Posts tagged with "acpa"

  1. CybersquattingTrademarks

    Oklahoma federal court keeps Paycom trademark, cybersquatting suit

    March 26, 2026 - The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma refused to dismiss Paycom trademark and cybersquatting suit against Pay.com entities, finding that the . . .

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  2. CybersquattingUnfair Competition

    Cybersquatting claims involving unregistered trademark survive motion to dismiss

    January 1, 2025 - Impulse Communications sued defendants claiming unfair competition and cybersquatting. Plaintiff alleged that defendants' use of the mark ADOPT ME! for a virtual pet game on . . .

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  3. CybersquattingTrademarks

    Cybersquatting claim failed where there was a weak mark and no evidence of bad faith intent

    December 22, 2024 - Aspire Health Partners sued Aspire MGT under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(d) (“ACPA”) over defendant’s registration and use of the domain name . . .

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  4. Cybersquatting

    Does renewing a domain name count as “registering” a domain name under the ACPA?

    April 15, 2024 - The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA") is a federal law - part of the Lanham Act that deals with trademarks and unfair competition. It says . . .

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  5. CybersquattingTrademarks

    No ACPA injunction because mark was not distinctive when domain name first registered

    January 10, 2024 - This case had a bit of a weird result – even though the brand owner had a mark that was 20 years old, and the . . .

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  6. Cybersquatting

    Strip club operator wins motion in domain name dispute against GoDaddy company

    February 2, 2022 - NameFind is a GoDaddy company that holds registrations of domain names and seeks to make money off of them by placing pay-per-click ads on parked . . .

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  7. Cybersquatting

    ACPA claim survives because mark was distinctive when domain name was re-registered

    January 11, 2022 - Federal law has a statute that prohibits abusive domain name registration. The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(d) (ACPA) provides, among other things, that . . .

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  8. CybersquattingLitigation

    Court orders transfer of domain name at preliminary injunction stage of trademark case

    October 23, 2017 -

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  9. Cybersquatting

    Court stops former dealer and company spokesperson from using trademark in domain name

    December 6, 2016 -

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  10. CybersquattingTrademarks

    Court keeps door open on cabinet retailer’s domain name lawsuit

    October 28, 2016 - A guy named Plaza worked for defendant cabinet retailer for a few years and then left to start a competing business called 411 Kitchen Cabinets. . . .

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