"The consumer electronics maker is using electronic ink in its new e-book, marking one of the first applications of the next-generation display technology." [CNet]
In one of the broadest crackdowns ever issued against a domain name holder, a federal judge orders eReferee.com to stop using the word referee in all of its domain names. By Lisa M. Bowman.
"The nonprofit site recently became the target of Colgate-Palmolive when trademark lawyers from the household products giant and maker of the Ajax cleanser requested that the independent site yield its domain name." [cnet]
It took a few years and a reported $3.3 million, but Compaq today said the news is official: it now owns the coveted domain name "www.altavista.com." [News.com]
Digital Equipment (DEC) has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the Campbell, California-based multimedia software company AltaVista Technology Incorporated, (ATI) over use of the AltaVista name, which is the trademark of DEC's ...
In a significant win for small businesses on the Net, a federal judge has ruled that a registered trademark, even when held by a well-known company, does not automatically entitle its holder to own the corresponding domain name. By Dan Goodin. [News.com]