The Proctor and Gamble Company (PG), responsible for products such as Tide detergent, Pampers diapers, and Scope mouthwash, recently filed a domain dispute with Richard Jones, a man who registered scopemouthwash.com and used it for his search portal of miscellaneous advertisements available in multiple languages. PG owns pg.com as well …
July, 2009
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27 July
Federal court rejects Hotels.com appeal
The website owners of Hotels.com have been trying to get trademark status for the domain name for over year, but Friday The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. According to the court, the term “hotels” …
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2 July
Jay Leno wins domain name dispute
Talk Show host and celebrity Jay Leno has scored a victory over an individual from Wisconsin who registered the domain name, weeknightswithjayleno.com. Garrison Hintz claims that he registered the domain name with the intention of creating a fan site about Jay Leno; however, the site has instead served as an …