- June 5, 2011Activity is full of evidentiary possibilities. It enlarges the sphere from which inferences can be drawn and can be said…
- June 1, 2011The Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A at ยง 1072 provides that registration of a trademark on the principal register is constructive…
- May 27, 2011The UDRP forum is available to trademark holders to resolve disputes of cybersquatting, but not for commercial disputes in which…
- May 25, 2011Discretion to Terminate a Proceeding When Parties Have Also Commenced a Court Action The UDRP is not a coordinate forum…
- May 20, 2011Concealing the identity of the beneficial owner of a domain name is perfectly legal. There is no prohibition for using…
- May 18, 2011A complainant has standing to prosecute a UDRP dispute regardless of the jurisdiction in which it acquired its trademark or…
- May 13, 2011It is not illegitimate to use domain names for pay-per-click revenue. According to the WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views…
- May 10, 2011How does a trier determine that the respondent registered a disputed domain name in bad faith when the respondent fails…
- May 5, 2011Holders of trademarks composed of common words not infrequently flatter themselves as to their symbols' distinction and market reach. It…
- May 3, 2011Another panelist silently rejects the retroactive bad faith construction of the Policy which argues for disjoining the conjunctive requirements for…
- April 27, 2011It is not unusual to find trademarks composed of common terms competing in the cyber marketplace for the attention of…
- April 25, 2011To have a trademark when commencing the UDRP proceeding is sufficient to satisfy the requirement, but not enough to prevail…