Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
- January 11, 2010
The general rule is that parties who utilize generic terms as trademarks or service marks (dictionary words, common phrases) cannot…
- January 8, 2010
Registering domain names composed of dictionary words improves the likelihood of good faith even if they conflict with existing trademarks,…
- January 7, 2010
I am returning to this issue of “retroactive bad faith” because it is beginning to receive attention from a number…
- January 6, 2010
It is perfectly rational to register a domain name for its income potential. Pay-per-click revenue can be respectable, but it…
- January 5, 2010
SAVE THE CHILDREN and <savechildren>. Omitting an article, in this case the “the” but retaining the verb and subject, Save…
- January 4, 2010
Trademark infringement there may be, but that is for another forum. General Electric Company v. Estephens Productions, D2009-1438 (WIPO December…
- December 31, 2009
More explanation is required from the respondent when the disputed domain name mimics a well known trademark. The closer the…
- December 30, 2009
A proceeding is properly commenced against the “holder” of the domain name who by definition may or may not be…
- December 29, 2009
A trademark registered on the Supplemental Register is not one in which a complainant has a right. The complainant’s fate…
- December 28, 2009
Refiling a complaint against the same respondent is not permitted as “of right.” Reconsideration may be granted under certain circumstances…
- December 24, 2009
Domainers brought many times to the bar for abusive registrations of domain names are sometimes serendipitous in spite of themselves,…
- December 23, 2009
The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is more friendly to trademark holders than the UDRP in that proof of bad faith…