Google wins 37 of 50 typo domain names. Google has won rights to 37 typo domain names of its YouTube brand, but it won’t be happy with the results. That’s because the National Arbitration Forum panelist who decided the case also determined that the typosquatter could keep 13 infringing domain names, including youtubr.com and youtbue.com. ...
Company behind Ping golf brand applies for .ping trademark, but it might be just a defensive play. Companies continue to file trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office despite ICANN saying it will give no weight to .TLD trademarks (and the USPTO not permitting such trademarks). One of the latest may be a ...
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Four patent applications provide method of domain name valuation and domain suggestions. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed four patent applications related to domain name appraisals and spinning. The applications list Paul Nicks, who is Director of Product Development for GoDaddy’s auction service, as inventor. They were filed in February 2010 and just published by ...
Facebook and American Farm Bureau may be close to settling FB trademark dispute. Facebook is getting close to settling a trademark dispute with American Farm Bureau over the mark “FB”. It all comes down to one sentence. The intriguing dispute started when Facebook filed a trademark application for “FB”. American Farm Bureau, a lobbying group ...
More trademarks filed for new top level domain names. ICANN won’t consider top level domain-specific trademarks when new TLD applications are evaluated. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office won’t even grant them. But that’s not stopping people from paying a few hundred dollars per class to file trademark applications. The latest three come courtesy of ...
Atossa Genetics Inc., a biotechnology company focused on cellular and molecular diagnostic tests, said it acquired a patent for breast cancer diagnosis and risk assessment. Atossa got patent 7,879,614 and a pending unpublished patent application from the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation of Santa Monica, California, the Seattle-based company said in a statement. The patent, ...
Google is rumored to have netted, what could possibly be a photo-sharing program called Photovine. The internet giant has created frenzy with its latest trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Expectedly, Google has claimed charge of the domain name from the previous owner, Matthew Gibson. In fact, Gibson had been the owner ...