- February 8, 2011Complainants sometimes have an inflated view of their international reputation: that it has penetrated to the far corners of the…
- February 5, 2011The Uniform Domain Name Dispute ResoThe Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy is an arbitral process implemented in 1999 by…
- February 3, 2011A holder's right accrues when it acquires its trademark. It is a going forward right; not one that reaches back,…
- February 1, 2011The key concept of the Policy is exploitative intent directed to a holder's trademark. If the respondent has registered and…
- January 29, 2011Paragraph 4(b)(iii) of the Policy reads: “[Y]ou have registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business…
- January 27, 2011In determining whether a respondent has violated the UDRP the examination focuses on the domain name and the trademark not…
- January 25, 2011The extension ".co" (country code for Columbia) is perfectly respectable although confusing with ".com" where the second level domain is…
- January 21, 2011Of the three defenses [4(c)(i-iii) of the Policy], the first and third require proof of a legitimate use. The first…
- January 19, 2011The UDRP offers a forum with limited jurisdiction to resolve a particular type of dispute in which a domain name…
- January 15, 2011First generation registrants are favored under the UDRP even if use changes to bad faith while transferees are answerable for…
- January 13, 2011Potential, inadvertent and artless misspelling of trademarks by Internet users while typing in the domain name was quickly exploited by…
- January 11, 2011ICANN's Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy provide that "[a]ny person or entity may initiate a complaint"…