Can a registrar be held responsible for the illegal or illicit use of a domain name registered and controlled by a co-contractor whose Whois data is volatile/misleading? That was the…
Protecting foreign investors’ intellectual property rights has been one of the priority objectives of Chinese leaders since the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organization…
The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is a component of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (gNSO), which itself is a branch of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)….
Three registries applying for the delegation of the .HOTEL (Fegistry, Radix, and Domain Venture Partners) sued the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in the California Superior Court…
Ms. X (1), a creator, sued FQP Network before the Lyon court of the first instance for infringement of designs, infringement of copyright (for the reproduction of bracelets and photographs),…
In a decision of a 3-members panel from the WIPO arbitration center, Honey Salt Ltd. Have suffered another defeat in a case involving a .sucks domain, this time against the…
The French government published its plan to fight counterfeiting for the years 2021 and 2022. It sets the goals and puts forward the measures intended to achieve them. Fighting the…
JHO Intellectual Property Holdings and Elite IP Holdings are engaged in a promotional campaign for beverages and clothing that includes the term “NOO”. To this end, in the course of…
A linguistic revolution is underway, which spares no written language. While the number of spoken languages is estimated at around 7,000, linguists identify around 200 written languages. For a few…
Donuts, one of the world’s largest registries with nearly 260 top-level domains (TLD) under management and a candidate for the .hotel, announced on December 29 the takeover of Afilias for…
On January 1, 2021, Eurid suspended more than 8,000 European domain names (.eu). They have since been put back into service. Indeed, the due date, initially scheduled for March 31,…
Who said the life of registries is a long quiet river? Far from it, as suggested by the recent attempt to overthrow management at Nominet (registry among others of the…
In the United States, the immunity guaranteed to providers of interactive computer services (or intermediaries) by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 US Code § 230) shivers again…
Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited introduces the new .SPA gTLD. This TLD will be available from April 20, 2021. It is aimed primarily at natural and legal persons…
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) filed two “ISS” trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 4 and 5, 2020 (nos. 88950188 and 88947625). ISS has initiated UDRP…
On December 14, 2020, the European Commission published the second edition of its counterfeit watch list. The first was published in 2018 (iptwins.com, 2018-12-16). This document follows a public consultation…
The U.S. Department of Commerce has revealed its annual list of e-commerce platforms designated by intellectual property rights holders who are victims of online infringement. The most frequently named platforms…
The schedule for the opening of .TH is as follows: from February 1, 2021 to March 30, 2021: applications; April 1, 2021: announcement of the selected candidates; April 1 to…
The Alberto Giacometti Foundation has initiated a chDRP procedure in order to obtain the transfer of the domain names archivioalbertogiacometti.ch, fondazionealbertogiacometti.ch, and fondazionegiacometti.ch based on the Regulation concerning the procedure…
What is the impact of Brexit on domain name portfolios of UK natural and legal persons? In this context, it seems useful to explore the opportunities that businesses and non-EU…
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