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Posts Tagged ‘domain name law’

06|17|2008 2:11 am EDT

Whois Does Not Establish Domain Name Ownership

by Adam Strong in Categories: Legal Issues

Domain Name News was forwarded a copy of a 2007 Federal Court decision that seems to be a wake up call to after-market domain name buyers to be wary of who they are buying domain names from. The California Federal Court decision should make it crystal clear to would-be domain name purchasers that true ownership [...]

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05|25|2008 11:19 pm EDT

Vietnamese Arrest Man for Domain Name Blackmail Scheme

by Adam Strong in Categories: Legal Issues

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 [...]

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03|04|2008 2:47 pm EDT

Frank Schilling on Cybersquatting

by Adam Strong in Categories: Domain Auction, Up to the Minute

Frank Schilling talks with attorney Damien Allen on Traverse Legal. Allen asks Frank some very direct questions about the domain name space and the legal issues surrounding domains.  This is a great lesson about domains and their relationship with intellectual property stakeholders from one of the leading domain investors. Traverse Legal is a Michigan based [...]

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