In the United States, the immunity guaranteed to providers of interactive computer services (or intermediaries) by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 US… Read More »United States: towards the end of Internet intermediary immunity?
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) filed two “ISS” trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 4 and 5, 2020 (nos. 88950188 and… Read More »UDRP on iss.mobi: a debatable transfer
On December 14, 2020, the European Commission published the second edition of its counterfeit watch list. The first was published in 2018 (iptwins.com, 2018-12-16). This… Read More »2020 European Commission Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List
The U.S. Department of Commerce has revealed its annual list of e-commerce platforms designated by intellectual property rights holders who are victims of online infringement.… Read More »Counterfeiting: 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
The Alberto Giacometti Foundation has initiated a chDRP procedure in order to obtain the transfer of the domain names archivioalbertogiacometti.ch, fondazionealbertogiacometti.ch, and fondazionegiacometti.ch based on… Read More »chDRP on archivioalbertogiacometti.ch, fondazionealbertogiacometti.ch and fondazionegiacometti.ch
My Gameroom LLC initiated a UDRP procedure against Facebook for gameroom.com, registered in 2016, based on the rights it holds on “MY GAMEROOM” U.S. trademarks,… Read More »UDRP on Gameroom.com: Facebook keeps its domain name
Mr. B. was the owner of the French semi-figurative trademark “Saint Germain” n° 3 395 502, filed on December 5, 2005, to designate, in classes… Read More »France: action of the owner of a revoked trademark with regard to acts of infringement occurring before the revocation
In 2010, Petit Bateau (a French brand of clothing for children) hired Ms. A as an export project manager. The employment contract contained a confidentiality… Read More »France: disclosure of a confidential fashion collection by an employee
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)
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
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