Month: January 2011

January 30, 2011

There is a difference between contracts offered by traditional publishers and contracts by printers that resemble but are not publishing…

January 29, 2011

Paragraph 4(b)(iii) of the Policy reads: “[Y]ou have registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business…

January 27, 2011

In determining whether a respondent has violated the UDRP the examination focuses on the domain name and the trademark not…

January 25, 2011

The extension ".co" (country code for Columbia) is perfectly respectable although confusing with ".com" where the second level domain is…

January 21, 2011

Of the three defenses [4(c)(i-iii) of the Policy], the first and third require proof of a legitimate use. The first…

January 19, 2011

The UDRP offers a forum with limited jurisdiction to resolve a particular type of dispute in which a domain name…

January 15, 2011

First generation registrants are favored under the UDRP even if use changes to bad faith while transferees are answerable for…

January 13, 2011

Potential, inadvertent and artless misspelling of trademarks by Internet users while typing in the domain name was quickly exploited by…

January 11, 2011

ICANN's Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy provide that "[a]ny person or entity may initiate a complaint"…

January 8, 2011

Paragraph 4 of the Policy describes the arbitral procedure as a "mandatory administrative proceeding." This should not be misunderstood to…

January 8, 2011

Publishers are precise about the genre of the works they agree to publish. What is being licensed (what the author/licensor…

January 6, 2011

Competition for domain names productive for non-trademark business and those corresponding to trademarks is intense. Dictionary words alone or combined…