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  • US government seeks cybersquatting answers

    February 22, 2012

    The US government has invited brand owners and domain industry specialists to a meeting in Washington DC next week to focus on improving US anti-cybersquatting laws

  • Domain names in 2012: a calendar

    December 21, 2011

    While the rollout of new gTLDs will be the highlight of 2012, ccTLDs, court cases and Icann’s new chief executive will all be of interest to Internet IP readers next year. Managing Internet IP provides a guide to expected developments

  • Nominet eager to discuss domain seizure proposals

    December 12, 2011

    Nominet’s senior legal counsel has admitted his growing frustration at a working group that was asked to propose policy changes on seizing .uk domains

  • ICE seizes sites before cyber Monday

    November 28, 2011

    The US government has made its latest crackdown on websites suspected of selling counterfeit goods in advance of today’s busiest online shopping day of the year

  • VeriSign wants more power over domain abusers

    October 12, 2011

    VeriSign is the latest registry that may be issued new powers to suspend domains that are suspected of aiding abusive practices such as counterfeiting

  • Pro-brand changes made to latest gTLD guidebook

    September 20, 2011

    The latest applicant guidebook for the new gTLD programme is set to be published today and includes several changes endorsed by trade mark owners

  • Spanish company seeks release of seized domain names

    July 01, 2011

    Puerto 80, the Spanish company that owned two sports-related domain names seized by a US agency, has filed a petition for their release in a New York court

  • UDRP reform plans criticised

    June 23, 2011

    Most speakers at a session on Icann’s Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) yesterday argued strongly against revisiting the system for resolving clashes between domain name registrants and trade mark owners

  • .xxx blocking process revealed

    May 17, 2011

    Brand owners will be able to protect use of their marks in the .xxx domain this September using an innovative blocking process that will be included as part of the sunrise period.

  • Icann threatens EuroDNS over UDRP breach

    April 21, 2011

    Icann has threatened to terminate registrar EuroDNS’s accreditation, unless it takes steps to remedy its failure to act on a UDRP decision

  • UDRP issues report takes shape

    April 08, 2011

    The group formed to help write an issues report into the current state of the UDRP will invite UDRP providers, panellists and lawyers to provide insights

  • Third reverse domain hijacking of 2011

    April 07, 2011

    A trade mark owner who defensively registered typos of its mark was subjected to a UDRP, but the complainant was found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking

  • Lack of trade mark evidence loses domain dispute

    April 01, 2011

    A company has lost a UDRP dispute after it failed to produce any evidence of its claimed trade mark licence for pharmaceuticals company Amgen’s mark Kineret

  • Record year for WIPO UDRP filings

    March 31, 2011

    Domain dispute provider WIPO received a record number of filings in 2010, surpassing the previous record year of 2008

  • Potential fifth UDRP provider emerges

    July 30, 2010

    An Indian arbitration centre has applied to Icann to become a UDRP provider

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