LAW360 - Sep 12 - A sugar daddy dating app Seeking Arrangement has slammed a competitor for allegedly ripping off its websites and apps, claiming Successful Match has been infringing various trademarked phrases including "mutually beneficial relationships", "seeking millionaire" and "relationship on your terms".
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OPW - Apr 9 - The Internet Dating Excellence Association World Officers Weekend happened over the weekend, and the IDEA SUMMIT happened Monday. Here's video summaries of our adventures in Chennai.
Day 1
Day 2
IDEA SUMMIT was a closed door event. It was a very full day of learning and sharing. 14 presentations were made by the CEO/Founder of Matrimony, CEO of Mamba, Chief Mobile Officer of Matrimony, CEO/Founder of Lunch Actually, CMO of Woo, CEO/Founder of Agape Match, CEO of LoveMe, MD of Insparx, Owner of SuccessfulMatch, Owner of Hubpeople, Co-founder of LoveMe, MD of Mamba, and CEO of BetterHalf.ai.
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SKY - Nov 5 - SuccessfulMatch, the parent company of Positive Singles, is ordered to pay $16.5M in damages for displaying members' images on other sites. A lawsuit alleged that the plaintiff - known only as John Doe - and other members of Positive Singles were misled about their privacy when they joined the site. A jury agreed with Mr Doe's claim, and ordered the dating company to pay $1.5M in compensation to him, plus $15M in punitive damages.
The full article was originally published at Sky News, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: Proverbial, hits fan.
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COURTHOUSE NEWS - Apr 23 - Online daters failed to show that SuccessfulMatch.com misled them into believing their HIV and STD statuses would remain private, a federal judge ruled. People HIV positive joined PositiveSingles.com, a dating site that promised a free and "fully anonymous" profile. But its parent SuccessfulMatch.com allows its users to scan the full profiles - including HIV status - of all its affiliates, including PositiveSingles.com, according to the lawsuit.
by William Dottinga
The full article was originally published at Courthouse News, but is no longer available.
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US NEWS - July 31 - A class action suit against Successful Match alleges that the company broke the law and its promises of confidentiality to customers on PositiveSingles.com by sharing their HIV and STD statuses on "thousands" of spinoff sites, including HIVGayMen.com, STDHookup.com and Blackpoz.com. Meanwhile ChristianMingle.com, a datingsite for Christian singles, is also embroiled in a class action suit, for not offering its dating services to same-sex couples. Christian Mingle is being sued for a violation of human rights law in California, where same-sex marriage is legal.
by Elizabeth Flock
The full article was originally published at US News, but is no longer available.
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PR WEB - July 10 - The California Superior Court granted class certification in the class action lawsuit filed by John Doe against STD dating site PositiveSingles.com and SuccessfulMatch.com. Plaintiffs allege that the sites failed to disclose to members that their profiles would be accessible on ~1,000 websites other than the one they signed up on. Plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief as well as restitution of their registration fees, compensatory, statutory and punitive damages.
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CINCINNATI NEWS - May 19 - PositiveSingles.com, a dating site marketed to users with sexually transmitted diseases, is promising 100% confidentiality. It specifically stated that that “(we) do not disclose, sell, or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party organizations.” Users of the service disagreed. According to their lawsuit, SuccessfulMatch.com, which operated Positive Singles, gave commissions to anyone who set up a domain name using its database. Positive Singles users found their profiles on hundreds of other dating websites.
The full article was originally published at Cincinnati News, but is no longer available.
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PR WEB - Apr 20 - Successful Match, the company that powers on-line dating sites in the niches of millionaire dating and sugar daddy dating, has launched Agelessfish.com, a new senior dating site for singles 50+.
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