- September 5, 2016No censure attaches to having domain names registered by proxy/privacy services. However, while the practice has become routine for protecting…
- August 29, 2016Trademarks can be strong in two ways: either inherently distinctive (arbitrary or fanciful marks), or composed of common elements that…
- August 22, 2016The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is not an exclusive forum for the resolution of domain names accused…
- August 15, 2016On the question of reselling domain names on the secondary market, a dissenting panelist in a 2005 case observed that…
- August 8, 2016There is in the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act a provision not expressly found in the UDRP (at least, not in…
- August 1, 2016For registrants who are not trademark owners losing their domain names can be an irretrievable loss; and for trademark owners,…
- July 26, 2016When ICANN implemented the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 1999 the number of registered domain names were…
- July 18, 2016The paragraph 4(c)(iii) safe harbors of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy are construed from a five word phrase,…
- July 11, 2016Confusion is a basic element in both cybersquatting and trademark infringement. It appears twice in the UDRP; once in paragraph…
- July 4, 2016Mr. Levine is the author of a treatise on trademarks, domain names, and cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, A Practical Guide…
- July 4, 2016A fabled, serial cybersquatter of the early Internet argued that typographical errors in domain names were not cybersquatting at all…
- June 27, 2016Headline in TheDomains.com, June 18, 2016: “Wow: 20 Year Old Domain Name WorldTrade Center.com Lost in UDRP.” For those who…