- May 17, 2013See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 Trademarks composed of dictionary words are not protected against uses that take advantage of…
- May 2, 2013The UDRP analysis begins with assessing the closeness of the domain name to the trademark. Identical is letter by letter…
- April 25, 2013First appeared on the New York State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, “Roundtable” April 22, 2013 Arbitrators naturally express anxiety…
- April 22, 2013Occasionally, there is inadvertent lapse of both trademark registration and domain name. But, while falling out of the trademark registry…
- April 10, 2013Just as complainants cannot prevail on the strength of their trademarks which only proves the first requirement of the Policy…
- April 1, 2013Rights protection for anticipated new gTLDs is an urgent matter. ICANN has recently approved several mechanisms to counter cybersquatting for…
- March 27, 2013Despite protective notice of expiration trademark holders continue to see their non renewed domain names registered by innocent purchasers as…
- March 17, 2013UDRP Rules require that complaints be certified to the truth and acurracy of the allegations. False certification of UDRP complaint…
- March 12, 2013Both the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) and the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy, paragraph 4(c)(i-iii) (UDRP) prescribe safe harbor…
- March 7, 2013The 3-member Panel in Cheezburger, Inc. v. WeKnowMemes LLC (c/o Dynadot Privacy), D2012-2452 (WIPO February 19, 2013) considered confusing similarity between…
- February 27, 2013For a complainant to succeed in recapturing a lapsed domain name it must both anticipate and overcome respondent's rebuttal that…
- February 15, 2013Design trademarks combine figurative element(s) with word(s). The words may or may not be registrable standing alone. That they are…