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December 23, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI can now relax this Christmas after rumours that a mystery buyer registered vatican.xxx this week have been quashed
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December 21, 2011
The GNSO Council has voted in favour of reviewing the UDRP and the URS but not until 18 months after Icann delegates the first new gTLDs into the root zone – expected to be early 2013
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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
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December 20, 2011
A US government agency has urged Icann to make five changes to combat internet fraud before it approves any new gTLDs
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December 20, 2011
IP Rota chief executive Jonathan Robinson explains what the recent .xxx sunrise suggests about future sunrise periods under the gTLD programme
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December 16, 2011
Following a markup attended by top industry lobbyists yesterday, a small but dedicated group of House Judiciary Committee members today forced the sponsor of controversial anti-piracy legislation to put off a final committee vote on the bill, possibly until 2012
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December 16, 2011
ICM Registry targeted “blatant and undeniable” cybersquatters this week after suspending 50 to 70 .xxx domains without using any form of arbitration
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December 15, 2011
Win a free place at a Managing IP meeting of your choice in 2012 by answering our 20 questions on developments in the past year
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December 15, 2011
Former Sedo chief executive Tim Schumacher spoke to Managing IP about how new gTLDs will affect domain prices and which gTLDs will be most profitable for brand owners
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December 15, 2011
The sponsor of legislation in the US House of Representatives targeting rogue websites has proposed significant revisions to his bill in anticipation of today’s vote in the House Judiciary Committee
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December 14, 2011
Icann will use a “secondary time stamp” system to manage batches of gTLD applications next year because a random selection system would breach California gambling laws
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December 12, 2011
As director of product management at VeriSign, Sarah Langstone is responsible for educating brands about the new gTLD programme and said she has no time to rest before the application period opens
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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
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December 12, 2011
The UDRP continues to divide opinions in the IP community, despite an Icann report this year that said reviewing the system should be delayed
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December 12, 2011
Panellists at INTA’s conference on gTLDs last week tried to appease attendees’ concerns about trade mark protection but admitted they were uncertain about how at least two rights-protection mechanisms will work
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December 09, 2011
US senators and internet stakeholders yesterday expressed concern about consumer confusion and cost to brand owners at the prospect of up to 1,500 applications for new gTLDs
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December 07, 2011
Tomorrow, US senators will cross-examine five witnesses following criticism of the gTLD programme, but lawyers, registrars and Icann say the hearing will not delay the DNS’s expansion
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December 07, 2011
Canada’s Supreme Court is hearing five cases this week, in a historic burst of activity that could fundamentally reshape copyright protection in the country
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December 06, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday heard the first day of oral arguments in two cases centred on whether copyright infringement is triggered through downloading of digital media
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December 05, 2011
Icann’s board of directors will meet this week to vote on the controversial continued operations fund (COF) after its public comment period closed on December 2
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December 01, 2011
A Canberra court room is hearing the final arguments this week in a long-running copyright dispute that could set out what ISPs need to do to avoid an accusation of authorising infringement
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November 30, 2011
A federal judge in Las Vegas has authorised Chanel to seize hundreds of domain names of sites showing "good cause" that they are selling counterfeit products, and has ordered search engines and social media sites not to promote the sites through links
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November 30, 2011
The focus of debate in Washington is on IP enforcement, but Obama administration officials at a White House event yesterday declined to weigh in on controversial House and Senate bills that would give the attorney general more power to crack down on copyright and trade mark violations online
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November 29, 2011
US attorney general Eric Holder Tuesday announced a new public service campaign linking counterfeit products to criminal gangs and US job losses
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November 29, 2011
Copyright owners in Australia may be given the power to warn consumers who are suspected of downloading illegally and could even access their personal details before taking court action
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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
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November 25, 2011
Groups protesting about freedom of expression on the internet have managed to delay proposed changes to Nominet’s policy on allowing the police to seize .uk domains suspected of facilitating crime
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November 24, 2011
Today's decision by the Court of Justice will make it harder for rights owners to force ISPs to help them fight illegal downloading
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November 24, 2011
A UDRP panellist who first adopted the so-called Octogen line of thinking on bad faith has insisted the doctrine will be revived despite receiving another blow
