If by chance it came to the idea of Marvel fans to visit the website that is designated by the domain AvengersEndgame.com, they would not see Stan Lee’s work showing Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Dr. Stephen Strange, Black Panther or other superheroes, but the unexpected anti-hero Deadpool! The AvengersEndgame.com domain name…
BMW had to initiate a UDRP proceeding to get the domain name bmẉ.com [xn--bm-e3s.com], therefore containing the letter “w” with a diacritic dot. The respondent in the UDRP proceedings did not participate, and the decision appears relatively ordinary. However, it contains a reminder on an obvious but yet necessary legal point: “Previous UDRP panels have…
On May 17, 2018, the ICANN Board of Directors adopted the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data. The purpose of these contractual provisions is to enable ICANN-accredited registrars to continue to comply with ICANN’s contractual framework in the light of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016…
Éditions Neressis is a French company that runs a real estate website called “PAP, Particulier à Particulier”. This company owns the French trademark No. 1518035 “P.A.P. Particulier à Particulier” (classes 16, 35 and 41), the European Union trademark No. 006701973 “PAP” (classes 16, 35, 38, 41), and the domain name pap.fr. This website pap.fr is…
IP Twins takes domain watches to the next level. In addition to our domain monitoring reports carefully curated by your account manager, we now offer a daily alert service for newly identified domains. With these alerts, you will be able to act more swiftly against security attacks on your brand or your customers and partners:…
On 5th October 2018, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre published a decision related to the domain name fly-scanner.com and ordered that the domain name remains with the respondent (D2018-1782). This decision may appear as surprising at first sight given Skyscanner’s huge market share and 60 million active users. Let’s try and understand the decision. The Complainant…
Louis Vuitton is suing 23 natural and legal persons in Florida for various infringements of its trademarks (Case 0: 18-cv-62354-CMA). Not less than 120 domain names and websites are concerned. Some domain names reproduce Louis Vuitton trademarks (eg louisvuittonbag.site, uslouisvuitton.co, prezzi-lvborse.org), while others include a term indicating the likely presence of counterfeits (eg: aaaimitationbags.com, fashionfakeseason.com,…
Now is a good time to register or renew your trademark record at the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) for several years! The TMCH is now offering important discounts on multiannual registration or renewal. TMCH fees for a 3-years subscription will fall from $405 to $285, and from $675 to $475 for a 5-years registration or renewal,…
The sunrise period for registration of .FAN domain names is open from October 2, 2018 to December 1, 2018. Since DNS is public, fans use domain names with the names of their idols, artists or sports people. These domain names are very often subject to UDRP (or other DRP) procedures. Celebrities are generally advised to…
The sunrise period for .PAGE domain names will end on October 1st, 2018. This new gTLD is intended for a wide audience. The offer generated by the new gTLDs market facilitates access to domain names so that cybersquatting risks are greater. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires registries to set up sunrise…
