Category: trademark

Last Call For Trademark (IRT) Comment Period For New TLDs

Today marks the last day for public comments on the IRT (trademark protection) final report. The report, which I’ve mentioned a few times in the past, was drafted from the perspective of trademark holders in an effort to allay their fears and concerns associated with the launch of the new TLD program. You can see… Continue reading Last Call For Trademark (IRT) Comment Period For New TLDs

HarperCollins Wins WIPO UDRP Case

HarperCollins, the UK based publishing house, has won a WIPO domain dispute. The dispute centred around the domain: collinsdictionary.com According to Hosterstats the domain was first registered back in 2005, but has been parked ever since. The registrant did not respond, so the domain dispute was decided in HarperCollins’ favour. The only odd thing is… Continue reading HarperCollins Wins WIPO UDRP Case

Lead Networks In Breach of ICANN Rules

Lead Networks, an Indian based registrar, has been sent a “notice of breach” by ICANN. The letter goes into details of how the registrar has failed to meet its requirements under the RAA and also its obligations under the UDRP. Seemingly Lead Networks’ registrants have attracted no less than 61 separate UDRP proceedings and their… Continue reading Lead Networks In Breach of ICANN Rules

IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns

Image via Wikipedia Remember the draft IRT report? Well they’ve published the final version after supposedly taking into consideration comments and feedback. However you’d be forgiven for thinking that their view on the feedback process was ever so slightly biased. Basically they seem to have taken on board any comments and feedback that supported their… Continue reading IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns

Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments

One of the WIPO decisions published today relates to gillette.ro. The registrant (respondent) didn’t make any submissions in their defence, so the decision could have been quite banal. However some of the panelist’s comments under the “Registered and Used in Bad Faith” section are quite interesting under: The Panel disagrees with the Complainant’s submission that… Continue reading Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments

Air France Win WIPO Case

One of the more recently reported WIPO UDRP cases that caught my attention was in relation to airfrance-suck.com The decision, which went against the registrant, makes for some interesting reading. The salient points being: The “suck” suffix can be a legitimate defence A lot of “suck” or “sucks” related WIPO cases end up being ruled… Continue reading Air France Win WIPO Case

Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features

Nominet maybe attracting some undue attention due to behind the scenes squabbles, governance reviews and proposed policy changes, but the registry is also developing new features and services. Today they announced a number of things that are worthy of attention. The biggest one in many respects is the introduction of a new domain locking mechanism… Continue reading Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features

MarkMonitor Makes Wild Claims NZ Registry Provides Calm Response

A recent post on MarkMonitor’s corporate blog, which was also published on Circleid, dealt with the recent issues affecting several prominent .nz domains. Markmonitor, who describe themselves as: “the global leader in enterprise brand protection.” are obviously going to have a particular viewpoint when it comes to domains and how they “should” work. In their… Continue reading MarkMonitor Makes Wild Claims NZ Registry Provides Calm Response

ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

The Intellectual Property Constituency’s draft report on trademark issues is now available for comment. The draft report was put together behind closed doors, which would appear to go against the normal policy development process at ICANN, which is quite worrying. Its contents, however, are even more disturbing. While reading the 48 page document, which is… Continue reading ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

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