Prudential Settlements for Alleged Cybersquatting/Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Under the ACPA
January 22, 2019Given the number of awards endlessly arriving from Panels appointed to decide cybersquatting disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute…Typosquatting as Per Se Cybersquatting Unless Proved Otherwise
January 7, 2019The quintessence of typosquatting is syntactical variation: adding, omitting, replacing, substituting, and transposing words and letters. Recent examples include <citizens1loans>…Drawing Inferences from the Record: UDRP/URS Decision-Making
December 10, 2018The weighing of evidence involves the connecting of dots, which involves drawing inferences. However, just as there can be false…Abusive Conduct: Domain Name Registrants and Rights Holders
November 25, 2018Abusive conduct or cybersquatting is the essence of disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), usually by…Remedies for Cybersquatting: New gTLD Domain Names
October 2, 2018In the discussions proceeding the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishing The Management Of Internet Names And Addresses: Intellectual Property…Undone! Failure of Persuasion in UDRP Proceedings
September 25, 2018A split Panel in an early decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) held that parties deserve…What Do UDRP Panels Look for in Assessing Parties’ Rights to Disputed Domain Names?
September 4, 2018Panels appointed to adjudicate domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) have written in the…Limitations, Delays, and Laches as Defenses to Cybersquatting Claims
August 19, 2018In passing the baton for combating cybersquatting to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) the World Intellectual…Challenging UDRP Awards in Federal Court: Recent Outcomes
August 13, 2018Challenging UDRP awards in actions under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) is infrequent though steady. There are currently a…What’s Abusive in Registering Domain Names, and the Reverse?
August 7, 2018The two major providers of arbitration services for adjudicating cybersquatting complaints under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP),…Short Strings of Alphabet Letters in Domain Names: Random to Some, Identifiers to Others
July 27, 2018What is the intrinsic (as opposed to trademark) value of short string domain names? It depends, of course. Rights holders…Combinations of Dictionary Words in Domain Names: Common vs. Distinctive Phrases
July 2, 2018The lexicon of domain names consists of letters, words, numbers, dots, and dashes. When the characters correspond in whole (identical)…