cybersquatting law
- February 22, 2016
As trademarks composed of dictionary words or descriptive phrases descend the classification scale there is an increasing likelihood of registrants…
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Proof in a UDRP dispute is a step by step process; complainant builds its case in a logical progression: this…
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Even before the introduction of new top level domains in 2014 Panels had grappled with the before and after the…
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Ordinarily, a domain name registered in good faith that is subsequently used in bad faith is invulnerable to a charge…
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Although complainants of trademarks postdating the registration of domain names have standing to maintain a UDRP proceeding they have no…
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There is no merit to the belief held by some trademark owners that domain names corresponding to trademarks infringe their…
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Jysk Bed'N Linen v. Dutta-Roy , 13-15309 (11th Cir. December 16, 2015) Although the UDRP and the ACPA have different…
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Claims of cybersquatting for registering and holding two and three letter domain names have a history dating back to the…
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It is an interesting phenomenon that complainants and their counsel continue to believe that trademark owners have greater rights to…
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Some trademark owners see changes in the Whois Registry as an opportunity to seize control of domain names corresponding to…
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Dictionary words are generic when employed denotatively for their ascribed meanings, therefore incapable of trademark status, but can nevertheless acquire…
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Mr. Levine is the author of a treatise on trademarks, domain names, and cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, A Practical Guide…
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