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WIPO: Trademark Rights Protection Mechanisms for New gTLDs
For ICANN’s New gTLD Program, a range of “Rights Protection Mechanisms” (RPMs) has been established. Prior to any new gTLDs being approved and becoming operational,...
The Wayward Anti-Cybersquatter Consumer Protection Act: A Survey of 11 Years of ACPA Caselaw by Roberrt Cannon, Federal Communications Commission; Cybertelecom
Abstract: The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) has lost its way. The ACPA was passed in an era of domain name land grabs, where nefarious individuals...
Virgin Lodges Dispute Over RichardBranson.xxx
The Virgin group of companies is attempting to gain control of the domain name richardbranson.xxx, BBC News is reporting.
British Police Crackdown On Fraudulent Websites in Leadup to London Olympics
British police have “closed around 2,000 sites set up by criminals and purporting to sell luxury goods, and are monitoring hundreds of others that have popped...
Court Decides On Sex.eu, Case Concluded
[news release] After five years of legal proceedings, the case surrounding the domain name sex.eu is now concluded, reports the .eu registry, EURid. Following...
ICM Registry Acts in Response to Reports of Cyber-squatting
[news release] ICM Registry, the official registry of the new .xxx top-level domain TLD, announced that as part of its investigation of reported cybersquatting...
US Government Orders 150 Domain Seizures Coinciding With Cyber Monday
In what the US government perceives to be part of an ongoing crackdown on counterfeit goods sold online, it executed seizure orders against 150 domain names for...
National Arbitration Forum Launches Dispute Program for .XXX Domain Names
[news release] The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM), an international provider of dispute resolution services, today announced that it has launched the Rapid...
Speedo Fights Australian Bisexual Blogger Over Domains
An Australian man has found himself unsurprisingly at odds with global swimwear giant Speedo after he registered domain names relating to the Speedo brand and creating...
Australian Supermodel Victim Of Cybersquatting
The Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr has become a victim of cybersquatting following the registration of the domain name mirandakerr.com.au earlier this year by...
Doppelganger Domains Highlighted As New Case Of Domain Name Fraud Used For Data Theft
A study into the impact of Doppelganger Domains has revealed that of the Fortune 500 companies, 151 companies (or 30%) were susceptible to attacks. Doppelganger...
Unsuccessful harvest for the Champagne domain by David Taylor and Jane Seager, Hogan Lovells
The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC, the representative body of French Champagne producers), a body established by statute under the laws of...
Cybercriminal takes “Get Rich Click!” advice too far by David Taylor and Jane Seager, Hogan Lovells
Last month, cybercriminal Daniel Goncalves had the dubious honour of becoming the first person to receive a prison term for domain name theft. On 22 July 2011, he...
WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Overview of Precedent and Practice
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre is holding a workshop that will focus on the numerous developments in relation to UDRP decision precedent and process,...
WIPO Launches Dispute Resolution Services for .QA and قطر. (Qatar)
As of 22 August, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center commenced providing .domain name dispute resolution servicesfor both QA and قطر. (Qatar) in accordance...
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