ICANN sends breach notice to TrustName

Registrar for “sensitive niches” has not been handling DNS abuse properly, ICANN says. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name registrar Fewmoretaps OU, d/b/a TrustName.com, today. TrustName’s website bills itself as the “most trusted independent domain registrar for privacy-conscious individuals and businesses in sensitive niches. Count on us to be your “bulletproof” domain [...]

Yahoo sues Ad.com, alleging forgery to steal trademark

Company alleges that AdMedia created a fraudulent assignment agreement and submitted it to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Yahoo Ad Tech and Yahoo IP Holdings have sued (pdf) Ad.com Interactive Media (dba AdMedia) and its CEO, alleging that it stole Yahoo’s trademark for advertising.com. Yahoo alleges that AdMedia and CEO Danny Bibi orchestrated a [...]