In this UDRP proceeding (NAF, FA1908001859584, Escobar, Inc. v. Neil Okrent / Ivan Munguia, October 7, 2019), the complaint originated from a Colombian company with at least unusual and tumultuous history: Escobar, Inc, created in 1984 by Pablo Escobar and managed by his brother, Roberto. The complainant sought to obtain the transfer of the domain…
The .BOND top-level domain, originally acquired by the University of Bond (Queensland, Australia) and now owned by ShortDot (the owner of .ICU), will be available from October 17, 2019. ShortDot targets the financial sector as a priority, while inviting people to give free rein to their imagination.
The .EU Top Level Domain Registry (Eurid) has opened the eligibility criteria. As of 19 October 2019, citizens of the European Union who live abroad will be allowed to register .EU domain names (Eurid.eu).
.NEW Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google) brings the .NEW from October 15, 2019. The sunrise period will continue until January 14, 2020. Registration is strongly recommended. IP Twins advises and accompanies you.
Fashion brands are often made up of family names (especially older brands) or common names. In both cases, the make-up of the brand means that the company that owns it necessarily face limits as part of their portfolio management strategy for domain names, either in terms of communication or for the purpose of the defense…
Cambodia 1. The governmental anti-counterfeiting committee is about to sign a memorandum of understanding with the European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) to fight the import, production and distribution of counterfeits in the kingdom. – phnompenhpost.com, 2019-09-10. Cambodia and Thailand 2. The Cambodian and Thai authorities jointly organized a workshop on the fight against counterfeiting, a…
The Argentinian registry unexpectedly opened the registration of .ar domains and launched a sunrise period for .ar domain names. Until today, only third-level domains were available to register in Argentina, mainly .com.ar and .net.ar. The registry operator decided to open the registration of .ar domains with the following launch phases: Sunrise period – 11…
The Registry operator that managed domains linked to the Spanish capital city has decided to postpone the launch of .madrid by several weeks. The Sunrise period is now set to end on 10 December 2019 instead of 3 October as initially planned. Equally, general availability has ben been postponed to 17 December 2019.
In June 6th, Alibaba Group, the leading Chinese company in e-commerce, received a favorable decision on unfair competition lawsuit from the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court against a click farming company, Hangzhou Meiming Technology Co., Ltd (hereafter as the Defendant). This is the very first case filed by E-commerce company since the launching of the new…
IP Twins UDRP – buyjuul.com or a reminder of the importance of the OKI DATA case law in the presence of commercial websites. WIPO, the new dispute settlement institution for “Chinese” domain names. Press Cameroon 1. Dozen of boxes containing counterfeit drinks (Martini) have been discovered. – Cameroon-tribune.cm, 2019-08-07. –Ecomatin.net, 2019-08-14. Canada 2. A shopkeeper…
In a recent decision (adrforum.com, 1846643), a Forum panel rejected a UDRP complaint filed by Juul Labs against the domain name buyjuul.com . The main arguments from Juul Labs were that the registrant and website publisher was not an authorized dealer and offered potentially counterfeit products for sale. According to the complainant, even in the…
The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced (Wipo.int, 2019-08-01) that it has been designated by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the Chinese Registry, to administer disputes over “Chinese” domain names. WIPO joins the two branches of the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center authorized to administer cases…
IP Twins UDRP: transfer of Mandela.org to the guardians of Nelson Mandela’s memory Nominet DRS: the number of proceedings slightly downz EUIPO / Europol report on counterfeiting: focus on organized crime Rueducommerce.fr sentenced for trademark infringement kingofpop.com: Michael Jackson’s rights holders and other celebrities facing domain name issues Renewal of Registry Agreement with Public Interest…
Representatives of Nelson Mandela’s memory have obtained the transfer of the domain name mandela.org following a UDRP process administered by the Arbitration Center and of Mediation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, D2019-0372, The Trustees for the Time of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust v. Domains By Proxy, LLC / Rafael Trevisan, Trevis, Inc.,…
The UK Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service unveiled figures for the year 2018 (Nominet.uk). The DRS team administered 671 procedures, which is the lowest volume since the service was created. The year 2012 remains a dark year with 818 procedures. Domain names were transferred in 49% of cases. Nominet indicates an assessment of the costs…
The cooperation between the European Intellectual Property Office and Europol resulted in the publication of a new report on the evolution of intellectual property crime (EUIPO and Europol, Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment 2019). The authors of the report recall the consequences of counterfeiting on economic, health and environmental grounds. From the outset, OEUPI and…
By IP Twins Press review on counterfeiting (May 2019) 2019 Report of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights Chinese Legislation to Give Better Protection to Trademark Owners this November Do you have insurance covering risks related to intellectual property? .BJ: Redelegation of the Benin ccTLD GAY: general opening planned for 11 October…
Carré Blanc Expansion (Carré Blanc) holds the French trademark “Carré Blanc” (No. 07 3534 168) for classes 24, 35 and 38 (fabrics for textile use, household linen, tablecloths, sheets, fabrics for lingerie. It also owns the domain name carreblanc.com which it uses to promote and sell its products. Rue du Commerce is an e-commerce platform…
In the late 1980s, Michael Jackson was proclaimed “King of Pop”. On June 25, 2009, the planetary icon “left the stage”. A few years after his death, Gourmetgiftbaskets.com, Inc. acquired the domain name kingofpop.com which previously was used to designate a fan site. On February 25, 2016, Triumph International, Inc. (a company created by Michael…
On June 30, 2019, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry in charge of administering the .ORG gTLD, renewed their registry agreement (icann.org, 30 June 2019). On this occasion, ICANN decided to abandon the pricing policy of capping the price of .ORG domain names. Historically,…
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