Last week I wrote about how UberMedia registered the domain name twitteripad.com, despite the company’s sometimes rocky relationship with Twitter.
In February, UberTwitter, Twidroyd, and UberCurrent were temporarily suspended by Twitter. The UberMedia apps were shut off for terms of service violations, one of which included trademark infringement over the name UberTwitter. UberMedia quickly changed the name of UberTwitter to UberSocial in response to Twitter’s requests.
This week, it’s a different story. To avoid possible Twitter troubles, it appears UberMedia has had a change of heart on the domain twitteripad.com. The same day the story ran on May 21, the domain name was deleted at GoDaddy and became available again. GoDaddy didn’t hold the name or send it to auction, instead it released it.
Chances are, it won’t be long before it gets registered again. But maybe not. Twitteripad.com has trouble written all over it since it could be considered a trademark infringing domain name on not one but two widely used products, Twitter and Apple’s iPad.
In mid February Twitter got the domain twittersearch.com after filing a dispute at WIPO in December 2010. The dispute wasn’t decided by WIPO, instead the name was apparently turned over to Twitter without having to wait for a panel decision.