- May 2, 2016The WIPO Final Report published in April 1999 from which sprung the UDRP the following October is useful in shedding…
- April 25, 2016As I pointed out in last week’s essay, having trademark rights that come into existence later than registrations of corresponding…
- April 18, 2016There are two essential differences between the UDRP and the ACPA, one procedural and one substantive. The procedural difference is…
- April 11, 2016Panels are sworn to neutrality, but there has developed under the UDRP space for them to perform independent research “if…
- April 4, 2016The two bookends of speaking one’s mind are commentary and criticism, which is indisputably acceptable as protected speech, and (in…
- March 28, 2016Cyberflight (defined as strategically transferring accused domain names to another registrar or registrant upon receipt of a complaint) was a…
- March 21, 2016At the top of WIPO’s list of the most cybersquatted trademarks for 2015 (issued on March 18, 2016) is “Hugo…
- March 14, 2016Paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy requires complainants to offer evidence conclusive by itself or sufficient from which to infer that…
- March 9, 2016In Blogs devoted to news from the domain name industry and douaniers there is great glee in reporting about overreaching…
- March 3, 2016It is unlikely complainants will admit to overreaching on claims of cybersquatting or respondents to unlawful conduct in registering and…
- February 25, 2016Respondents prevail in approximately 12% to 15% of cybersquatting disputes overall, but a higher percentage prevail if they appear and…
- February 22, 2016As trademarks composed of dictionary words or descriptive phrases descend the classification scale there is an increasing likelihood of registrants…