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Britain’s controversial digital economy bill has moved to the House of Commons despite claims by detractors that is being rushed
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Canon has become the first major corporation to reveal its intention to apply for a new gTLD
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This week the sale of sex.com has attracted plenty of attention, a study proves hard reading for legislators in France and rights’ holders group gives up battle to stop the Pirate Bay in Norway
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Lawyers have criticised a court ruling that found in favour of a website that hosted peer-to-peer file sharing links
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A UDRP panellist has argued that a conjunctive application of bad faith and registration is the only possible interpretation under the Policy, in a decision published this week
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Proposals to fast-track UDRP disputes by the Czech Arbitration Court highlight the lack of Icann control, argues Jim Davies
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Utah state is close to signing into law an Act that will allow trade mark owners to sue infringing registrants of domains and their affiliates
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This week bloggers look at possible impediments to the revived US patent reform bill; why a UK patent application for a method of eradicating wrinkles may get past the UK IPO; and one Norwegian court’s view on who should be responsible for monitoring the Pirate Bay
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Icann’s Board rejected having a preregistration process for new gTLDs at its meeting last week, in a decision that is likely to be welcomed by brand owners
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Icann’s Board has indicated it is willing to move on the rights protection measures for new gTLDs, even though the subject was not on its agenda this week
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The Icann Board has said it will strictly enforce separation between registrars and registries in the new gTLDs, unless a workable solution is proposed within 16 weeks
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The Icann Board has delayed making a decision on the .xxx domain until its Brussels meeting in June
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Brand owners worried about the launch of new gTLDs will be pleased after Icann’s Board today withdrew plans for a preregistration process
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Constitutional changes will improve .uk registry Nominet’s governance structures, according to its CEO Lesley Cowley
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This week Icann CEO Rod Beckstrom speaks to Wired, a sucks site wins in court, and Icann’s vertical integration report is published
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The Chair of Icann’s Board indicated that the debate on rights protection measures in new gTLDs is close to completion, at the organisation’s meeting in Nairobi this week
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A UDRP decision by WIPO panellist Richard Lyon has challenged the conventional view on bad faith registration of domain names
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A study has revealed that “www” and “online” are the most common terms used in domains cybersquatting on famous brands
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UDRP panellist Scott Donahey discusses Richard Lyon’s decision in Eastman Sporto Group, outlining why he believes the Octogen line is still correct
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Courts, rather than the government, will have the power to force ISPs to block access to websites hosting copyright-infringing content in the UK, under amendments to the Digital Economy Bill passed last week
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One of the most closely watched cases in the US relating to the use of Google’s AdWords has settled out of court
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Ville de Paris has lost another UDRP case, this time with a dissenting opinion, while one UDRP and one Nominet decision show why trade mark rights are not always enough
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This week a cheerleader is fined for sharing songs online, France loosens its rules for registering .fr domains, a domain is a property and Mind+Machines latest study is revealed
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Icann’s meeting in Kenya is going ahead despite security concerns, with the decision on a preregistration process top of the agenda
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The Czech Arbitration Court has revealed details of an expedited UDRP process that will cost just €500
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The .org domain has been around a long time, 1984 to be exact, and has become a de facto TLD for websites of organisations, corporations and community groups
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The panellist behind the “octogen trio” of UDRP cases has given a speech outlining why the system for dealing with cybersquatting is now inadequate
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Bloggers last week tackled comparative advertising in India, trade marking problems in China, false marketing in the US and how IP owners may have to learn to live with online infringement if they want the internet to flourish and the concept of intellectual property to be respected
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File-hosting site RapidShare intends to appeal an injunction from a German court banning certain content from a group of publishers from being uploaded
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New Zealand’s government has made its second attempt to use legislation to crack down on online copyright infringement
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As part of its coverage of UDRP cases, Managing Internet IP will publish regular summary translations of non-English language decisions. In the last month five published UDRP cases from the ADNDRC, NAF and WIPO have been in Chinese
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China has lifted a ban on individuals registering .cn domains, but registrants now need to meet the registrar and provide a photo
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The upsurge in reported attacks on corporate websites has alarmed companies, but not many realise that many hackers rely on old-fashioned cons rather than technical nous
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In our fifth TLD guide we look at the latest ccTLD to try its hand as a gTLD: .co. Prior to the re-launch the domain was only available in the third level, but .co is hoping to cash in on the lack of availability of good domains in gTLDs, particularly .com.
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A recent UDRP case showed that just because a domain includes a trade mark, that doesn’t mean the domain is identical to the mark. In other cases this week, generic marks prove a tough sell and a Backstreet boy wins a domain
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Judges have ruled that Icann discriminated against an application for a TLD for .xxx unfairly and should reconsider
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Three companies have complained to the European Commission, alleging that Google breaches antitrust law
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Senior Sedo executive Jeremiah Johnston tells Managing Internet IP why he believes the secondary domain market is necessary to allow the internet to realise its economic worth
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A US Court of Appeals has said that it is lawful for the FBI to access and seize files using peer-to-peer networks without a warrant
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Arnaud Michel and Tougane Loumeau of Gide Loyrette Nouel examine what last week’s judgment against eBay means for brand owners, and explain why it leaves some questions unanswered
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A recent trio of UDRP cases have demonstrated the need to bring strong evidence of common law rights in a trade mark, while another illustrates the difficulty of proving bad faith registration and use in a generic word
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A number of recent rulings have reignited the debate over the liability of internet service providers (ISPs) for peer-to-peer file sharing
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Icann has published a number of updated draft policies on new gTLDs, including proposals on a trade mark clearing house and uniform rapid suspension (URS) process
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In our fourth registry profile, we look at .uk, the third most popular ccTLD on the web
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At its teleconference on February 4 the Icann Board deferred making a decision on an expression of interest (EOI) or preregistration process for new gTLDs
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A French tribunal has ordered eBay to pay luxury brand group LVMH €200,000 for using misspellings of Louis Vuitton to link to the auction site
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Dot-mobi purchase good for Afilias strategically, but no plans yet to reinvent the mobile TLD says spokesman
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Colombia is the latest country to try and cash in on its top-level domain, with the relaunch of .co aiming to attract corporations seeking a memorable online identity
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A remarkable UDRP decision last week saw 1,519 domains transferred to two complainants, Inter-Continental Hotels and Six Continents Hotels
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Every week, Managing Internet IP will provide an independent guide to protecting domain names in a particular top-level domain. This week: .tel, the directory gTLD
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Copyright issues are under extensive scrutiny in the blogosphere this week, from anti-piracy in Nigeria to registering musical works in Brazil and infringement disputes in Australia. This week’s blog round up also includes litigation over clog designs in the US, AP taking on Yahoo over online content and an enforcement initiative in Europe
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The US Department of Justice believes that the November amended settlement agreement (ASA) in the Google Book Search case remains “a bridge too far”
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A UK bill that could force internet service providers to block persistent illegal downloaders from the internet could breach human rights, says a cross-party committee of UK legislators
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Britain’s Minister for Digital Britain has said the governance of the internet should be kept away from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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The Brussels Court of Appeal has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on two questions regarding the liability of internet service providers (ISPs) for peer-to-peer file sharing
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An Australian internet service provider has beaten a coalition of film companies in a landmark case dealing with liability for online copyright infringement
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Icann’s approval of four applicant strings for non-Latin TLDs might worry some trade mark owners, but early indications are there will be no free-for-all with the new internationalised domain names (IDNs)