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Time Limitations to Confirm Arbitration Award
There are time limitations to confirm arbitration awards. The consequences are dire for missing the deadlines. A recent decision from…Purchase of Lapsed Domain Name
Registration of a lapsed domain name to a party with equal rights can be an irrecoverable loss. This is so…Combining Second Level Domain and Top Level Suffix
The following was originally published as a guest blog on Neil Brown's website, Domain Times on December 15, 2013. The…Compelling Arbitration of Nonsignatories
First published in Dispute Resolution Section Blog of the New York State Bar Association December 13, 2013 (http://nysbar.com/blogs/ResolutionRoundtable.html) A nonsignatory…Succcessor Proving Ownership of Trademark
Ordinarily, a complainant proves ownership of a trademark by displaying a certificate of registration from a national registrar; or, if…Good Faith Registration Bad Faith Use
One could argue, totally at odds with UDRP precedent, that it is unfair of a domain name registrant to renew…Registering Domain Name for Legitimate Business Purpose
There can be no violation of owner's trademark rights where there is a legitimate business purpose for registering the disputed…Internet Subscription Libraries
Co-author, Gerald M. Levine New Internet subscription libraries are offering to “lend” digital books based on subscription models that brick…Predictability Depends on the Panel You Draw
A general view formed early in the UDRP jurisprudence is that for predictability decisions "should consist of more than, it…Arbitrators Exceeding Scope of Authority
First published in Dispute Resolution Section Blog of the New York State Bar Association October 15, 2013 (http://nysbar.com/blogs/ResolutionRoundtable/2013/10/) An arbitratator's…Limits of Protected Speech
The question of protected speech is whether the protection is to the domain name or the contents of the website.…Personal Names Not Protected
UDRP's limited jurisdiction extends to personal names only if they qualify as trademarks. Some attempt has been made to justify…