Combining Second Level Domain and Top Level Suffix
December 31, 2013The following was originally published as a guest blog on Neil Brown's website, Domain Times on December 15, 2013. The…Compelling Arbitration of Nonsignatories
December 13, 2013First published in Dispute Resolution Section Blog of the New York State Bar Association December 13, 2013 (http://nysbar.com/blogs/ResolutionRoundtable.html) A nonsignatory…Succcessor Proving Ownership of Trademark
December 4, 2013Ordinarily, a complainant proves ownership of a trademark by displaying a certificate of registration from a national registrar; or, if…Good Faith Registration Bad Faith Use
November 25, 2013One could argue, totally at odds with UDRP precedent, that it is unfair of a domain name registrant to renew…Registering Domain Name for Legitimate Business Purpose
November 15, 2013There can be no violation of owner's trademark rights where there is a legitimate business purpose for registering the disputed…Internet Subscription Libraries
November 4, 2013Co-author, Gerald M. Levine New Internet subscription libraries are offering to “lend” digital books based on subscription models that brick…Predictability Depends on the Panel You Draw
October 30, 2013A general view formed early in the UDRP jurisprudence is that for predictability decisions "should consist of more than, it…Arbitrators Exceeding Scope of Authority
October 16, 2013First published in Dispute Resolution Section Blog of the New York State Bar Association October 15, 2013 (http://nysbar.com/blogs/ResolutionRoundtable/2013/10/) An arbitratator's…Limits of Protected Speech
October 7, 2013The question of protected speech is whether the protection is to the domain name or the contents of the website.…Personal Names Not Protected
September 30, 2013UDRP's limited jurisdiction extends to personal names only if they qualify as trademarks. Some attempt has been made to justify…Reaching Safe Harbor under the UDRP
September 22, 2013Respondent reaches safe harbor under the UDRP either by proving good faith or complainant is unsuccessful in proving bad faithParagraph…Deliberate Misspellings of Trademarks
August 30, 2013Typosquatting is the term applied to deliberate misspellings of trademarks. A high percentage of UDRP disputes involve domain names that…