Are web archives stored in Wayback machines (including Archive.org) admissible in legal proceedings and, if so, what would be their probative value? Lawyers specializing in… Read More »beDRP: admissibility and probative value of documents from the Wayback Machine
PDF version: 2022-01-06-iptwins-review-EN 1. The are various alternative ways of settling disputes relating to domain names. One of them is the negotiation and settlement agreement… Read More »Review of out-of-court decisions relating to domain names 2022-01 (December 2021)
A domain name is a virtual address. The domain name system is similar to a space made up of a limited number of territories (top-level… Read More »ter.com : UDRP or auction ?
Sixteen years after the creation of the European extension (in 2005) and thirteen years after the registration of the domain name ymca.eu (in 2008), the… Read More »euADR: YMCA snatches ymca.eu from the hands of a well-known cybersquatter
US company Hudson’s Furniture Showroom, Inc. had initiated UDRP proceedings against a US national over the domain name <hudsonfurniture.com> based on the following unregistered trademark:… Read More »UDRP: no enforceable trademark, no transfer
.DAY, a new gTLD administered by the registry branch of Google, will be available from December 14, 2021. The sunrise period will run until January… Read More »New gTLD : .DAY, from 14 December 2021
Welcome to the first issue of our new format devoted to a short monthly selection of out-of-court decisions relating to domain names. 1. What were… Read More »Review of out-of-court decisions relating to domain names: November 2021
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 directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, known as “NIS2”, which is at the stage of a proposal… Read More »NIS2 directive (proposal): duties of domain name registries and registrars
In trademark law, a coexistence agreement is an agreement by which the parties, owners of similar or identical trademarks, decide to organize their coexistence, subject… Read More »The coexistence agreement as a mean for preventing disputes relating to domain names
