- July 20, 2011Friction between holders of trademarks composed of common words or descriptive phrases and domain name registrants rests on the variable…
- July 17, 2011Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy is silent on the rights the complainant seeks to vindicate. However, within the first few…
- July 12, 2011The UDRP is essentially an adversary proceeding. Panels have pointed out in response to parties requesting them to inquire and…
- July 6, 2011Unlike some country code Policies, the UDRP makes no provision for an administrative rehearing or appeal by an aggrieved party.…
- July 3, 2011The Panel in Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne v. Steven Vickers, DCO2011-0026 (WIPO June 21, 2011) posed the following…
- June 29, 2011A domain name identical or confusingly similar to a trademark is not dispositive of abusive registration; neither is a respondent's…
- June 26, 2011Paragraph 4(c)(ii) of the Policy is written in the past tense, "have been commonly known by the domain name" (emphasis…
- June 22, 2011Domain names violate the Policy when the purpose for their registration is to take advantage of another's trademark. Intent is…
- June 18, 2011The complainant's threshold burden for maintaining a UDRP proceeding is to prove that the disputed domain name is identical or…
- June 16, 2011Paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy is framed in the present tense: the respondent "lacks rights or legitimate interests" in the…
- June 11, 2011“Actively used” does not require the domain name to resolve to an active website, although websites are “the prevalent use.”…
- June 9, 2011Adding, subtracting and transposing letters would seem to imply both knowledge of the complainant's trademark and an intention to capitalize…