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June 19, 2018
Opting for UDRP Over URS
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) implemented the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) in 2013 together with…
Abusive registration, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, UDRP Commentaries, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
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May 29, 2018
What Domain Names Get Transferred: Why and Why Not?
Think of trademarks situated on a continuum with famous and well-known at one end and less well-known or unrecognized by…
Abusive registration, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, UDRP Commentaries, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
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May 11, 2018
Making a Strategic Decision: URS or UDRP?
A discussion is presently underway about the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) (and in Phase 2 next year of the…
Abusive registration, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Contracts/Copyright, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, UDRP Commentaries, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
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May 1, 2018
The Spontaneous Development of the Domain Name Market
Panel Talk at the Fordham International IP Conference, New York City April 6, 2018 If we traveled back in time…
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April 23, 2018
What Is the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) and What is it Good For?
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) (2013) in anticipation of…
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April 13, 2018
Why Getting Awards Wrong Undermines the Integrity of the UDRP
The integrity of any legal system depends on the quality of mind of those appointed to administer it. There are…
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April 4, 2018
Parsing Predatory and Parasitical from Innocent and Good Faith Registrants
When the World Intellectual Property Organization began deliberating in 1998 and 1999 about creating an arbitral regime that the Internet…
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March 13, 2018
Tracking the Line that Separates Cybersquatting from Trademark Infringement
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is a rights protection mechanism crafted by the World Intellectual Property Organization…
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January 24, 2018
Trademarks vs Domain Names: Dictionary Words, Common, Combinations, and Arbitrary Letters
The typical daily accounting of decisions filed in disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) may include…
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January 22, 2018
The Rise of a Secondary Market for Domain Names: A Tale of Competing Interests
This essay appeared in Bright Ideas, a publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar…
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January 15, 2018
In Memoriam: UDRPsearch.com
I have hesitated in writing this memorial for <udrpsearch.com> because I did not want to announce a demise that may…
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January 9, 2018
Lawful Registrations of Domain Names
Doug Isenberg notes in a recent circlid.com essay that two records in domain name disputes were broken in 2017, namely…
Abusive registration, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Cybersquatting, cybersquatting law, UDRP Commentaries, udrp law, udrp proceedings, Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
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