UDRP Commentaries
- January 2, 2016
There has been a noticeably larger number of cases over the past several months of respondents consenting to cancellation or…
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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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Dictionary words are generic when employed denotatively for their ascribed meanings, therefore incapable of trademark status, but can nevertheless acquire…
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In a number of UDRP cases decided this year several turned on the issue of credibility, sometimes involving "advocate's hyperbole"…
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It is a general principle in UDRP jurisprudence (as it is under trademark law) that personal names are not registrable…
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Unlike court actions default in responding to complaints is not deemed an admission of liability. Complainant carries the burden to…
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Complainant prevails only if it proves conjunctive bad faith. Bad faith use can be inferred if the proof supports bad…
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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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HomeAway, Inc. v. Timothy Hall (aka Tim Hall), D2015-0211 (WIPO April 21, 2015) Complainant’s allegation it is a licensee is…
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This article first appeared in Independent Publisher. Copyright law is the principal system for protecting authors’ creations. It confers rights…
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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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