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CISA’s Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements Would Hit a Range of Industries and Sectors

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/1/2024

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is publishing a proposed rule (Proposal or NPRM) that will require broad segments of industry to meet onerous and quick...more

Domain Name News: January 2024

Hogan Lovells on 1/31/2024

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

Domain Name News: February 2023

Hogan Lovells on 2/28/2023

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

Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets: 10 Legal Challenges for Companies in 2023

ArentFox Schiff on 1/31/2023

With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Metaverse Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for companies in 2023....more

Decentralized Domains: Metaverse Land Grab

BakerHostetler on 6/1/2022

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

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/8/2022

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

Anchovy News, October 2021

Hogan Lovells on 10/29/2021

This is the October 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

Analyzing the impact of the EU GDPR on access to WHOIS data, one year on

Hogan Lovells on 6/3/2019

During the Annual INTA 2019 Meeting, a panel was held on the EU General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and the temporary removal of data for the WHOIS directory. IPMT Partner David Taylor spoke on the following GDPR issues...more

Emerging Technologies Washington Update January 2019 #5

McGuireWoods Consulting on 2/1/2019

Week in Review - Last Friday, the President announced that he would sign a three-week continuing resolution to reopen the government through February 15 while a bicameral, bipartisan committee negotiates a homeland security...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/4/2018

In this month's edition of Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss the General Data Protection Regulation taking effect and whether regulators are ready, as well as ICANN's release of temporary measures to ensure domain...more

Alert: A Dark Time for Data: WHOIS Blackout Period Likely Starting in May

Cooley LLP on 4/19/2018

What do you do when you want to look up the owner of a domain name? You probably perform a "WHOIS search" to find out the owner's name and contact information. The WHOIS system, which makes certain domain registration data...more

What’s up with WHOIS? The GDPR May Limit or Prevent Access to Domain Name Registration Information

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/4/2018

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

Do You Want a “.health” Web Domain Name? Do You Want to Prevent Others from Using Your Trademark in a “.health” Web Domain Name?

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 5/3/2017

“.health” (dot - health) is one of the newest domain extensions (also known as Top Level Domain, or TLD), reserved for brands, organizations, and people who provide health products, services, and/or information. The new...more

Copyright and Trademark Case Review: Copyright Preemption, Software-as-a-Service and Popularity on the Internet

WilmerHale on 2/8/2017

Copyright Decisions - Claim for Copying of Useful Article Design Preempted by Copyright Act: Ultraflo Corp. v. Pelican Tank Parts, Inc., No. 15-20084 (5th Cir. Jan. 11, 2017)...more

.Insurance: What You Need to Know About the Newest Internet Domain Name

Goodwin on 5/11/2016

Yesterday, the new .insurance Internet top-level domain opens up to members of the insurance industry and will be awarded on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Below is what your organization needs to know about...more

Blog: Maintaining Control of Your Brand Among 1,200 New gTLDs

Cooley LLP on 9/24/2015

The authors of every successful business strategy know that a company must protect its trade marks and its brand from the outset. The primary means of doing so is to register trade marks in each of the territories in which...more

Marshmallow Justice: 10 Tales of Legal Fluff and Other Stuff

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 9/22/2015

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

Six Key Takeaways from ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/31/2015

The 53rd international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally concluded on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As always, the ICANN community discussed several...more

What You Need to Know About .Sucks Domain Names

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/18/2015

Over the past two years, more than 500 new top-level domains (TLDs, or the words to the right of the dot in a domain name, such as .com or .edu) like .attorney, .consulting, .menu, and even .rocks have launched. But none has...more

US House of Representatives Holds Hearing on the .SUCKS New gTLD and ICANN Accountability and Stakeholder Trust

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/19/2015

On May 13, 2015, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing on "Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .SUCKS Domain and Essential...more

INTA.sucks: Brand Prophylaxis or Trademark “Protection” Racket?

I’m back from the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting in beautiful (if a bit cloudy and windy) San Diego, which featured the usual array of client meetings, networking with counsel from around the world,...more

Banks Take Notice: The Sunrise Period for .bank Registrations is Coming Soon

Carlton Fields on 4/9/2015

The sunrise period for .bank is currently scheduled to take place between May 18 and June 16, 2015. Only trademark holders who have obtained verification of their bank’s trademarks with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) may...more

What To Do About the .SUCKS New gTLD

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/24/2015

In connection with its New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program, as of March 2015, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has delegated nearly 550 new gTLDs. This significant expansion of the...more

New ‘.bank’ domain available in mid-2015

McAfee & Taft on 3/10/2015

New opportunities for the banking community are coming this year. In the fall of 2014, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the entity responsible for coordinating internet domain names, granted...more

ICANN News: 500+ New gTLDs Introduced to the Internet

Morgan Lewis on 2/16/2015

A milestone has been reached in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ controversial and ambitious generic top-level domain program. On February 6, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and...more

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