On 25 November 2019, the Beijing People’s High Court ordered Red Bull Beijing to pay 18.8 million RMB (2.41 million Euro) in court fees in a case — one of the highest court fees ordered for IP cases in China. One may feel surprised and wonder: How did the court arrive at this amount? Before answering…
IP Twins To Brexit or to Party ? Geographical identifiers and UDRP requirements: a landmark case (D2019-1758, visitqatar.com) European Union: launch of domain names in Greek (.eu and .eю) United States: contributory trademark infringement. The Luxottica case Press Cambodia 1. Cambodian police have destroyed several thousand bottles of fake Penfold and other alcoholic beverages. thenewdaily.com.au,…
Editor’s note: below is a non official translation of the report published by the French government. The French Minister of Economy and Finance has issued an ordinance on trademarks. This ordinance, taken on the basis of Article 201 of Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of companies, transposes into…
The Brexit Party, the eurosceptic party led by Nigel Farage, has been founded on the 23 of November 2018 and became active in January 2019 (source: wikipedia.org et companieshouse.gov.uk). The domain name thebrexitparty.org, associated with the main website of said party, has been registered on the 20 of January 2019. On the 26 of October…
The presence of a geographical identifier in a domain name at the heart of a judicial or extra-judicial procedure almost always confers a complex nature to the debates. Among the difficulties encountered, the complainant must show that he holds an exclusive trademark right. On this point, the decision D2019-1758, which concerns visitqatar.com, must be elevated…
In 2016, Eurid, the registry of the European ccTLDs, created the .eю (.eu in Cyrillic), recalling that the Old Continent takes its name from the Princess Europe, a character of Greek mythology. Since November 14, 2019, citizens of the European Union can register domain names in Cyrillic, under the two extensions of the European Union: .eu…
Luxottica Group, S.p.A. and its subsidiary Oakley, Inc. (hereinafter, “Luxottica”) manufacture and sell luxury eyewear (Ray-Ban and Oakley among other brands). Luxottica sued Mini Mall Airport LLC (in College Park, Georgia) and its owners and managers for infringement of its Ray-Ban and Oakley trademarks. Previously, police operations had found that many tenants offered counterfeit eyewear…
IP Twins Online counterfeiting: Cdiscount cannot be held liable .BANK and .INSURANCE: fTLD on governance principles UDRP: pabloescobar.com, transferred 20 years after its registration .BOND : sunrise period starts on 17 October 2019 .EU: opening to European expatriates New gTLD: .NEW is coming! Domain Names: the top level domains of the fashion industry Press review…
Recently, Cdiscount was criticized for not having disclosed the identity of alleged counterfeiters. However, it turned out that the information needed to identify these merchants were available on Cdiscount and that they had indicated a postal address in China (Online counterfeiting: Cdiscount cannot be held liable, iptwins.com, 24 Oct. 2019). Like many others, this case…
Jansport Apparel Corp. (JAC), the manufacturer of bags and travel accessories that owns “Eastpak” trademarks, noted that several companies based in China were offering counterfeits of its products on Cdiscount. It appears from the judgment that JAC was “unable to directly contact the sellers,” which led genuine manufacturer, at first, to send to Cdiscount cease and…
.BANK and .INSURANCE are administered by fTLD Registry Services, LLC (fTLD), a coalition of banks, insurance companies and professional associations in the financial services industry. fTLD operates .BANK and .INSURANCE for the benefit of the community in accordance with the ICANN Registry Agreement (fTLD.com). In a recent press release, fTLD reiterated its commitment regarding the…
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…
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