No EarPods.com for Apple, but company acquires TheEarPod.com, EarPod.net

EarPods

Apple has a poor track record when it comes to owning the matching domain names to new products that it announces. As pointed out by Michael Berkens of The Domains back in September, Apple missed out on acquiring EarPod.com and EarPods.com, nor did the company get AppleEarPods.com which was put … [Read more...]

iPad3.com domain quickly turned over to Apple’s IP lawyers following complaint

iPad3

The domain iPad3.com is now in the hands of Apple's IP lawyers at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.  It appears the previous name's owner didn't even want to wait for an arbitration panel to issue the inevitable decision, and has instead decided to quickly transfer the domain following a … [Read more...]

Apple files dispute over iPhone5.com domain name [UPDATED]

iPhone 5

Apple is planning ahead for the release of the next iPhone by filing a complaint (Case number: D2012-0951) with the World Intellectual Property Organization over iPhone5.com.  The domain dispute popped up on WIPO's website this week. Anyone who visits the website of iPhone5.com today will be … [Read more...]

Apple registers iPhone4N.com domain?

iPhone 4N

Update 1 at 5:24AM EST:. After I posted this story, MacRumors pointed out that the iPhone4N.com Whois record raises questions as to whether Apple is really behind the registration.  First, the registrar used was Go Daddy, not MarkMonitor (Apple's usual choice).  Guess we'll have to wait and see if … [Read more...]

Crowdstar working on next unannounced game called Modern Girl [UPDATED]

Modern Girl by Crowdstar

[UPDATED:. Crowdstar released Modern Girl on March 6, 2012.] ** Original story: Mobile social gaming company Crowdstar appears to be working on its next iOS "Girl" game called Modern Girl. In a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on February 6, 2012, Crowdstar … [Read more...]

Apple secures SteveJobs.xxx domain

Steve Jobs

Apple has secured the dot-xxx adult domain SteveJobs.xxx (Whois), preventing anyone else from using the name of the company's late co-founder. This week, Apple officially took control of the domain through the registrar Corporation Service Company (CSC), a company that helps protect many of … [Read more...]

Top 10 Stories of 2011: #3 Apple wins dispute over iPods.com domain name

iPod

There are certain companies that attract more readers than others and Apple Inc. is one of them. While I've written plenty of articles about Apple, this year's top Apple story and number three in the Top 10 Fusible stories of 2011, is the story of Apple winning the domain dispute over … [Read more...]

Apple begins redirecting iPhone4S.com to official site in time for Cyber Monday

iphone4s

I first wrote about iPhone4S.com pointing users to adult content back in July 2011 when it was rumored that the iPhone 4 at the time, would get an upgrade to a new smartphone called the iPhone 4S. But it was nearly four months later, before Apple decided to go after the owner of the domain by … [Read more...]

Apple’s IP lawyers get control of domains like UsedMacs.com before case decided

Used Macs

Just over a week ago, Apple Computer filed a domain name dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over five names registered to Wachter Consulting Inc. Four of the five domains named in WIPO case number D2011-1866, have now been transferred from Wachter Consulting Inc. to … [Read more...]

Apple files domain name dispute over AppleStores.com, UsedMacs.com

Apple Store

Apple's legal department has been keeping busy in 2011, filing a new domain name dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over five names which belong to the same owner: Wachter Consulting Inc. A total of ten cases have been filed by Apple Inc in 2011 going back to … [Read more...]