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November 24, 2011
Courts in EU member states cannot issue wide-ranging orders forcing ISPs to block users’ access to copyright-infringing material, Europe’s highest court ruled today
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November 23, 2011
Tomorrow, Europe’s highest court will hand down an important ruling clarifying whether rights owners can ask courts to force ISPs to prevent users from accessing copyright-infringing material. Managing IP explains more
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November 23, 2011
An academic who urged Icann to address the UDRP’s fair use defence has called on others to conduct further studies to determine the practicality of his findings
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November 21, 2011
Global businesses have urged Icann to say when a second round of gTLD applications will open so that registrants are not forced into a panicked decision next year
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November 18, 2011
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals were a focus of the House and Senate this week, as legislation was introduced in both bodies and a House hearing highlighted another bill aimed at thwarting online sales of fake drugs
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November 18, 2011
Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson has published an opinion paper in Australia that reveals the extent of the disagreements there between copyright owners and internet service providers over online enforcement
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November 17, 2011
The owner of website YouPorn has sued ICM Registry and Icann for allegedly conspiring to breach anti-competition laws before, during and after the implementation of .xxx
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November 17, 2011
Sweden can require an ISP to reveal the name of a subscriber, despite having not implemented data retention law, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU said today
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November 17, 2011
Musicians and actors led by billionaire Alki David have again sued CBS Interactive and CNET for facilitating “massive copyright infringement in naked pursuit of profits”
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November 16, 2011
A House bill that targets so-called rogue web sites has sparked a battle between technology companies and IP owners that some members of Congress called the most volatile in more than a decade
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November 16, 2011
The High Court in London is to ask Europe’s top court to clarify whether live internet streaming of free-to-air channels is lawful
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November 16, 2011
A New York attorney has charged seven Europeans with making $14 million from a sophisticated advertising fraud scam which infected 4 million computers in 100 countries
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November 14, 2011
Lego has suffered only its second UDRP defeat in nearly 300 cases, despite another company selling Lego products to finance its healthcare business
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November 14, 2011
Astroturfing, sock puppetry and flogging: three practices you don’t want to be caught doing on the web, according to panellists at last week’s INTA Leadership Meeting
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November 14, 2011
The UDRP should be revised to ensure greater consistency in the interpretation of the fair use defence, according to a Cambridge University researcher
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November 10, 2011
The number of ccTLDs has increased significantly in 2011, reversing a downward trend that began in 2007
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November 10, 2011
Nearly 90 business associations and global brands have joined together to “aggressively fight” the gTLD programme, labelling it destructive and unwanted
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November 09, 2011
Speaking exclusively to Managing IP, former Icann chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush defends his controversial move to Top Level Domain Holdings and says attempts to halt the gTLD programme are late and misguided
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November 07, 2011
At the end of September French software developer GroupCamp received a letter from Texas-based non-practising entity Lodsys accusing it of infringing its patents and inviting it to negotiate a licence. Now its founders have launched a website asking companies in the same situation to pool their knowledge and share prior art to defeat Lodsys’s patents. Managing IP spoke to Dickel Sooriah about GroupCamp’s unusual tactics
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November 07, 2011
Speedo was so concerned about its clean reputation in Australia that it went to court to shut down a blogger who was using its brands on salacious websites, and last week won a wide-ranging order
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November 04, 2011
Dot-fr regulator Afnic will have new powers to resolve domain disputes from November 21 2011 when it introduces a dispute resolution system
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November 04, 2011
The Welsh government will not use taxpayers’ money to support applicants for the .cymru gTLD, according to business minister Edwina Hart
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November 03, 2011
Russia's largest registrar has avoided a $7.8 million fine after a court upheld an appeal over competition law breaches following the launch of the Cyrillic version of the .ru domain
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November 03, 2011
A UDRP case has reemphasised that trade mark owners must provide substantial evidence to show that goods sold through suspected rogue domains are counterfeits
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November 02, 2011
Bipartisan bills targeting online infringement will continue to advance, supporters of the legislation vowed Wednesday at a Capitol Hill press conference
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November 01, 2011
Cybersquatters will “blackmail” Canadian .ca domain owners if registrants are allowed to buy domains containing non-Latin characters, according to comments posted on the latest IDN plans
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November 01, 2011
French anti-piracy watchdog Hadopi is investigating 100 people who it alleges have repeatedly shared copyright-protected material on peer-to-peer networks