Motorola vs. Motorazr.com: Round 1 Goes Against Motorola

Jason Chen — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:57:21 EST

Remember the case of Motorola trying to strongarm the Motorazr.com domain from its original owner? Well, the panel assigned to delibrate on the claim has made its decision, and disagreed with Motorola's claims.

The panel said the site was not in "bad faith", designed to direct users to an advertising site, and denied the complaint entirely. It's likely Motorola will appeal, but in the meantime, score one for the little guy. – Jason Chen

motorazr.com vs. Motorola: the verdict is in! [Vincent Nguyen]

Image via Phoenix Wright Objectionator!

Motorola Strongarming Motorazr.com Domain From Owner

Jason Chen — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:40:24 EST

The issue of domain name ownership is a tricky one, especially when it comes to corporations and their desire to "retcon" themselves through lawyers the domains they failed to register when they released a product. Apple is a company that often does this. Now, Motorola's jumping on board.

Vincent of Slashgear registered and set up motorazr.com as a Motorola RAZR community site back in July of '04, a full 11 months before Motorola filed the trademark for "motorazr". Everything was fine until August of '06, when Moto's lawyers decided they wanted the domain, and even offered a piddling amount of $1,500 to get him to go away. When that didn't work, their lawyer was "rude and unprofessional", and now Motorola's going through arbitration with the World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain.

What are your thoughts? – Jason Chen

Motorola resorts to reverse domain hijacking of motorazr.com [Vincent Nguyen]

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Motorola vs. Motorazr.com: Round 1 Goes Against Motorola

Motorola Strongarming Motorazr.com Domain From Owner