Twitter adds twiter.biz to its case at WIPO

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Twitter has added an additional domain name to its dispute recently filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the typo twiter.com.  According to the WIPO Guide to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), "Under Paragraph 3(c) of the UDRP Rules, the … [Read more...]

Facebook takes control of disputed domains once owned by Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings

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Killfacebook.com, moneywithfacebook.com, friendsonfacebook.com and 18 other domain names that included the word Facebook have now been transferred to social networking giant Facebook following a recent decision by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The disputed domain names were part … [Read more...]

WIPO Roundup: Google, Autotrader, Wikimedia, and other interesting disputes

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Nearly 1,000 domain disputes have been filed with WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, since the beginning of 2011, with many cases getting attention across the web like the case of Facebook which filed a complaint over 21 separate domains and won.    Here's a look at some of … [Read more...]

Zynga goes after ZyngaGiftcards.com and ZyngaWorld.com domain names

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Zynga has filed two domain name complaints concerning zyngagiftcards.com and zyngaworld.com with WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization.  The complaints were filed today for ZyngaWorld.com and yesterday for ZyngaGiftcards.com.  Zynga's Domain Dispute Track Record Zynga has had … [Read more...]