In international domain name news, Ho Chi Minh City police arrested a man for trying to bilk $1,860 from a Vietnamese business. The man who first tried to sell the domain name tonhoasen.com to Hoa Sen Group later built a fake company website on the domain name and was using the site to extort money [...]

A huge victory for MySpace.com has been overturned as the social networking giant is being forced to hand back control of MySpace.co.uk to the previous owner, Total Web Solutions (TWS). Share

Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP, a law firm in Los Angeles, California, has filed a lawsuit claiming that Google is deceiving its customers into paying for advertisements they don’t want. Google, the law firm contends, is cheating advertisers by charging for ads that are placed on third party websites without the Adwords user being informed. Share

ACE Limited, an insurance company, made an attempt to take the domain name Ace.com away from WebMagic Ventures, citing trademark infringement as it’s primary reason. The issue was taken to the National Arbitration Forum and denied due to several shortcomings in ACE Limited’s dispute. This case not only unique because of the value of the domain, [...]

Gambling911.com is reporting escalated tension between Bodog and 1st Technology in regards to a lawsuit over a coveted domain name, Bodog.com. Bodog founder, Calvin Ayre, insists that he was improperly served when 1st Technologies originally filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against his company, which led to the eventual loss of the important domain name. On his personal blog, [...]

As seen in this Washington Post article, and PC World, Microsoft is suing the domain name registrar Red Register for trademark violation. Microsoft has made similar suits over the years against registrants. This marks the second recent suit for cybersquatting against an ICANN accredited registrar, as Belgium Domains, DomainDoorman.com and Capital Domains were recently accused [...]

Domain Name News has received an email from domain registrar Belgium Domains informing their clients and customers that the registrar has been locked out of the registry at Verisign. The lockout was spurred by the ongoing legal battles between the registrar and plaintiffs claiming trademark infringement. Plaintiffs, including Dell and Yahoo, received a court order [...]

A legal battle between Verizon and domain portfolio owner Internet REIT has ended with a settlement between the two parties..  According to a report on  Fox Business : The settlement between the parties includes a monetary payment to Verizon and the issuance of a permanent injunction prohibiting Internet REIT from registering, trafficking in, or using, as a [...]

In a push against automated trademark infringing domainers, Dell filed a lawsuit against three Florida Registrars on November 16, 2007, based on complaints of cybersquatting, trademark infringement, counterfeiting, dilution, and unfair competition. Dell Inc., along with Alienware Corporation, a subsidiary of Dell, brought this action against BelgiumDomains, CapitolDomains, and DomainDoorman.com. Netrian Ventures and iHoldings.com were also [...]

New details in the Vulcan Golf vs Google case have emerged. Several new plaintiffs have been added to the case against Google, Oversee, Sedo, IReit and other “John Does”. Most notable of the new plaintiffs is a famous sports star, Vincent E. Jackson, aka “Bo” Jackson. Bo Jackson is a recognized name within American professional [...]