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EU expansion of GI protection to craft and industrial goods moves step closer, but not without opposition

The European Council's adoption of modified regulations sets up future negotiations with Parliament.

Innovation at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: spotlight on cutting-edge tools and services

Representatives from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office exclusively reveal the agency’s innovative non-core tools and services for trademark users – and those planned for the future.

Brand names for sale: the major risk posed by Telegram’s username auction

Messaging platform Telegram has launched a username auction, a move that has already seen major brand names including Nike, Chanel, Facebook and Armani sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

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The limits of the UDRP in trademark and commercial disputes

Many cases are being dismissed by UDRP panels on the basis that they exceed the scope of the panel. Looking at examples of such cases can give brand owners critical insights into how to avoid such issues.

21 July 2022

UDRP complainants beware: investigations are essential before filing a complaint

Complainants should think twice before filing a UDRP complaint when a domain name registration substantially pre-dates their trademark rights, in which case bad faith can be established only in very limited circumstances.

20 July 2022

Spat over WHOIS access escalates as FDA hits back at ICANN response

The US Food and Drug Administration has highlighted struggles obtaining responses from registries and registrars when seeking registrant data.

18 July 2022

New tool launched to track trademarks in alternative domain roots

Speaking to WTR, EnCirca's president expanded on the offering and addressed the scepticism that surrounds blockchain domains.

15 July 2022

UDRP respondent skilfully shows unbroken chain of possession

Where a respondent can provide evidence of an unbroken chain of possession of a disputed domain name, the changes to registrant contact information in the WHOIS record will not be treated as a new registration.

12 July 2022

‘greenyourlab.org’ dispute: a tale of two ‘green labs’

Although there may be some conceptual overlap, trademark infringement and the abusive registration of domain names within the meaning of Paragraph 4(a) of the UDRP are not always the same thing.

06 July 2022