- October 29, 2010Panels use the phrase “initial interest confusion” in two contexts: “[1] confusion of authorship upon reading the content of a…
- October 28, 2010Gerald M. Levine, Co-Author Most publishing contracts provide for both the establishment and termination of the author/publisher relationship. Why should…
- October 28, 2010A respondent is ordinarily responsible for its behavior immediately upon registration and chargeable for its use of the domain name…
- October 27, 2010A respondent may, as has frequently been pointed out, rightfully register a domain name incorporating a complainant’s trademark if authorized…
- October 26, 2010Transferees who acquire domain names from related entities or by purchase and registrants who independently acquire their domain names after…
- October 22, 2010“Pay-per-click websites” (noted the Panel in Business Filings Incorporated v. John Thalacker D/B/A Traffico, D2010-1332 (WIPO October 1, 2010)) “are…
- October 21, 2010Trademark + pejorative signaling criticism of the goods or services of a trademark holder are a powerful irritant. If the…
- October 20, 2010A transferee is likely to take possession of a disputed domain name under conditions factually different from the original registrant.…
- October 19, 2010With qualification, descriptive phrases are not denied trademark registration but they are less protected from concurrent users. That is clear…
- October 18, 2010Rule 11(a) of the Rules of the Policy is a two clause provision. The first clause provides that “[u]nless otherwise…
- October 15, 2010It is a misapprehension of domain name jurisprudence to believe that the registration of a descriptive phrase that is identical…
- October 13, 2010As a general rule when “the licence of distribution arrangement has terminated, the respondent is generally found to have no…