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posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 01 2015, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the lawsuit-that-should-'workbetter' dept.

Cybersquatting is registering, selling or using a domain name with the intent of profiting from the goodwill of someone else's trademark. It generally refers to the practice of buying up domain names that use the names of existing businesses with the intent to sell the names for a profit to those businesses. Now Andrew Allmann writes at Domain Name Wire that New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against Jason Kneen over the domain name WorkBetter.com that Kneen registered in 1999 although Office Space Solutions didn't use the term "Work Better" in commerce until 2015.

"Workbetter.com is virtually identical to, and/or confusingly similar to the WORK BETTER Service Mark, which was distinctive at the time that the Defendant renewed and/or updated the registration of workbetter.com," says the lawsuit. But according to an Office Space Solutions' filing with the USPTO, it didn't use the term "Work Better" in commerce until 2015. Office Space Solutions is making the argument that the domain name was renewed in bad faith. According to Kneen, Office Space previously tried to purchase the domain name from him and after it failed to acquire the domain name, is now trying to take it via a lawsuit.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:34AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:34AM (#203633) Homepage Journal

    "Did you register his domains?"

    "Com, net and org!"

    http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Willie-Brown-Finds-Web-Name-Taken-Contractor-2915053.php [sfgate.com]

    All Andy really wanted was a job so he registered the domains of all the SFO mayoral campaigns then waited around for an offer.

    I roffle coptered when I found one of my best friends above the fold in the Chron. I gave him free hosting so for a while williebrown.com had a discussion of willie brown's machine politics. Later it endorsed Tom Ammiano.

    A client once refused to pay Andy for his work so he redirected the domain to a particularly skanky website of ill repute. Andy's parents were quite surprised when a deputy turned up at their place in new england to serve the client's complaint.

    Even today most people dont know why its important to own their own domains.

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
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