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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...
Cybersquatter Exploits Amy Winehouse Death And Father’s Foundation Plans
A cybersquatter has registered a domain name for a charity Amy Winehouse’s father intended to set up in memory of his late daughter.
Facebook Files Lawsuit Against 25 Typosquatters
Facebook has filed a suit against 25 typosquatter who have registered domain names similar to facebook.com reports VentureBeat.
An Empirical Analysis of Fair Use Decisions under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy by David A. Simon [Harvard Law School]
Abstract: For over ten years, the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) has resolved nearly 20,000 domain-name disputes brought before the World Intellectual...
US Prosecutors Request Spanish Domains Seized in Piracy Crackdown Not To Be Returned
The fight in courts over the US government’s seizure of gambling-related domain names is continuing with Wired reporting “federal prosecutors are asking...
Hustler Opposes .XXX, Protects Domains And IP
Hustler has prohibited ICM Registry, the operator of the .XXX registry, “from registering or selling to a third party any .XXX domain names that contain the...
Domain Names Give Away News International Sunday Newspaper Ambitions
The recently registered domain names sunonsunday.co.uk and thesunonsunday.co.uk have been transferred to News International reports The Guardian following speculation...
WIPO Announces New Schedule of UDRP Fees With Credit Card Facility
The WIPO Center now offers a new (SSL) online payment facility for easier processing of domain name dispute filing fees by credit card. This facility is available...
Nominet Searching For .UK Dispute Resolution Experts
Nominet is searching for Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) experts for .UK domain name disputes. The DRS is an alternative dispute resolution procedure which allows...
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