- August 31, 2011You may well ask, What does deliberative conversation have to do with the making of domain name jurisprudence? Mention was…
- August 26, 2011Domain names composed of two or three letters are "extremely prized," Deutsch Welle v. Diamondware Capital Ltd, D2000-1202 (WIPO January…
- August 24, 2011A minority view has emerged, indeed is greatly insistent and inarguably articulate even if not persuasive, that questions a bedrock…
- August 18, 2011Domain names were initially seen as having two lives: providing “addresses for computers that [are] easy to remember ... without…
- August 16, 2011Of all the WIPO Views on Selected UDRP Questions, two stand out for Panels being in disagreement. Criticism sites (paragraph…
- August 12, 2011Expressing one's thoughts in a domain name identical or confusingly similar to a trademark is protected speech even if it…
- August 10, 2011As a trademark descends on the scale of protectability its holder has less cause for complaint. If it were otherwise…
- August 5, 2011Unless a respondent has occult powers domain names registered prior to trademark acquisition cannot have been registered in bad faith.…
- August 3, 2011Rule 17 of the Rules of the Policy provides alternative instructions for terminating a proceeding: “(a) If, before the Panel’s…
- July 29, 2011Relief under the UDRP is not closed to unregistered trademark holders – they too are covered – but the burden…
- July 27, 2011One appellate panel humorously said of the UDRP proceeding that it was "adjudication lite" lite"because of "its streamlined nature and…
- July 22, 2011Paragraph 4(c)(iii) of the Policy reads: "[Y]ou are making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without…