As reported earlier, Verizon sued Navigation Catalyst and the Basic Fusion registrar for cybersquatting. As part of this lawsuit, it has been reported elsewhere that the domain forum TMFor.com has been subpoenaed by Verizon’s lawyers. The items subpoenaed include identifying information for each and every user of the forum. According to DomainNews, the article goes on [...]

Verizon, a wireless communications provider, has filed a lawsuit against OnlineNic, one of the earliest domain registrars accredited by ICANN, due to trademark infringement. [via Justia.com] Share

We missed this story when the case first started, so to quickly get you up to speed. Verizon is suing Navigation Catalyst Systems (aka Vendare, aka First Look, aka qsrch.net) and Basic Fusion for trademark infringement. George Kirikos has taken the time to download all the documents from PACER and post them up on his [...]

As reported by Tech Crunch, Citizen Hawk, a “digital brand management” company is now funded with $3 million courtesy of Maveron LLC. “CitizenHawk helps companies protect their online brands by targeting cybersquatters.” The interesting angle that goes unmentioned at Tech Crunch is that Maveron already has a history of investmenting in the domain space with their funding [...]