Cybersquatting
- July 11, 2015
Complainants whose trademarks postdate domain name registrations continue to misunderstand the law as it applies to their rights under both…
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The UDRP as a nonexclusive forum for resolving disputes over domain name registrations allows respondents to remove complainant’s claim to…
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The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) provides that “[a] person shall be liable in a civil action by an owner…
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Over the years the UDRP has attracted a good amount of criticism hewing to one of two poles, accusing panelists…
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Whether renewal of registration of domain names used in bad faith is actionable is an urgent question for complainants who…
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A defendant’s liability for infringement under trademark law rests on using the mark without the owner’s permission. Knowledge is not…
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See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 Knowledge is the key element in proving abusive registration. In obvious cases such as…
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See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 Of the three paragraph 4(c) defenses the first and third share a common element,…
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See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 Proving cybersquatting on weak trademarks rises in difficulty as the marks descend the classification…
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See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 Except where complainant’s claim is truly egregious for which there can be said to…
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It may be surprising to learn that defense of free speech under UDRP depends on the Panel you draw; but…
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Except for the time and expense of having to defend claims of infringement there are no severe financial consequences of…
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