Gamers looking to sign up for Halo 4 Beta, will soon have one less website to be tricked by after Microsoft Corporation won the rights to Halo4Beta.net. A complaint (Case No. 1426106) was officially filed with the National Arbitration Forum back in late January, shortly after David Ellis of … [Read more...]
Microsoft wins dispute over fake Halo 4 beta site, Halo4Beta.net to be transferred
March 7, 2012 by 5 Comments
Virgin mogul Richard Branson wins disputed dot-XXX domain name
February 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Business magnate Richard Branson filed a complaint (Case Number: 1423689) over the domain name RichardBranson.xxx with the National Arbitration Forum in January. Now a single-member panel has ordered the name transferred to Richard Branson, having established all three elements required under … [Read more...]
Baylor University files a complaint over BaylorGirls XXX domain name
February 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Several colleges bought up .XXX domain names last year like mizzou.xxx as a defensive measure to prevent others from registering the names and possibly setting up porn sites. Now Baylor University, a school that has filed and won dozens of domain disputes over names like Baylor.com and … [Read more...]
Microsoft files complaint over another fake Halo 4 Beta site [UPDATED]
January 28, 2012 by 9 Comments
[Update 2 on March 7, 2012:. Microsoft Corporation won the rights to Halo4Beta.net. On March 6, 2012, a single-member panel ordered the domain name transferred from Edward Lee (the respondent) to Microsoft (the complainant).] [Update 1 on March 5, 2012:. Microsoft is going after another phony Halo … [Read more...]
Academy Award nominated actor Ryan O’Neal wins domain ryanoneal.com
January 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A single-member panel with the National Arbitration Forum has ordered the domain name ryanoneal.com be transferred to Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated actor Ryan O'Neal. Ryan O'Neal was represented by Howard H. Weller of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, who filed the dispute … [Read more...]
Columbia Pictures files dispute over FantasyIsland.com [UPDATED]
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last summer DotWeekly wrote about the domain name FantasyIsland.com selling in a Go Daddy expired domain auction for $22,005 USD. The first comment made by a reader of the article was that the purchase was a waste of money. "What a waste of money IMO. That purchase makes no sense unless you … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder wants eddievedder.com
January 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam, wants the web address eddievedder.com. A complaint (WIPO Case Number: D2012-0035) was filed this week with the World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name. What's interesting about this case is … [Read more...]
Top 10 Stories of 2011: #3 Apple wins dispute over iPods.com domain name
January 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
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
November 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Domain dispute proceedings over typo Twiter.com have been suspended
June 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
It appears Twitter has requested that the proceedings over the disputed domain twiter.com be suspended. The micro blogging site filed a domain dispute (case #D2011-0890) over the web address twiter.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in early June, days later it added … [Read more...]
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