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
Any distribution agreement must include clear and precise conditions on the use of trademarks, including in the form of domain names. It is not uncommon… Read More »Distribution agreements and domain names
The end of a license for intellectual property rights has the sudden effect of restoring the parties to the status quo ante. One day, the… Read More »France: proof of the well-known status of a trademark through the Barrisol case
In 2017, the Paris Court of Appeal ordered France.com to transfer the domain name france.com to France (iptwins.com, 2021-04-28; iptwins.com, 2018-07 -05; iptwins.com, 2018-05-15). France.com… Read More »The “france.com” case brought to the United States Supreme Court
Introduction 1. Solutions to combat cybersquatting/typosquatting 2. Specialized TLDs 3. Geographical TLDs 4. TLD as part of the brand 5. Hyphen: with or without? Conclusion… Read More »Domain names: collection of recent extrajudicial procedures that could have been avoided
Grupo Nacional Provincial is a Mexican insurance company founded in 1907 which owns several Mexican trademarks composed of the acronym “GNP”. GNC wanted to secure the domain… Read More »UDRP targetting gnp.com: brief comment on the strategy to adopt in the case of a short acronym brand
Managing trademarks and domain names is demanding, and even more when the trademark is made up of a generic word (eg: Apple, Caterpillar, Orange). Among… Read More »cnDRP on caterpillar. 中国 and 卡特彼勒. 中国: the risks of recklessness
Shortly after the announcement of the hosting of the 2032 Olympic Games by the city of Brisbane, the registry in charge of the administration of… Read More »Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032: already some cybersquatting attempts
When two or more fundamental rights or freedoms conflict, the principle of proportionality applies. Intellectual property rights may have a tumultuous relationship with some other… Read More »Everything.sucks: freedom of expression as a pretext for concealing greedy intent
Bulgari SpA was notified that the domain bulgarireplica.it, registered by an Italian national, was used to refer to a website where visitors could purchase identical… Read More »itDRP on bulgarireplica.it: brief focus on the word “replica”
