet gambling opportunities to Kentucky residents.…
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A Kentucky judge has refused to dismiss the charges against 141 online casino domain names, a lawsuit which is supported by Kentucky’s Governor. The judge will hear the case in November, deciding whether the government has the ability to tell Domain Registrars that they must shut down online gambling websites.…
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Last month a Kentucky judge gave the state the ability to seize 141 gambling related domain names, even though the domains were located out of the United States. The internet industry is fighting back at the ridiculous scenario, explaining “that following similar logic would allow any country to seize any …
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A Kentucky judge has postponed the hearing on the seizure of 141 gambling related domain names for 7 days. The hearing was to determine whether the state would get control of the names. While the hearing has been postponed, none of the domains in question will have to be transferred …
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Kentucky state law enforcement officials are attempting to seize 141 domain names of Internet gambling websites. After a lawsuit forcing the gambling sites to block access to Kentucky users or relinquish control of their domains, a judge ruled on September 18th that the domain names be transferred to state officials. …
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The state of Kentucky seized 141 of the world’s most popular gambling domain names after a judge ruled that the Domain Registrars transfer the names to state law enforcement officials. The gambling websites are operated out of the United States, but because they offer their gambling services to Kentucky residents, …
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Fan blog craigslistblog.org received a letter from the popular classified site Craigslist claiming that it was infringing on their trademark and requesting that they immediately take down the site. While the company did not request that the fan stop blogging, they did request that they turn over the domain and …
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InterActiveCorp, parent company of Ask.com, recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to start-up Askpedia claiming trademark infringement. Its speculated that IAC will pursue legal action after March 23.…
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Wikileaks was headed back to court, but this time they won. After hearing arguments from both sides, a federal judge ruled in favor of wikileaks, allowing the company to take back its domain name and put their site back up.…
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Wikileaks.org, a whistle-blowing website that posts leaked documents, had its site domain name taken away by a federal judge. However, the company is now getting legal support from several free speech groups and some media organizations, all trying to intervene on Wikileaks’ behalf.…
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A federal judge has ordered ICANN to delete a spam group’s domain name, spamhaus.com. ICANN claims that they can’t comply with the courts orders as they do not have the ability to delete names. Instead, the group says that this can only be done by the Registrars.…
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Web.com has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival GoDaddy, putting the two domain registrars in court battling against each other. Web.com alleges that GoDaddy’s deluxe web hosting plan infringes on Web.com’s patent for “Synchronized Server Parameter Database”, which allows customers “to have remote access to a control panel that …
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A new federal lawsuit alleges that Dotster, a large domain name Registrar, participated in a large cybersquatting campaign. The suit claims that the cybersquatting campaign targeted such large companies as Disney, Cingular, Verizon, and more. The suit specifically charges that Dotster reviewed hundreds of domain names similar to the actual …
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After their case against ICANN was dismissed in a federal district court, VeriSign is now taking their case to the California Superior court. The case against ICANN faults the organization for banning VeriSign’s new SiteFinder service through their Network Solutions division.…
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A federal judge dismissed VeriSign’s case against ICANN, which alleged that ICANN’s ban on VeriSign’s SiteFinder service a violation of U.S. antitrust law. The SiteFinder service redirects invalid .com’s to VeriSign’s specially designed page.…
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The original owner of the domain sex.com and VeriSign have reached a settlement. The lawsuit alleged that Network Solutions was liable for transferring the stolen domain without getting proper authorization. The landmark case essentially considered domain names actual property. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but source say it …
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ICANN has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit that was brought against the organization by VeriSign. The organization said in a legal brief that disagreeing with VeriSign is “neither an antitrust violation nor a breach of contract.” The main focus of the lawsuit is ICANN’s suspension of VeriSign’s …
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VeriSign has filed a lawsuit against ICANN for banning its new SiteFinder service. The suit specifically alleges “breach of contract and antitrust violations”. ICANN ordered VeriSign to take down the service after Network administrators said it was disruptive. VeriSign claims that there is no evidence that SiteFinder is a threat …
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Domain Registrars Network Solutions and Register.com are being sued by two Internet entrepreneurs for infringing on a URL patent. The suit alleges that the Registrars are infringing on a patent they received on December 30, 2003 by selling URL’s and email addresses. The patent refers to the method that a …
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