Yahoo files a domain complaint and .MY releases plans
Yahoo files complaint over Yahoo-Center-Mail.com domain name
Yahoo recently filed a complaint this past week with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), claiming legal rights over the domain name Yahoo-Center-Mail.com. Yahoo expects the NAF to order the owner of the infringing domain name to hand it over to the corporation, which owns the Yahoo trademark. The case is still pending as the NAF completes its compliance checks. The NAF is responsible for determining if the domain name is similar enough to the trademarked name to confuse potential site visitors. Additionally, the NAF will determine if the owner of Yahoo-Center-Mail.com has rights over the name and if the domain was registered in bad faith. If the infringing domain meets all three of these conditions, it must be transferred over to Yahoo.
Jimmy Choo files complaint over JimmyChooStock.com
Last week, another big name brand, Jimmy Choo, has filed a complaint similar to Yahoo’s. The shoe brand filed a complaint against the owner of JimmyChooStock.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, claiming legal rights over the trademarked name. The WIPO mediation center must perform compliance checks in regards to the owner’s rights to the infringing domain, whether the domain was registered in bad faith and if the domain name is similar enough to the trademarked shoe brand to confuse site visitors.
.MY Domain Registry aims to register 500,000 domains by 2016
Upon gaining approval from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), .my Domain Registry has set a goal to register 500,000 domain names worldwide by 2016 to expand outside of the Malaysian borders.
Since December 2011, the singular administrator for web sites ending with .my in Malaysia, registered exactly 145,990 local domain names. As of September 6, 2012 the number jumped 40 percent for a total number of sites ending in .my of exactly 202,533.
Ikmaluddin Ismail, the recently appointed CEO, stated that .my Domain Registry guarantees that the products and services the company offers will be in sync with the most up-to-date technologies to increase their number of customers. Ismail also stated that he hopes resellers, in addition to customers, will help the company reach it’s goal, and he plans to garner media assistance to promote the .my Malaysian domain ending.
The constant support from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the MCMC has allowed .my Domain Registry to put innovative projects into practice under the 10th Malaysia Plan.
City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
This past Friday, Ville de Paris, also known as City of Paris, was ordered by a U.S. federal district court to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and convoluted interference.
Judge Melinda Harmon also ruled that the city must pay the complainant’s $26,830 attorney’s costs and fees.
Back in 2009, the City of Paris filed a UDRP against the owner of the site Parvi.org. In that particular case, rights to the domain name were given to the City of Paris, in spite of determining that the domain name was not initially registered in bad faith.
The owner of Parvi.org sued the city to halt the transfer. His complaint sought a determination that his site did not fall under cyber squatting laws and that the City of Paris was trying to perform a reverse domain name hijack.
When Ville de Paris filled the UDRP with WIPO, it conceded to court jurisdiction in the domain registrar’s location, which was Texas. However, in spite of the agreement, the city failed to show up and dispute the charges, which would not be the first time Ville de Paris has abandoned U.S. jurisdiction after filing a complaint of this nature.
The judge was forced to go into a default ruling against Ville de Paris. This case makes the second Texas court where a complainant was a ward damages in the six-figure range for reverse domain hijacking.
Warner Bros registers domain names for Magic Mike 2 sequel
Following talk of a sequel to the male stripper film, Magic Mike, Warner Brothers added fuel to the rumor mill fire.
The studio registered a few new domains related to the film’s rumored sequel.
MagicMike2Movie.com
MagicMikeMovie2.com
MagicMikePart2.com
Perhaps Warner Bros. is just taking a defensive measure to prevent future domain name issues after the film’s writer and star shared that they would work on a sequel. Also, perhaps, Warner Bros. did not take this possible defensive measure soon enough as a New Jersey man registered the exact domain, MagicMike2.com, a couple of months ago in July.