The news intrigued the mainstream press (see, for example, theindependent.co.uk; dailymail.co.uk; mirror.co.uk; thesun.co.uk) and intellectual property blogs (not. worldipreview.com). A Russian court has refused to… Read More »Russia: denial of justice for foreign parties
Alternative domain name dispute resolution service providers administered more cases than ever, such as WIPO whose case rate increased by 22%. WIPO: 5128 cases Forum:… Read More »Statistics 2021: out-of-court proceedings relating to domain names
Each year, the Black Friday/Cyber Monday event comes with multiple and heterolytic cyber threats, including cybersquatting and typosquatting. In this regard, the mere creation of… Read More »Black Friday and Cyber Monday: detecting abusive domain name registrations and acting quickly
The end of a license for intellectual property rights has the sudden effect of restoring the parties to the status quo ante. One day, the… Read More »France: proof of the well-known status of a trademark through the Barrisol case
Grupo Nacional Provincial is a Mexican insurance company founded in 1907 which owns several Mexican trademarks composed of the acronym “GNP”. GNC wanted to secure the domain… Read More »UDRP targetting gnp.com: brief comment on the strategy to adopt in the case of a short acronym brand
Managing trademarks and domain names is demanding, and even more when the trademark is made up of a generic word (eg: Apple, Caterpillar, Orange). Among… Read More »cnDRP on caterpillar. 中国 and 卡特彼勒. 中国: the risks of recklessness
Shortly after the announcement of the hosting of the 2032 Olympic Games by the city of Brisbane, the registry in charge of the administration of… Read More »Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032: already some cybersquatting attempts
The Gorgonzola defense organization recently succeeded in a UDRP case concerning the domain name gorgonzola.blue (WIPO, D2021-0722, Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola v.… Read More »Geographical indications cybersquatting: the Gorgonzola case
Microsoft’s IT managers faced a new cybersecurity issue. For a few hours this Sunday, May 23, the Exchange administration portal was blocked. When users attempted… Read More »SSL Certificates: Watch out for renewals
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
