E18: ICANN Loses First GDPR Court Ruling in Germany
This is the June edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. ...more
This is the January 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
This is the November / December 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...more
This is the July / August 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...more
As the metaverse continues to become a more established marketplace, and consumers become more familiar with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), NFT marketplaces, decentralized domains, bitcoin, crypto wallets and the blockchain, it...more
This is the January 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...more
Cybersquatting or domain squatting is registering, trafficking in, or using an internet domain name in bad faith with the intent to profit from another person’s trademark or business. The domain name needs to be confusingly...more
Nothing is safe from fraudulent activity, not even emerging NFTs (non-fungible tokens). While most domain owners are still learning about NFTs, cryptosquatters have been busily creating NFTs using well-known trademarks. There...more
This is the May 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...more
Scams involving domain names, resulting in unauthorized access to a company’s computer network and online fraud, have increased during the pandemic. These scams involve an entity registering a domain name identical or...more
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
This is the November / December 2020 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. ...more
This is the September 2020 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...more
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
If you have encountered any issues accessing WHOIS information, the International Trademark Association (“INTA”) wants to hear from you. Due to changes in privacy law brought on by the European Union’s General Data...more
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
Domain name registrars and registries might soon be changing their mantra from, “I think ICANN,” to, “Maybe ICANN’T,” when it comes to providing publicly available WHOIS information for domain name registrants. New potential...more
One of the first tasks the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) faced was how to deal with the dilemma of registering domain names to those that first claim them while respecting trademark law. This was...more
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
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
In what appears to be a first, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), the organization responsible for maintenance of domain names and IP addresses, has sent a notice of non-compliance to a...more
ICANN’s Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) seeks to offer trademark holders a quick and cost-effective way of tackling infringing domain names. The URS is designed to sit alongside the existing Uniform Domain Name...more
Just about one hundred years ago, Archibald Query of Somerville, Massachusetts invented the first commercial marshmallow cream, which he pedaled door-to-door in Union Square. Around 1917, he sold the recipe for $500 to two...more
Hot on the trails of .porn and .adult, a new gTLD enters the fray next week — one that’s already giving PR departments heartburn. The .sucks domain launches for sunrise registrations on March 30, 2015, and with it yet...more
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