Combating the Sale of Counterfeit Goods
The issue of combating the online sale of counterfeit products, especially fashion items and luxury accessories, has been a massive thorn of big brands for… Read More »Combating the Sale of Counterfeit Goods
The issue of combating the online sale of counterfeit products, especially fashion items and luxury accessories, has been a massive thorn of big brands for… Read More »Combating the Sale of Counterfeit Goods
It is important to specify that the dispute takes place in the context of the French market. Cristal vision, optician, owns a word trademark “Cristal… Read More »“Crystal vision” c. “Crystal visual”: no confusion
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
The joint annual report of Europol and the European Intellectual Property Office (europol.europa.eu, March 2022) confirms an increasing import of packaging materials and semi-finished products… Read More »2022 Europol and European Intellectual Property Office Counterfeiting Report
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
Can one claim ownership of the name of a multisecular legend? The issue arose in a UDRP proceeding administered under the aegis of the Forum… Read More »UDRP on robinhood.shop: discussion about bad faith on the day of acquisition and the day the complaint was filed
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