On July 3, 2020, Mr. G., claiming to be the owner of an unregistered trademark called “SPASE” since 2019, initiated a UDRP procedure before the… Read More »UDRP on spase.com: act II (two decisions in three months)
On December 23, 2020, ICANN announced that the DNSSEC protocol was now deployed and operational in all generic top-level domains (i.e. 1,195 gTLDs). ICANN may,… Read More »DNSSEC: all gTLDs are secure
It is rare for a UDRP complaint about a domain name identical to an acronym trademark to be successful (see, eg: “Trademarks and domain names:… Read More »UDRP on mym.fan : a rare example of transfer concerning an acronym
Initially, it was Changyou, a Chinese online games company, which had requested and obtained the new gTLD .CYOU (its NASDAQ ticker symbol). But in the… Read More ».CYOU: sunrise period from May 14, 2020 to June 15, 2020
“Refresh Yourself.” Who said that UDRP decisions were all the same and that they were dull? D2020-0054 offers the opportunity to prove the contrary and,… Read More »Coke.energy, Coca-cola.energy and Cocacola.energy: exhausted during the sunrise period?
Top Level Design announced the opening of the .GAY TLD. The sunrise period will run from February 10 to March 31, 2020, while the opening… Read More ».GAY: Sunrise period from February 10 to March 31
The year 2019 was marked by the transfer of several domain names identical to the names of celebrities, in particular kingofpop.com (iptwins.com, 2019-07-11), pabloescobar.com (iptwins.com,… Read More »UDRP: stevejobs.com, transferred 20 years after registration
In this UDRP proceeding (NAF, FA1908001859584, Escobar, Inc. v. Neil Okrent / Ivan Munguia, October 7, 2019), the complaint originated from a Colombian company with… Read More »UDRP: pabloescobar.com, transferred 20 years after its registration
Fashion brands are often made up of family names (especially older brands) or common names. In both cases, the make-up of the brand means that… Read More »Domain Names: the top level domains of the fashion industry
The Argentinian registry unexpectedly opened the registration of .ar domains and launched a sunrise period for .ar domain names. Until today, only third-level domains… Read More »Argentina: opening of .ar registrations and drop of restrictions
