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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Unauthorized Blockchain Domain Names: What's a Brand to Do?

Just when you thought you had a handle on domain name enforcement, blockchain technology has given rise to blockchain domain names, which bring novel and complex challenges. There are currently millions of blockchain domain...more

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Wild, Wild Web3: The Blockchain Domain Gold Rush Is Well Underway – Brands Should Act Now To Secure Their Web3 Domains 

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The advent of distributed ledger technology has ushered in a new digital era – a decentralized internet, neither owned nor controlled by a central authority. While blockchain enthusiasts hail this lack of centralization as...more

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Anchovy News, February 2021

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Domain name industry news - The impact of Brexit on French domain names - AFNIC, the French domain name Registry, has clarified in a recent publication the impact of Brexit on French domain names....more

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Domain names, online fraud and UDRP proceedings

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The pandemic has accelerated society’s reliance on online services and businesses depend more heavily than ever on their domain names to provide a safe destination for their customers....more

Butler Snow LLP

Winning the Domain Name Game: A Clear Cut Process for Protecting Your Business or Brand from Cybersquatters

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So you want to register a domain name for your company’s registered trademark only to find out, it’s already been claimed by someone other than you. Even worse, someone has incorporated your trademark into his domain name and...more

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WIPO: Cybersquatting breaks all-time record high

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations specialized agency based in Geneva that administers the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) has released a press release revealing that...more

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Welcome to the WIPO overview 3.0

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently updated its WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, the previous edition of which (WIPO Overview 2.0) was published in 2011....more

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gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open

As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods. Please contact us...more

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WIPO: Cybersquatting reaches all-time high with the introduction of new gTLDs

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency based in Geneva that administers the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), issued a press release last month revealing that...more

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Dot Sucks: A Battle Between Trademark Rights and Free speech

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When the organization responsible for assigning domain names announced several years ago that it would expand the generic top level domain name system from the previous 21 to an unlimited number, brand owners knew their legal...more

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Icann's Trademark Clearinghouse: Keeping Cyber Squatters at Bay?

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Expansion of the domain name system - ICANN (the organisation that coordinates internet domain names) is in the process of expanding the domain name system by introducing hundreds of new global Top Level Domains...more

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Domain Names – Possession Is 9/10ths Of The Law

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As 2013 was winding down, the law firm of Dewey, Cheatum & Howe also known as www.BestLawfirmEver.com was calculating its partners’ year end distributions. Before the ink was dry, Dewey announced he was leaving, taking an...more

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Are you ready for the coming explosion of cybersquatting?

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The next wave of domain-name barbarians is gathering outside the gates. Here’s what you need to do now to keep your trademarks, and your e-commerce, safe. Almost every business has had to deal with cybersquatters –...more

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Brandmarking: Thoughts On The Creation, Protection, And Enforcement Of Brand Identity - December 2013 • Volume 2, Number 5

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In This Issue: - PAGING MR. CHARBUCKS: Someone once said that the American legal system guarantees every corporation its decade in court. That came true with a vengeance for two corporations whose 12-year-long...more

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Protecting Your Trademarks as ICANN Launches New Generic Top-Level Domains

Last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received over 1,900 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), including multiple applications for popular domains like .app, .inc, .art,...more

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