Last April, the intellectual property division of the Shanghai Pudong court published a White Paper dedicated to building an environment favorable to the protection of… Read More »Shanghai Pudong Court White Paper on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
In May 2019, French customs notified M. BV that they had seized 1000 badges similar to its European registered trademarks (see below) on the basis… Read More »“Get off of my cloud”: Paris court rules in favor of Rolling Stones logo owner in infringement case
In 2012, when applications for Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) were first opened, seven registries applied to administer .WEB, including Nu Dot Co (NDT), Donuts… Read More »ICANN and .WEB: now is the time to make decisions!
En mai 2019, la direction régionale des douanes du Havre, se fondant sur l’article L. 716-8 du Code de la propriété intellectuelle (Legifrance.gouv.fr), notifia la… Read More »“Get off of my cloud” : l’exclusion de marchandises contrefaisant le logo des Rolling Stones
How to get the transfer of a domain name such as brother.tld? The Japanese company Brother Industries is confronted with the generic character of the… Read More »How to get the transfer of a domain name such as brother.tld?
Amazon platforms are, collectively, one of the main concerns of intellectual property rights holders facing online counterfeiting, as evidenced by testimonials provided by right holders… Read More »Amazon report on its fight against counterfeiting
In the United States, more than twenty years after the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), the debate on the notion of “registration” is at the… Read More »United States: a strict interpretation of the word “registration” of a domain name in the ACPA excluding de facto the act of acquisition
In 2015, the American company France.com, Inc., owner of the eponymous domain name since 1994, brought proceedings against the Dutch company Traveland Resorts before the… Read More »The “France.com” case: sovereign immunity of the French State and rejection of the complaint of France.com, Inc.
Can a registrar be held responsible for the illegal or illicit use of a domain name registered and controlled by a co-contractor whose Whois data… Read More »Cybersquatting in China: joint and several liability of the cybersquatter and the registrar
The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is a component of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (gNSO), which itself is a branch of the Internet Corporation for… Read More »General Data Protection Regulation and Whois: a request to suspend ICANN’s SSAD
