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May 22, 2012
Danish clothing brand Masai has failed to have the Masai.com domain transferred in a UDRP case, illustrating the burden of proof required with a descriptive term
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May 21, 2012
How much attention have you been paying to IP developments in the past week? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s news quiz
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May 17, 2012
Icann has selected Alain Pellet as the independent objector for the global top level domain (gTLD) selection program
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May 14, 2012
This week’s IP quiz questions all relate to last week’s INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. How many can you answer?
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May 09, 2012
ICANN’s Board has decided to offer a full refund to any gTLD applicant that withdraws its application before the applied-for new strings are revealed.
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May 03, 2012
In its latest update on the breakdown of the gTLD process, Icann has said that it estimates 105 applicants had their file names and user names viewed by others
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April 24, 2012
Couvreurs Mont Blanc failed to have an identical domain transferred to it in a recent UDRP case because it had insufficient rights to the mark
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April 24, 2012
Siemens succeeded in having the domain name siemensit.org transferred to it in a recent WIPO case, but failed with siemitglobal.com
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April 20, 2012
Fixing the IT problem that has led to the suspension of the gTLD application process is Icann’s “number one priority”, its chief security officer said today
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April 13, 2012
This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?
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April 12, 2012
ICM Registry, which runs the .xxx domain, has applied for three other adult-related TLDs: .sex, .porn and .adult
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April 12, 2012
A technical fault with Icann’s application system has led to it extending the deadline for gTLD applications until next Friday
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April 05, 2012
Spanish football club Villareal has won the transfer of a confusingly similar website that claimed to be a home for the club’s fans
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April 05, 2012
The National Arbitration Forum received just over 2,000 domain name disputes last year, a 4% drop on 2010
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March 30, 2012
Have you been paying attention to the week’s news? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s five questions
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March 29, 2012
Last week saw a hearing at the Court of Justice of the EU over two questions concerning the domain .eu. The case could affect the rights of trade mark attorneys across Europe
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March 23, 2012
A rash of recent UDRP cases has seen companies fail to have domain names transferred because they could not prove the domain owner lacked a legitimate interest
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March 16, 2012
An assembly of the Icann Board of Directors on the last day of the organisation’s meeting in Costa Rica ended with no discussion of some of the most important issues
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March 15, 2012
Publisher Apollonian Publications lost a UDRP case this week largely because it failed to register any trade marks for its business
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March 13, 2012
Icann senior vice president Kurt Pritz got a mouthful from concerned attendees at the Icann meeting in Costa Rica about the so-called batching methodology the organisation has decided to use for new gTLDs