Social media platforms have been part of the Internet landscape for more than a decade but it’s only in the latest years, after a staggering… Read More »The rise of intellectual property infringing activities on social media
They are called “blockchain domain names”, “Web3 domain names”, “crypto domains”, “NFT domain names” and “decentralized domain names“. Given the legal focus of this article,… Read More »Decentralized domain names: the need for discussion between operators and intellectual property right holders
UNICEF estimates that there are nearly 2.4 billion children under 18 (unicef.org), i.e. around 1/3 of the world’s population. The games and toys market alone… Read More ».KIDS: participating in the sunrise period is a moral duty
Brands incorporating a term referring to the terminology of sustainable development abound. It suffices to query the “Global Brand Database” (from the World Intellectual Property… Read More ».GREEN: green ideas, green domains
On June 20, 2022, ICANN and EURid signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their collaboration in developing Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) (icann.org, June 22,… Read More »A Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and EURid on Internationalized Domain Names
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
The Israeli registry announced the opening of the top-level domain ישראל. (Israel in Hebrew). A priority registration period is provided for rights holders (sunrise period).… Read More »Israel: sunrise period for the ישראל TLD (Israel in Hebrew) from May 10, 2022
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
