Quote from: hugeblack on February 13, 2019, 08:01:04 AM

Blockchain Luxembourg S.A. & Blockchain (US), Inc. which manages the famous wallet "Blockchain.info," that transferred its domain from "Blockchain.info" to "Blockchain.com", filed a lawsuit[1] in December claiming that Paymium's use of the domain "blockchain.io" violated its infringed BLs Blockchain trademark.

Paymium, SAS, has asked the court to reject the case brought by Blockchain Luxembourg S.A. & Blockchain (US) justified by saying:

Quote from: https://domainnamewire.com/2019/02/12/blockchain-io-domain-owner-fights-back-against-blockchain-com/

The deference standards of Twombly and Iqbal do not obscure the elephant in the room this lawsuit is an improper grab at trademark exclusivity in the word BLOCKCHAIN, perhaps
the hottest technology buzzword on the planet. While Plaintiffs were prescient and resourceful enough to obtain the domain names blockchain.com and blockchain.info, they may not properly leverage that foresight into an anti-competitive and unearned monopoly in the term.

Read more: Company that uses Blockchain.com faces the challenge of owning a generic domain

[1] https://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/blockchain.pdf

Years ago I had an incident like this. This sites Turkcell.com Turkcell.com.tr GSM operator in Turkey I had a site called turkcell.org. and there was nothing about them on the site. however, this domain was taken unlawfully from me.. :S

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