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Poker Domain Name Owners Sued By MGM
December 4, 2011 @ 9:01 PMMGM Resorts has filed lawsuits against 2 companies and 4 individuals it accuses of trademark infringement by registering domain names that use names of several MGM-owned casinos.
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Indiana University Buying Up 11 .XXX Domain Names to Block Their Use
December 4, 2011 @ 8:42 PMIndiana University is buying up 11 Internet domains names using a new suffix meant for pornography sites in order to protect the school’s reputation and trademarks.
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Feds Seize Domain Names of Korean Movie Portals
December 4, 2011 @ 3:08 AMHomeland Security’s ICE unit has started the ninth phase of Operation In Our Sites. Following on from last week’s action targeting online shops selling counterfeit goods, US authorities have just seized the domain names of 11 Korean movie download portals. For the first time since the seizures began the banner has been updated to include Korean language.
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MGM Resorts Files Trademark Infringement Suit Over Domain Names
December 2, 2011 @ 4:07 AMMGM Resorts International has filed suit against four individuals and two companies for trademark infringement.
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US Opposition to ICANN's Domain Names Policy Could Lead to a Fractured Internet
December 2, 2011 @ 3:45 AMRecently retired ICANN chief warns that US groups opposing its new domain names policy could fuel criticism that the Internet is run by the US.
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GoDaddy Investment Should Close Before End of Year
December 2, 2011 @ 12:42 AMA private equity investment by KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures in GoDaddy should close by the end of the year, according to Iowa news station KCRG.
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Nevada Judge Orders Theft of Domain Names
December 1, 2011 @ 8:49 PMAt Ars Technica Nate Anderson reports a Nevada judge has ruled that Chanel can sieze hundreds of internet domains. The domain owners are accused of selling counterfeit Chanel goods. Over 200 domains can be seized from their owners, transferred to GoDaddy by Chanel and redirected to a seizure notice. The investigations performed were quite rigorous and thorough:
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Illinois State University Locking Up .XXX Domain Names
December 1, 2011 @ 10:03 AMIllinois State University is trying to lock up nine Internet domain names with the planned .xxx suffix to keep them out of the hands of pornographers. ISU Chief Technology Officer Mark Walbert told WJBC Radio in Bloomington that the school wants to avoid…
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Parked Domains, Scraper Sites Targeted Among New Google Changes
December 1, 2011 @ 4:57 AMIn what’s now to be a monthly update on search changes, a new Google Inside Search”blog post today tells us that life is getting tougher for those with parked domains, life may get better for those plagued by scraper sites and those hoping to “push down” negative listings may have a tougher challenge.
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Penn State Recently Bought Four .XXX Domain Names, Should Have Bought More
December 1, 2011 @ 1:34 AMVisionaries at Penn State snatched up four .xxx domain names for the school this September, according to The Daily Collegian. New .xxx URLs go on sale to the public next week, but trademark owners like PSU got a chance to lock down their porn names early so as to prevent any scuzzing up of their brands. Wouldn’t want any brand scuzzing at Penn State, after all.
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