Cybersquatting complaint against a page on Blogger — Guy files

Apparently blogger.com followed by a bunch of numbers infringes this guy’s trademarks.

From the WTF category…

Nevada resident Steven Barket has filed a federal lawsuit against Google and a John Doe, claiming violations of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and Lanham Act.

The offending domain name that violates Barket’s trademarks?

blogger.com/profile/10034500688963114971

Yes, that’s a single page on the Blogger.com domain.

Barket demands a judgement ordering the transfer of the “domain”.

You’ll notice that the URL he’s claiming as cybersquatting doesn’t even include his name. I think what he’s really upset regarding is stevebarket.blogspot.com, which seems to be a blog saying bad things regarding Barket. It includes a few links to an inactive WordPress.com blog. But even that is a subdirectory of a domain, not a domain itself.

I can understand Barket wanting Google to remove the page, but I think his legal approach is misinformed.