On 25 November 2020, the European Commission published its “An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience” (COM(2020) 760 final: eur-lex.europa.eu).… Read More »WhoIs data: new response from ICANN to the European Commission
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) was established on 8 July 1999. This company owns many domain names, the oldest of which date back to… Read More »UDRP on hkex.com, hkex.net and hkex.org: no limitation period but evidence of bad faith that is too old
In a landmark judgment, the French supreme court decided that “the name “France” is a component of the identity of the French State, in that… Read More »France.com: “the national territory in its economic, geographical, historical, political and cultural identity”
Would Bruce Wayne invest part of his fantastical financial inheritance in cryptocurrency? It is, in any case, a fantasy that a cybersquatter tried to realize… Read More »UDRP on batmanerc.com: super-heroes and cryptocurrencies
ICANN released a DNS Abuse Report based on data collected between October 2017 and January 2022. According to ICANN, over the reporting period, the total… Read More »ICANN Report on DNS Abuse
A Policy published by the registry .auDA in 2019 and approved in August 2021 establishes the conditions under which .au domain names (second level domains)… Read More »Australia: opening of registrations directly under the .AU from March 24, 2022
The monegasque registry announced the prohibition of new registrations of third-level domain names, in particular under .tm.mc which was reserved to owners of local trademarks… Read More »Monaco: Registration of .tm.mc domains now prohibited
The Tanzanian registry announced the availability of domain names under .tz directly. The launch of .tz domain names will be occuring in phases: 1st March… Read More »Tanzania: Launch of domain names under .tz
Every year, Thai Network Information Center Foundation (THNIC Foundation) opens its .TH and .ไทย ccTLDs. For the year 2022, companies and trademark holders have until… Read More »Thailand: .TH and .ไทย available until March 31, 2022
.UA Hostmaster, the registry in charge of the management of Ukrainian .UA domain names, published several messages to report on the security measures it has… Read More »ICANN Rejects Ukraine’s Request to Disable Russia’s ccTLDs
