Google goes after YouTube typo domains that it didn’t win in a previous dispute

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Google has been going after popular typos of the web address YouTube.com in recent months and it's been having its share of success in disputes, winning five typo domain names in early January and several more later that month in another case that also involved Google typo domains. However, … [Read more...]

Google wins dispute over YouTube typo domains, names ordered transferred

In a no-brainer, a single-member Panel with the National Arbitration Forum has ordered several YouTube typo domain names be transferred to Google. The domain names disputed in the case were: youtbe.com, youtub.com, youtue.com, youube.com, and yutube.com. The respondent, who filed no response … [Read more...]

Top 10 Stories of 2011: #4 Google buys YouTube.xxx adult domain name

Google buys YouTube.xxx

Until today, I'd only written two stories focused on .XXX domains, one in 2011 and one in 2012.  The most recent story I wrote was published early New Year's Day and discussed the first .XXX dispute filed over the domain markafoni.xxx. Though the internet has been flooded with details … [Read more...]

Google buys YouTube XXX domain name

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General availability of .XXX domain names began on December 6, 2011, following the sunrise and landrush periods.  The names are now up for grabs on a first come, first served basis.  Many of the world's largest companies have secured their trademarks, including Google Inc. who is now the … [Read more...]

Google going after YouTube typo domains that lead to survey scams

YouTube Scam Survey site

Google is going after several popular typos of the web address YouTube.com, all owned by the same person.  Each typo domain leads unsuspecting users to a site that looks confusingly similar to the official YouTube site (as shown in the picture above of YouTub.com - minus the 'e').  Instead of … [Read more...]