FairWinds Partners — August 7, 2012 It has remained a mystery, an object of sometimes intense speculation, basically since new gTLDs first entered into conversations about digital strategy. “Talk all you want about their potential for online branding,” many digital marketers would say. “I want to know how Google is going to treat these new […]
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FairWinds Partners — July 31, 2012 In an announcement published over the weekend, ICANN issued a request for community input on “requirements for an evaluation and delegation process” for new gTLDs. Essentially, questions raised during the Public Meeting in Prague about the order in which new gTLD applications would be handled – whether at the
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Steve Levy ⬥ 30 July A recent UDRP complaint filed by Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche AG with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain names PorscheDXB.com and PorscheInDubai.com, was denied. The Panel’s decision stemmed from the fact that the Complainant was unable to prove that the Respondent had no rights or legitimate
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Steve Levy ⬥ 30 July A recent UDRP complaint filed by Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche AG with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain names PorscheDXB.com and PorscheInDubai.com, was denied. The Panel’s decision stemmed from the fact that the Complainant was unable to prove that the Respondent had no rights or legitimate
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Steve Levy ⬥ 20 July Last January, I wrote a post on this blog about the issue of laches in the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP). Laches, for all the non-attorneys out there, is a legal doctrine that can provide a defense when a brand owner has unreasonably delayed in asserting its rights, and the
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Steve Levy ⬥ 20 July Last January, I wrote a post on this blog about the issue of laches in the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP). Laches, for all the non-attorneys out there, is a legal doctrine that can provide a defense when a brand owner has unreasonably delayed in asserting its rights, and the
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FairWinds Partners — July 18, 2012 Today, Managing IP published an article that posed the question, “How can I make the most of the potential new gTLDs?” The body of the article featured opinions from three different individuals: a .BRAND applicant, an Intellectual Property lawyer, and a consultant. That consultant was FairWinds’ very own Vice
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FairWinds Partners — July 16, 2012 It’s summertime. Your new gTLD applications are in, the jury (or in this case, the ICANN Board) is still out on batching, and Initial Evaluation is just barely underway. We couldn’t blame you if you wanted to kick back, relax, or even sneak off to the beach for a
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Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 11 July I have a confession to make. I’ve never read a comic book. I’ve flipped through the pages of graphic novels once or twice out of curiosity, but growing up, I was way more interested in coming-of-age novels about slightly awkward teenage girls than I was in picture books about dudes
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Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 11 July I have a confession to make. I’ve never read a comic book. I’ve flipped through the pages of graphic novels once or twice out of curiosity, but growing up, I was way more interested in coming-of-age novels about slightly awkward teenage girls than I was in picture books about dudes
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FairWinds Partners — July 11, 2012 Politics and government abound when your headquarters are located in Washington, DC. The White House is a relatively short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from our office in Georgetown, and the Capitol is not much further than that. There are even rumors that the CIA used to have a secret
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FairWinds Partners — June 29, 2012 With the Public Meeting in Prague taking place less than two weeks after ICANN’s big reveal of the 1,930 new gTLD applications, it’s no surprise that certain applications and applicants were discussed openly during various sessions. For example, during the Public Forum on Thursday afternoon, a 14-year-old boy and