We are starting to see a flood of articles in the mainstream media about politicians failing to register their personal names as domain names, or variations thereof.  Rand Paul recently purchased RandPaul.com for $100,000.00 from someone who appears to be in violation of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) under the theory that it is quicker and easier to simply purchase the domai...

Our internet class action attorneys have received complaints regarding domain name renewal by iPage.com. If you or anyone you know has had problems with iPage.com and domain name renewals, contact us today. ICANN Expired Registration Policy requires at least two emails be sent to a domain registrant prior to the expiration date.  iPage did not provide notice of credit card processing issues, and di...

Blue penciling is a term in the non-compete arena that indicates that a court or judge can modify a non-compete agreement to make it reasonable where it is otherwise unreasonable as it applies to an employee.  Many states allow judges, such as Michigan for instance in a non-compete matter, to blue pencil or re-write an otherwise unreasonable non-compete agreement to make it a reasonable non-compete ...

In 2011, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) created the new generic top level domain (gTLD) suffix program to increase the number of new domain name options to be registered and used on the internet.  The first of those top level domains were made available in November of 2013 offering new extensions such as .bike, .clothing, .guru and .holdings.  Since that initial off...

There are two main methods for protecting your trademarks.  The first method involves filing an opposition proceeding if you believe that you will be damaged by the registration of another’s mark.  Opposition proceedings are brought before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) at the USPTO.  The second method involves a trademark owner brining suit in federal court for trademark infringeme...

It is not uncommon for many of us to have a domain name or two registered with GoDaddy or some other registrar, whether it is for business, personal or other uses.  In having these domain names, many of us would assume that the domains being held with GoDaddy or some another registrar would be protected with some level of internal security procedure that would prevent the domain from being stolen b...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) allows applicants to seek patent protection internationally for their inventions.  Since you cannot simply obtain a single patent that is effective in every country in the world, patent protection is typically secured through a local patent in that country, through regional patents, such as a European patent, or through an international PCT application.  By filin...

Lawyers in the Target class action lawsuit have recently reached a proposed settlement for the 2013 data security breach of Target’s customers during the holiday season that resulted in approximately 110 million people’s personal information and 40 million credit cards data being stolen.  Target has agreed to pay $10 million dollars to the victims of this data breach which could pay upwards to $...