PALM BEACH, FL - When I first saw this DNW headline, I thought I had been accidentally redirected to The Onion or The Babylon Bee. That is how absurd this case looked at first glance. It wasn’t satire. It was real. According to Domain Name Wire, an IT professional filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain kn.uk simply because it matched his initials. That was the core of the argument. No trademark. No established brand. No demonstrated goodwill. Just the belief that … [Read more...]
Slipknot Files Lawsuit Over Two-Decade Battle for Slipknot.com Domain Name
RICHMOND, VA - Slipknot, one of heavy metal’s most commercially successful and enduring acts, has launched a new legal campaign to reclaim control of a domain name if it feels belongs to them more than twenty years after the web address was registered. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Slipknot, Inc. v. slipknot.com), targets the long-time registrant of Slipknot.com, a domain the band says has misled fans and profited from its … [Read more...]