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Domain Names Internet Cybersquatting

Jaburg Wilk

Internet Eviction: Using the UDRP to Boot Cybersquatters

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Cybersquatters often exploit brand owners by demanding a large payment for a domain name that is similar to the brand owner’s trademark. Cybersquatters may also seek to profit from rerouting internet traffic intended for the...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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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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China: Cybersquatter asks Chinese court to declare its own domain names invalid

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The Beijing Haidian District People’s Court has recently heard a case in which a domain name registrant requested the court to declare its domain name registration contracts invalid. In this somewhat unusual case, the court...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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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

Carlton Fields

A New Domain Name Option for the Insurance Industry

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Global insurance industry members have a new online tool—the “.insurance” domain name extension. This generic top level domain (gTLD), governed by insurance industry and security experts, is reserved solely for verified...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

You May Not Necessarily Be the Master of Your Domain

The ability to associate goods and services with a specific domain name can make or break a business, so much so that companies are still willing to fork over millions to purchase domain names. And although you may consider...more

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