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The present case is one of over a dozen UDRP cases filed against respondent Honey Salt Ltd.
The present case is one of over a dozen UDRP cases filed against respondent Honey Salt Ltd.
The ‘.ua’-DRP administrative proceedings will resume once the martial law regime is lifted in Ukraine.
The European Union is nearing approval of stronger requirements for domain name registration data that would allow trademark owners to better track down those behind fraudulent websites.
The websites “follow a similar pattern to entities already disciplined by the USPTO”, says one expert, and should be on the radar of brand owners.
08 February 2022
In our latest round-up, we look at lessons from a brand with a well-loved logo, Peanuts eyeing the Indian market, the Pakistan IP office signing an e-payment agreement, and much more.
04 February 2022
ICANN’s operational design assessment of the SSAD recommendations makes for grim reading for brand protection professionals, with the proposed system to facilitate WHOIS data access set to be years in the making – if it is delivered at all.
29 January 2022
While the new dispute resolution mechanism is a positive change, it is expected that the number of disputes will increase due to the use of the ‘first-come, first-served’ principle to allocate domain names.
28 January 2022
Any clear disregard of the elements required under Paragraph 4(a) of the UDRP can lead to a finding of reverse domain name hijacking, especially if the complainant is represented by legal counsel.
26 January 2022
A WTR investigation uncovers numerous instances of brand names and imagery being sold on the NFT marketplace OpenSea, including one fashion brand's logo on sale for over $3 million.
20 January 2022
A panel has refused to order the transfer of the domain name ‘azulmusic.com’ to Brazilian record label Azul Music, finding, among other things, that the respondent did not target any particular trademark when it listed the domain name for sale on its platform.
19 January 2022
ICANN presented the Governmental Advisory Committee with a briefing on the estimated costs and fees associated with the proposed System for Standardised Access/Disclosure last week. The session highlighted ICANN’s uncertainty over likely use levels, resulting in wide-ranging cost predictions and questions over whether the system will be built in its currently proposed form.
17 January 2022
A UDRP panel has refused to order the transfer of the domain name ‘sohoplus.com’ to the owner of the mark SOHOPLUS - not least because the domain name was registered several years before the complainant’s first use of the term.
12 January 2022
Com Laude's Nick Wood and Hayath Hussein offer four likely scenarios for the domain name landscape in the year ahead.
10 January 2022
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