Take-Two continues legal fight over Grand Theft Auto V beta domain names

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Take-Two Interactive has been plagued with scammers who register domain names, and then set up websites that falsely claim to offer beta codes to Grand Theft Auto V, which will release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC later this year. The legal team at Take-Two has been busy the past few months, filing … [Read more...]

Take-Two going after more Grand Theft Auto V beta scammers, additional complaints filed

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In February, Take-Two Interactive won a dispute over the domain getgtavbeta.com, which was followed by a win over betagtav.com, a phony website that claimed to have beta keys to the game.  Now, Take-Two has a total of four open cases over Grand Theft Auto V related domains. This week, complaints … [Read more...]

Take-Two wins another dispute over a Grand Theft Auto V beta domain, 3 more to go

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Take-Two Interactive has won a dispute over the domain betagtav.com, a name that was registered back in 2011 shortly after Grand Theft Auto V's official announcement.  The game is set to be released in September 2013. Last year, the domain owner launched a website on betagtav.com that claimed to … [Read more...]

Twitter files dispute over Twitter.org, domain being used for scam surveys

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Twitter has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name Twitter.org.  Today, people who type Twitter.org into their internet browser are sent to a web page that looks confusingly similar to the popular microblogging site.  A landing page appears … [Read more...]

Model Cindy Crawford files dispute over CindyCrawford.com, domain redirects users to porn site

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Model Cindy Crawford who is well known for her mole just above her lip, has filed a complaint (Case Number: D2012-2454) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name CindyCrawford.com, a web address that - at the time of this story - redirects users to a hardcore … [Read more...]

Florida man wanted $200,000 for ‘League of Legends Porn’ dot-com domain name

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In late September, a decision was handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization in a domain complaint brought by Riot Games against the owner of LeagueofLegendsPorn.com. As reported earlier in the week, the ruling went in favor of Riot Games (the complainant), and as a result, … [Read more...]

Riot Games wins dispute over ‘League of Legends Porn’ domain name

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This is the second dispute over a LoL domain involving porn in some way No graphic adult images or video were ever shown on the site Over 27,000 global monthly searches occur for "League of Legends Porn" In yet another domain dispute involving the 'League of Legends' name, Riot … [Read more...]

Complaint Denied: First-ever $1 million domain WallStreet.com not handed over

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Wallstreet.com is first-ever $1 million domain, selling for $1.03MM in 1999 Financial website Wall-street.com, LLC filed the complaint with WIPO Back in June, Wall-Street.com LLC filed a UDRP against the owner of WallStreet.com.  The complaint has now been denied by a three-member World … [Read more...]

Riot wins LeagueofLegends.co dispute, web address redirected users to porn site

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In June, Riot Games won a case against a scam website claiming to offer online support for its smash hit PC game League of Legends.  Now, the company has won another dispute that it had filed in early August against the owner of LeagueofLegends.co (missing the 'm') which redirected users to a porn … [Read more...]

Riot Games files complaints against League of Legends porn domain names

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Riot Games, the maker of League of Legends, the most played PC game in North America and Europe, has filed two separate complaints with the World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain names LeagueofLegendsPorn.com (Case Number: D2012-1516) and LeagueofLegends.co (Case Number: … [Read more...]