Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy
- April 18, 2017
There are no gatekeepers to prevent registrants from acquiring domain names incorporating marks that potentially violate third-party rights. Anyone, anywhere…
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There is a misconception among some trademark owners and their counsel that passive holding of domain names alone, Sandy Frank…
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The lexical material from which trademarks are formed is drawn from the same social and cultural resources available to everyone…
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To claim a superior right to a string of characters mark owners must (first) have priority (unregistered or registered) in…
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The general run of UDRP decisions are unremarkable. At their least they are primarily instructive in establishing the metes and…
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Admittedly, timing is not altogether “all” since there’s a palette of factors that go into deciding unlawful registrations of domain…
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Domain names may be confusingly similar to trademarks or even identical or but not infringing. This is particularly true of…
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The term “counterfeit” is defined under U.S. trademark law as “a spurious mark which is identical with, or substantially indistinguishable…
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The Respondent’s cry of pain in AXA SA v. Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. / Ugurcan Bulut, axathemes, D2016-1483 (WIPO…
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Not all domain names identical or confusingly similar to trademarks are actionable. Exhibit 1 are complainants whose trademarks postdate domain…
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UDRP complainants prevail in the range of 85% to 90% which approximately correlates with the percentage that respondents default in…
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Not infrequently heard in domain name disputes are cries of shock and gnashing of teeth that domain name holders may…
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