When in the Fall of 1999 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) implemented the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy it did not come with a fully formed jurisprudence. Panelists were essentially on their own in creating it. They had some guidance from a lengthy and detailed report published by the World […]
Archive | May, 2017
What It Takes to Prove Common Law Rights
By Gerald M. Levine on May 26, 2017 in Abusive registration, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy now has seventeen years of history. A high percentage of disputes are indefensible and generally undefended. As the history lengthens early registrants of dictionary words-, common phrases, and arbitrary letter-domain names have been increasing challenged in two circumstances, namely by businesses who claim to have used the unregistered […]
Balancing Rights: Mark Owners, Emergent Businesses, and Investors
By Gerald M. Levine on May 16, 2017 in Abusive registration, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, UDRP Commentaries, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
Is there any act more primary than naming? It comes before all else and makes possible what follows. For the most part names are drawn from cultural assets: collections of words, geographic locations, family names, etc. They can be valuable, which is why they are guarded, protected, and hoarded. The balancing of rights among those […]