- September 24, 2010Ordinarily, “the content of a website (whether it is similar or different to the business of a trademark owner) is…
- September 23, 2010Further on the subject of scope discussed in Yesterday’s Note. The UDRP appears clear in its scope, that it is…
- September 22, 2010UDRP complaints are mostly against strangers accused of appropriating for commercial gain disputed domain names which they registered after the…
- September 21, 2010It is undoubtedly true that a respondent who holds inactive for many years a domain name identical to a trademark…
- September 20, 2010Hershey manufactures a “candy twist” under the trademark TWIZZLERS. The word “twizzler” does not appear in standard desk dictionaries; it…
- September 18, 2010The Note for September 13 [Attempting to Extend Monopoly to More than Granted by Statute or Acquired by Common Law]…
- September 17, 2010Complainants whose trademarks are composed of surnames relatively rare in their marketplace but held by a respondent bearing that name…
- September 15, 2010A finding of bad faith use is only one half of abusive registration, regardless of its egregiousness. While renewal of…
- September 14, 2010RapidShare AG is busy policing its trademark, RAPID SHARE; thirty five proceedings in the past four months. In its most…
- September 13, 2010When dictionary words are misspelled in a domain name the inference is persuasive that the respondent had actual knowledge of…
- September 10, 2010Unless there is “intent to capitalize on the Complainant’s trademark interest, the Complainant cannot assert an exclusive right over a…
- September 9, 2010Application of laches for sleeping on one's rights would bar the complainant's claim even though the respondent's registration was and…