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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

Lewis Roca

April 19 Sunrise Deadline to Register Brands in Alternative Root Domains Such As (dot)NFT

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A new internet frontier is opening, one that is not associated with or controlled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and shares little in common with the more well-known and used TLDs such as...more

Hogan Lovells

Anchovy News, February 2022

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This is the February edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY NEWS...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Trademark Use and Trademark Infringement in Domain Names

Trademark rights and domain name ownership overlap in many ways, but they are not the same. Domain name ownership does not necessarily establish trademark rights, and trademark ownership does not necessarily give you the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - October 2020: 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 see our...more

Hogan Lovells

Anchovy News, July / August 2020

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Internet Governance, Domain Name and Online Brand Protection News from Hogan Lovells - This is the July/August 2020 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the...more

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Cyber Security: NCSC warns over global DNS hijacking

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an organisation of the UK Government that provides cybersecurity advice and support for the public and private sector, published an article earlier this year relating to a recent...more

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Launch of brand protection service for adult oriented gTLDs

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The Registry Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX), which owns 32 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) such as .VIP, .WORK or .LUXE, has recently launched a blocking service that enables trade mark holders to protect their...more

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2-year time-bar revised to 3 years under CNDRP

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Previously, under the CNNIC ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy (CNDRP) which governs the .CN domain in China, no complaints under CNDRP could be filed against a .CN domain which had been registered for more than 2 years....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

Hogan Lovells

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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Common IP pitfalls every business can avoid

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As a business owner or manager, you have probably experienced or at least heard about costly and disruptive intellectual property infringement lawsuits. You may also be very concerned about protecting your company’s customer...more

BakerHostetler

Challenging Delegated Top-Level Domains: ICANN’s Trademark Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure

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This year, hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are changing the landscape of the Internet. The long-awaited result of ICANN’s new gTLD program, top-level domains such as .NYC, .WINE, and .WTF will now join the...more

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Amazon’s Inability To Register Domain Name .Amazon Is An Interesting Case Study For New gTLDs

Do you want your company to control .app or .restaurant? Applying to operate a generic top-level domain (gTLD) isn’t for the faint of heart. Although several hundred companies ponied up the $185,000 application fee for over...more

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