Category Archives: domain dispute

German Company Sues Facebook Over Page Name

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Katharine

Domain name squabbles aren’t just restricted to .coms, it seems. A German pharmaceutical company doing business as Merck evidently entered into an agreement with Facebook in March of last year to hold rights to the page at www.facebook.com/merck. However, the … Continue reading →

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Tucows Wins on Appeal and Domains Ruled Property

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Julie

Let’s set the stage and here is the background. Always start with the facts. Tucows bought the business Mailbank and in that acquisition they obtained the domain name Renner.com. A company named Lojas Renner S.A. (which is a subsidiary of … Continue reading →

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SEO Techniques That Can Potentially Harm Your Website

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Emmanuel Dato

I have a friend who asked me why his website suddenly disappeared in google search engine results when it was on top ranking the last time he checked it. My first reaction was maybe it was outranked by other websites … Continue reading →

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Server IPs BLOCKED!

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Emmanuel Dato

All our websites undergoes testing and debugging before finally unleashing it in the world wide web and when we are confident that it is good and functional enough to be published then we publish it. What comes next is maintenance. … Continue reading →

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Domain Name Disputes

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Emmanuel Dato

As a lecturer on Web Development Trends and technologies, My students often asked me questions like “What happens if someone wants the same domain name? What if someone register your company’s name and does not want to give the name … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis wants narnia.mobi back

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Domain Man

A father bought narnia.mobi for his son who is a fan of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Now the estate of CS Lewis has decided they want it. CS Lewis never registered the domain, therefore they never owned it but … Continue reading →

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microsoft.com domain dispute

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Domain Man

There are two interesting domain situations with Microsoft, the actual domain microsoft.com was not at dispute, however two versions have been. First, the domain micros0ft.com with a zero instead of the letter ‘o’ was registered by the company Zero Micro … Continue reading →

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mcdonalds.com domain dispute

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Domain Man

The domain name mcdonalds.com has an interesting story. A writer for Wired magazine was writing an article on domain names and their value and registered the McDonalds domain name. McDonalds now has the domain in their possession, as it was … Continue reading →

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candyland.com domain dispute

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Domain Man

The domain name candyland.com was registered by an adult entertainment business. Hasbro, the maker of the CandyLand board game sued the company to obtain an injunction. The company that registered the domain was the Internet Entertainment Group (IEG) that placed … Continue reading →

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