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
HealthyPets, a U.S. company specializing in animal nutritional products, owns and operates a brand called JOINT MAX for its flagship products. HealthyPets had registered <jointmax.com>… Read More »UDRP on jointmax.com: failure to renew (negligence) and loss of domain name
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
