Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
- April 21, 2012
The conjunctive rule for proving bad faith weighs heavily on manufacturers who entered into distribution arrangements authorizing use of their…
- April 13, 2012
One of the central propositions of UDRP jurisprudence is that mere assertion of bad faith is insufficient for the complainant…
- April 5, 2012
Rule 17 of the Rules of the Policy provides instructions for terminating a proceeding after the file has been submitted…
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The “use of a privacy or proxy registration service is not in and of itself an indication of bad faith…
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Trademark law recognizes (with some qualification) that two parties can be entitled to use similar, even identical lexical strings where…
, - March 16, 2012
Domain names are not literally owned, but possessed for variable lengths of time pursuant to registration agreements that must be…
- March 7, 2012
Combinations of letters are either acronyms or abbreviations for a company’s name – protectable or not against domain name registrants…
- February 29, 2012
Abusive registration in the .xxx space is assessed under a sibling Policy to the UDRP, the Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution…
, - February 22, 2012
A respondent acquires no right or legitimate interest in a domain name that incorporates a trademark by registering or renewing…
, - February 15, 2012
Assigning burdens in a UDRP proceeding is well established. For all paragraph 4(c) defenses respondent's proof must establish "past" and…
, - February 8, 2012
There have been a number of recent UDRP cases in which complainants' trademarks are composed of letters or words that…
, - February 1, 2012
See Anthology of Commentaries -- 2014 The complainant certifies in commencing the UDRP proceeding, “that the information contained in th[e]…
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