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Facebook is suing the Namecheap domain name registrar and the Whoisguard proxy service in an Arizona court. Facebook accuses the two companies of having registered… Read More »Cybersquatting: Facebook sues Namecheap and Whoisguard

On October 31, 2018, the President of the French Parliament had entrusted the French Court of Audit (Cour des comptes) with carrying out an investigation… Read More »French Court of Audit on counterfeiting: towards an enhanced obligation of vigilance for e-commerce platforms

Le 31 octobre 2018, le Président de l’Assemblée nationale avait confié à la Cour des comptes la réalisation d’une enquête portant sur « la lutte contre… Read More »Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la contrefaçon : vers une obligation de vigilance renforcée des plateformes de commerce électronique

Following a procedure administered by the National Arbitration Forum, the domain name ihatedell.com was transferred to the complainant, Dell Inc. Contrary to what one might… Read More »UDRP on ihatedell.com: a transfer decision unrelated to freedom of expression

Congress must create accountability to prevent these hazardous items from infiltrating the homes of millions of Americans. The SHOP SAFE Act would make families safer… Read More »United States: Shop Safe Act, a bill to end online counterfeiting

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020. What about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Nominet published a clarifying note… Read More »Brexit and GDPR

Among the types of trademarks that suffer from their coexistence with domain names, weak trademarks stand out, and especially acronym trademarks (see, for example, “Trademarks… Read More »dumbledore.com: weak trademarks don’t work miracles