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Over-Reaching AOL loses a battle marks war against Advertise.com - Will decision impact the annulment of the sale of Ad.com $ 1.4 million?
A federal appeals court has ruled against AOL and given the right to continue to do business under its Advertise.com generic domain name.A panel of three judges representing the
Ninth Circuit Appeals Court stayed an injunction which would have required Advertise.com to stop using the name, according to AOL, violating a brand they hold for advertising.com .AOL says Advertise.com was mislead companies to believe that he was affiliated with AOL's advertising.com and the term shorthand used site - Ad.com - in spite of the fact that AOL has still the Ad.com domain!

Advertise.com argued that whatever brand of advertising.com are generic and therefore subject to the cancellation of AOL.The Court did not a reason for his decision to 2-1 in favor of Advertise.com, but the fact that generic words are in the center of controversy probably was a key factor.
Divyank Turakhia immediately after
Turakhia placed a $ 1.4 million
bid winner for Ad.com in April 2009.
With Ad.com, AOL believes that the owner name also infringe on its advertising.com brand and have applied for a trademark in Ad.com to reinforce its claim (others say that his claim to the application domain and trademark generic are an attempt to brazen in kidnapping of reverse domain) .the possibility that AOL would after attitude Ad.com domain name owner to scuttle a sale of the domain that was made during a live auction at the Conference in April 2009 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley $ 1.4 million.ExecutivesCo-founder of Divyank Turakhia placed the bid of $ 1.4 million, but shortly before the auction ended learned that AOL claiming rights to the nombre.Creyendo that he had sold a costly legal dispute with the giant Internet which had not been aware of Turakhia refused to complete the sale, which resulted in the Oversee (Moniker.com) auctioneer and the seller, Marcos Guillén.NET, file a complaint against Turakhia company.
Measures stay injunction against the Advertise.com does not terminate its legal battle with AOL, but was an important round of Advertise.com ganar.Si appeal process ends with AOL claims rejected once for all, because we believe that you should also would clear the way for the owner of Ad.com to complete a sale of your domain without undue interference from AOL that throwing a monkey wrench your transaction seven-digit.



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