The recent UDRP decision ordering the transfer of the domain name worldofwizarding.com wrongly failed to apply the important precedent of the Rogers test in its legitimate interests analysis. The Rogers test was established in the landmark 1989 case Rogers v. Grimaldi and seeks to balance trademark rights against artistic free expression under the First Amendment. […]
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UPS got UDRP panelist Dawn Osborne to make the following conclusions: In summary, the panel found the respondent violated the Policy by registering and using a domain confusingly similar to UPS’s trademark in bad faith, and ordered the transfer of the domain to UPS. Was This UDRP Decision Wrongly Decided? Upon further investigation, the case
In Domain Name Law Show #130, we discussed the following matters: Domain Name Legal Issues & Industry News 1. Todd’s Letter To ICANN Objecting to the Transfer of Epik’s Registrar Accreditation a. ICANN’s Response to Todd’s Letter 2. .hiphop Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary of Hip-Hop 3. London Domain Name Summit
Domain Name Law Show number 129 outline: A. Show Intro by Todd 1. Greet Audience and Introduce Co-Hosts 2. Make General Announcements 3. Share Show Agenda B. Domain Name Legal News 1. X takes @music Handle from User with a Half Million Followers (CNBC) Are social media handles considered property in
In Domain law show number 128, we talk about subject matter jurisdiction under the ACPA after a foreign trademark holder wins a UDRP against a domain registered in the USA. Magistrate Judge McCarthy is not sure that there’s any federal jurisdiction after the Abitron v Hetronic SCOTUS decision. SHOW #128 (SHOW LINK) Tuesday, August 1,
A WIPO panel of arbitrators ordered the transfer of roadlaw.com to a US trademark owner of the words ROAD LAW. The trademark owner filed a UDRP complaint with WIPO to set the process in motion. You can read the roadlaw.com udrp transfer decision here: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2023/d2023-1117.pdf The Complainant’s trademark registration for ROAD LAW is US Reg.
Tune into the Domain Name Law at 6 pm Eastern, on Tuesdays. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 on Clubhouse @ 3pm PST/6pm EST (SHOW LINK) Show Outline A. Show Intro by Todd 1. Greet Audience and Introduce Co-Hosts 2. Make General Announcements 3. Share Show Agenda B. Domain Name Legal News 1. Internet Commerce
Verisign seeks to double the wholesale cost of .net domain names. This represents a huge cost on entrepreneurs, small businesses, brand owners and domain investors. Why should ICANN recklessly award this $130M -> $260M monopoly to Verisign? Furthermore, the annual rise in wholesale fees for maintaining registrations for .net domain names is completely unjustified and
The Domain Law Show Agenda for October 25, 2022 Clubhouse Domain Law Club Link: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/domain-name-law ICA Membership Offer / Meeting (https://www.internetcommerce.org/blog/announcing-the-2023-ica-member-meeting-january-22-24-at-resorts-world-las-vegas/) NEWS ICANN says Ombudsman cannot be an avenue of appeal for UDRP https://domainincite.com/28361-you-cant-appeal-a-udrp-appeal-icann-ombudsman-says/embed#?secret=vevKKKhxTZ#?secret=u89M6nTAeU Coca Cola RDNH https://domainnamewire.com/2022/10/25/coca-cola-bottler-tries-to-reverse-hijack-kof-com/embed/#?secret=npI1s6mBsw#?secret=F463JUpK4JCoca-Cola bottler tries to reverse hijack kof.com The kof.com Complaint was denied and the Panel declares that the