- February 10, 2010To this observer, the most significant decisions in 2009 disputes were those in which Panels lined up on opposite sides…
- February 9, 2010Complainants have to have rights in a trademark to maintain a UDRP proceeding and demonstrate the source of those rights,…
- February 8, 2010Registrants have tried a number of ploys to avoid having the disputed domain name forfeited to the complainant, including passing…
- February 5, 2010There is an interesting choreography between trademark holders and domain name registrants when the prize is a combination of two…
- February 4, 2010The Policy authorizes either party to petition to consolidate “multiple disputes ... before ... the first Administrative Panel appointed to…
- February 3, 2010“Something more than the operation of a landing or PPC page is required to show lack of bona fide use,”…
- February 2, 2010Respondents registering common words that spell the name of a business or charitable entity state a good defense only if…
- February 1, 2010Trademarks composed of a founder’s name, Bloomberg for example, that have significant market recognition internationally have a high level of…
- January 29, 2010Default in appearance is not an admission of any material facts under the UDRP, although letting the complainant make the…
- January 28, 2010Varying the trademark in some minor way, or typosquatting as it is called generally involves misplacement or dropping of letters,…
- January 27, 2010The Policy has built in protections for competitors whose Internet shingles bear a similarity to descriptive trademarks, but protection does…
- January 26, 2010Confusion appears twice in the Policy: “confusing similarity” in paragraph 4(a)(i) and “likelihood of confusion” in paragraph 4(b)(iv). A domain…