Abusive registration
- December 23, 2011
A UDRP record is similar in some respects to a motion for summary judgment in a civil action in that…
, - December 20, 2011
Panels are typically faced with a cascade of options in resolving UDRP disputes. Complainants do not necessarily prevail for proving…
, , - December 15, 2011
The Policy’s scope is limited to “‘abusive registrations’ made with bad faith intent to profit commercially from others’ trademarks.” Second…
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For a respondent to succeed in showing it is who it says it is it must make an affirmative showing…
, - December 6, 2011
Ordinarily, personal names are not registrable for trademark because they are not sources of goods or services but celebrities can…
, - November 29, 2011
Complaint must show a reputation when domain name was registered; a present reputation alone is insufficient if trademark had non…
, - November 22, 2011
An employee charged to attend to his employer’s intellectual property assets can have no right or legitimate interests in domain…
, - November 15, 2011
See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 The test for establishing confusing similarity is relatively modest. Less or more so is…
, , , - November 10, 2011
Distinctiveness (despite the affirmativeness of the word) is a fluid concept. It could mean "distinctive" in its class but not…
, - October 21, 2011
Ordinarily, a domain name registered prior to the complainant’s acquisition of a trademark could not have been registered in bad…
, - October 19, 2011
“Given the human capacity for mischief in all its forms” (said one Panel) “the Policy sensibly takes an open-ended approach…
, - October 12, 2011
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy is not satisfied by simply showing that the trademark and the domain name bear a…
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