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A New Year And A New Record For UDRP Cases
By Steve Levy Over the past several years, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) has seen a significant and sustained rise in usage. As of 2024, ...
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Trademark Application Date Saves The Day Even Though Domain Created Before The Mark Was Registered
By Steve Levy The first part of the UDRP test (par. 4(a)(i)) requires a brand owner to prove that it owns trademark rights and that the disputed domain ...
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Possible Use Of A.I. To Create False Case Citations In Flawed UDRP Case
By Steve Levy As artificial intelligence platforms become more and more ubiquitous, there’s an unsettling trend in UDRP cases involving not only falsified evidence, but also falsified case ...
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Respondent Didn’t Acquire A Predecessor’s Good Faith In A Domain Name
By Steve Levy Does the good faith registration and use of a domain name carry over to someone who buys that domain name from the original owner? Legal ...
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This Chicken Couldn’t Cross The Road – Trademark Disclaimers And The UDRP
By Steve Levy When it comes to domain name disputes under the UDRP, the devil is in the details and sometimes it’s in the disclaimers. Three recent decisions ...
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Yes, You Can Challenge a .ca (Canada) Domain Name – Just Ask Comme des Garçons
By Steve Levy If you’ve ever thought that the UDRP doesn’t cover .ca (Canada) domain names, you’re absolutely right! It doesn’t. However, there’s a similar process for .ca ...
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How Audi Uses Their .BRAND as a Communications Supertool
By Gabe Bonifacio Operating in more than 100 countries generates a substantial digital footprint to manage. Recognizing this, the German automaker Audi fully embraced their .BRAND as a ...
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How Barclays’ .BRAND TLD Became the Centerpiece to Their Digital Identity
By Gabe Bonifacio In 2015, Barclays Bank, a leading multinational banking corporation, became one of the first financial institutions to utilize its .BRAND TLDs as its primary corporate ...
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Did Complainant Get Burnt? UDRP Panel Denies Transfer Of
By Steve Levy In a recent UDRP case against the domain name <fyrefestival.com>, the Panel denied a transfer request from LimeWR Fyre OÜ, the company that now claims ownership of ...
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How Amazon Uses Their .BRAND TLDs as Expressive and Creative Marketing Tools
By Gabe Bonifacio Amazon.com Inc., an active participant in the 2012 round of new gTLD applications, is currently leveraging the breadth of creative freedoms and marketability allowed by ...
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How Microsoft Used Its .BRAND to Create an Application Ecosystem
By Gabe Bonifacio After decades atop the technology industry, the software giant Microsoft recognized an issue within its domain name holdings: years of expansion led to inadvertent domain ...
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FairWinds and Com Laude Combine Ahead of 2026 gTLD Application Round to Deliver Unmatched Expertise to Brand Owners
Com Laude, the internet domain name provider to many of the world’s largest companies, owned by PX3 Partners, the London-headquartered private equity firm, announces today that it has acquired ...
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