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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. GoDaddy.com, Inc. et al

  1. October 30, 2015

    Oscars Taking GoDaddy Cybersquatting Case To 9th Circ.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday it will appeal a California federal judge's recent ruling that GoDaddy Inc. was not liable for hundreds of domain names that included the Oscars trademark.

  2. September 10, 2015

    Judge Sides With GoDaddy In Academy Awards IP Row

    A California federal judge on Thursday sided with GoDaddy.com Inc. in a cybersquatting suit from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences accusing the registrar of earning $90 million by purposefully allowing users to register hundreds of domain names with the Oscars trademark.

  3. August 04, 2015

    GoDaddy Made $90M Off Others' Marks: Academy Awards

    GoDaddy Inc. purposefully allowed users to register hundreds of domain names with the Oscars trademark, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences told a California federal judge as its cybersquatting bench trial opened Tuesday, saying GoDaddy earned $90 million from a program that exploits others' marks.

  4. July 24, 2014

    GoDaddy Users' Domain Names Ruled Too Close To Oscars Marks

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which presides over the yearly film awards known as the Oscars, won a bid on Thursday to have 88 Web domain names registered to users of GoDaddy Inc. declared confusingly similar to its own trademarks, according to an order filed in California federal court.

  5. April 18, 2014

    GoDaddy's 'Bad Judgment' DQ Bid Not Sanctionable

    A California federal judge on Friday blasted GoDaddy Inc.'s now-failed bid to disqualify the judge overseeing a cybersquatting suit against it as an extremely bad judgment call, but ruled it was not made in bad faith to justify sanctioning the web host. 

  6. April 08, 2014

    GoDaddy Tries To Avoid Sanctions Over Bid To DQ Judge

    GoDaddy Inc. pleaded with a California federal court Tuesday not to sanction the company over its now-failed bid to disqualify the judge overseeing a cybersquatting suit against the registrar, an effort the court has previously called "frivolous."

  7. February 03, 2014

    GoDaddy Can't DQ Judge In Oscars Cybersquatting Suit

    A California federal judge on Monday smacked down GoDaddy Inc.'s effort to have Judge Audrey B. Collins disqualified from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' cybersquatting suit against the company, saying the motion was frivolous and potentially sanctionable. 

  8. June 26, 2013

    GoDaddy Denied Safe Harbor In Oscars Cybersquatting Suit

    A California federal judge refused to toss a cybersquatting lawsuit brought by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences against GoDaddy.com Inc. for allegedly allowing users to profit from Oscars-related domain names, finding last week that GoDaddy doesn't qualify for safe harbor protection under the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act.

  9. October 23, 2012

    Google Evades Probe In Trademark Suit Against GoDaddy

    A California federal judge excused Google Inc. and its executives Friday from providing depositions or further documents in a fight between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and domain registrar GoDaddy.com over cybersquatting charges.

  10. December 13, 2011

    Academy Loses Bid For Emails In GoDaddy IP Fight

    A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to search the emails of five GoDaddy.com Inc. executives in its lawsuit accusing the Web hosting company of illegally profiting from its Academy Awards trademarks.

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