Archive for the ‘Trademarks’ Category
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
To say that it’s been quite a year in the world of domain names would be an understatement. From compromised ccTLD registries, to the delay of new gTLDs, some of the events of the past year have been surprising, while others could easily have been predicted.
Regardless of whether you could ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
In 1999, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (“ICANN”) developed a policy to resolve disputes between trademark owners and registrants of domain names. This
policy, the UDRP, set out procedures, rules and guidelines that govern the process whereby an aggrieved trademark owner could petition an appointed arbitrator or group ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Most brand owners are likely familiar with eBay’s Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program for requesting de-listings of illegal auction listings and that eBay has a solid track record for removing infringing listings – close to 100%, in fact.
What may be lesser known is that many major online marketplaces – including ...
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Google recently made two noteworthy changes to its AdWords trademark policy, easing restrictions both in the U.S. and in 188 other geographies:
In the US: under “certain criteria,” an advertiser can use trademarks in its ad text even if the advertiser doesn’t own that trademark or have explicit approval from the ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
The IRT (Implementation and Recommendation Team), which was formed by ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency, has identified a number of proposed solutions to address trademark protection issues and their final report will be published on May 29th.
Their proposed solutions in the last draft included:
IP Clearinghouse, Globally Protected Marks List and ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
According to the latest figures released Monday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, online advertising last year reached $23.4 billion. While the rates of growth for online advertising are slowing, companies are still making considerable investments in online search marketing, which accounts for close to half of all online ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
A second draft of ICANN’s new generic Top-Level Domains Applicant Guidebook has been released.
In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published a Summary/Analysis of Public Comments.
Based upon our preliminary evaluation of these documents, it appears as though ICANN has amended and clarified several issues including:
The dispute resolution policy ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Phishing attacks targeted at retail registrars are nothing new. But are malware attacks geared towards the managers of corporate domain portfolios the next likely target? After all, wouldn't the fastest, most effective way to redirect website traffic be to update name servers, and/or DNS settings for a popular site?
One likely ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
It’s well known that copyright protection is available to authors of creative works even if a registration at the U.S. copyright office has not been secured. IP practicioners also know that you can always file for a copyright registration at any time, and that statutory damages under the Copyright Act ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Are you tired about all the hoopla over the recent ICANN meeting in Paris and the decisions made there? The most controversial is the decision to open-up the web to more top-level domains (.tld). In brief, brandholders and others will be able to create new custom .tld’s. These might include generic ones ...
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