tiger woods – Internetblog.org.uk https://www.internetblog.org.uk Web hosting, Domain names, Dedicated servers Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 https://www.internetblog.org.uk/files/2016/01/cropped-favico-32x32.png tiger woods – Internetblog.org.uk https://www.internetblog.org.uk 32 32 Cybersquatters lust after Tiger Woods domains https://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/776/cybersquatters-lust-after-tiger-woods-domains/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/776/cybersquatters-lust-after-tiger-woods-domains/ tiger woods scandal
With all the talk in the news of golf master Tiger Woods lusting after mistresses, cybersquatters have been lusting after domains bearing his name. Dozens of domains and sites related to the scandal are up for sale on eBay, including:

  • TigersHarem.com
  • TigerGotWood.com
  • TigersLitter.com
  • TigerTexts.com

One cybersquatter declared:

Tiger Woods and his multiple affairs are the talk of the world. Now is your chance to cash in on one of the biggest celebrity scandals we have seen in years… The Tiger Woods craze is only gaining momentum and will continue to thunder along well into 2010,” says the seller wooing the buyers.

So far, most of these domain auctions seem to have been pulled from eBay. Either way, I don’t know of anyone in their right mind who would buy them. According to one source, the seller of TigersHarem.com wanted $21 million USD for the domain.

Source | India Times
Photo | Flickr

]]> Tiger Woods loses domain name dispute https://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/215/tiger-woods-loses-domain-name-dispute/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:18:11 +0000 http://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/215/tiger-woods-loses-domain-name-dispute/ Tiger Woods
In an effort to secure domain names that match the names of his children, Tiger Woods has been filing domain disputes with the National Arbitration Forum. In order to make a case, the award-winning Golfer argued that the names are confusingly similar to the trademark “Tiger Woods”. The arbitrator refused the claim.

The two domains in question were samalexiswoods.com and charlieaxelwoods.com, both matching the names of two of Woods’ children. In the first case the respondent, Leonard Meng Lee, registered the domain on the same days that Woods’ child was born but agree to voluntarily transfer it to Woods after it was disputed.

In the second case, reviewed this month, the panel ruled that, although the domain name matched the name of Charlie Axel Woods, it was not confusingly similar to the trademark “Tiger Woods” simply by being the name of his child. The panel then decided that “Charlie Axel Woods” was not protectable as a common law trademark or service mark. They further concluded that the complainant produced no evidence to the contrary.

Source: UDRPsearch
Photo: Flickr

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