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”
In disputes between, on the one hand, an administrative entity defined by geographical boundaries (city, region, or state) and, on the other hand, the holder… Read More »UDRP on parramatta.com: the difficulty of requesting the transfer of a geographical name
The Gorgonzola defense organization recently succeeded in a UDRP case concerning the domain name gorgonzola.blue (WIPO, D2021-0722, Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola v.… Read More »Geographical indications cybersquatting: the Gorgonzola case
Last April, the intellectual property division of the Shanghai Pudong court published a White Paper dedicated to building an environment favorable to the protection of… Read More »Shanghai Pudong Court White Paper on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
In a breaking decision, JIPAC accepted English as the language of proceedings for the first time, setting a useful precedent for ulterior litigants. The first… Read More »Japanese Intellectual Property Arbitration Center (JIPAC) sets first precedent in allowing English as the language of proceedings in a domain name dispute (JP-DRP)
In May 2019, French customs notified M. BV that they had seized 1000 badges similar to its European registered trademarks (see below) on the basis… Read More »“Get off of my cloud”: Paris court rules in favor of Rolling Stones logo owner in infringement case
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