UDRP Commentaries
- August 11, 2017
Noteworthy Domain Name Decisions is a running collection of annual decisions that taken together provide insight into the jurisprudence applied…
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Efforts to combat cybersquatting began in earnest in 1998 when the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (at the request of…
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Is there any act more primary than naming? It comes before all else and makes possible what follows. For the…
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For registrants who are not trademark owners losing their domain names can be an irretrievable loss; and for trademark owners,…
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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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Acquiring domain names for the purpose of selling them to complainants is the second most heavily invoked of the four…
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Cyberflight (defined as strategically transferring accused domain names to another registrar or registrant upon receipt of a complaint) was a…
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It is unlikely complainants will admit to overreaching on claims of cybersquatting or respondents to unlawful conduct in registering and…
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Respondents prevail in approximately 12% to 15% of cybersquatting disputes overall, but a higher percentage prevail if they appear and…
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Unlike trademarks that are owned (even if not registered) domain names are leased for renewable periods without end, but can…
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The UDRP has no specific rules for rehearing or reconsidering a complaint. It is one of those legal issues left…
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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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