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  • New gTLD program : ICANN launches a new website in preparation for the new round
  • Increase in cybersquatting on [brand][country].com registrations
  • Unstoppable Domains joins GlobalBlock
  • The future of IP Rights in the metaverse: insights from the British Intellectual Property Office
  • 2024 European Commission Recommendation on measures to combat counterfeiting
  • Enhancing transparency in domain name disputes: the case for including registration agreement language in WhoIs data
  • Shoptrumpsneakers.com: David Hogg’s push for gun control using Trump’s new sneaker brand
  • Less restrictions for .swiss extension
  • .shop: a strategic extension for e-commerce
  • ICANN proposes the creation of an extension for internal use
  • GlobalBlock: Introducing a new blocking mechanism in over 500 extensions
  • WIPO cybersquatting statistics: just the tip of the iceberg
  • Cybersquatting: don’t press your luck with Verizon
  • Porcelainefrancaisedelimoges.fr: first SYRELI decision involving a geographical indication protecting industrial and artisanal goods
  • Cybersecurity: DNS spoofing and implementing key actions to combat it
  • Cybersecurity: Understanding DNSSEC and Its Benefits in Intellectual Property
  • The regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products
  • Register your .BOT domains
  •  45% of large Swiss companies already targeted by a cyberattack
  • The Significance of Effective Domain Name Management
  • UDRP now applicable to .ga domains!
  • Protect Your Brand with a great Domain Name Strategy!
  • 5 key actions to start protecting your brand on the Internet
  • .music sunrise period. The wait is over!
  • A typo hijacked thousands of emails from US Army
  • .UA Domain Name Dispute Resolution (Ukraine)
  • .fr: Afnic launches a mediation procedure
  • Operation Döppelganger: how Russia continues to flood Europe with false information
  • WIPO opens UDRP to .mg domain names (Madagascar)
  • Counterfeiting: China remains the top priority for the European Commission
  • .zip : beware of security threats!
  • Pru.com: a lack of prudence, a bluff, a fluke, and a success
  • .WATCHES domain names: be on time!
  • Google Registry is launching 8 new gTLDs
  • ICANN announces preparations for the next round of new gTLDs
  • .POLYGON blockchain domain names
  • Get your .ART DNS and ENS domain names
  • Fight against abuse: Afnic launches a new public consultation
  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
  • Hermès v. Rothschild: how to fight trademark infringement committed by NFT minters
  • Cryptoassets and intellectual property infringement: which jurisdiction?
  • Twitter announcement on banning the free promotion of third party social media platforms : the importance of being in control of one’s online presence
  • Louboutin v. Amazon: the CJEU paves the way for Amazon’s liability for trademark infringement
  • Counterfeiting at the borders of the European Union: continuous increase in the number of detentions
  • Football and cybersquatting
  • European Commission 2022 report on online counterfeiting
  • Internationalized domain names, the best allies of phishing
  • Study commissioned by the European Parliament on non-fungible tokens and intellectual property
  • Trademark infringement via NFT: a landmark decision from Rome
  • Brand and Trademark Infringement on Twitter
  • Blockchain domain names: the birth of the Web3 Domain Alliance (W3DA)
  • Can the International Olympic Committee prohibit the registration of domain names similar to the words “olympic” and “olympique”?
  • New blockchain top-level domains: first come, first served?
  • Compliance with the Constitution of the delisting of Wish.com ordered by the French administration
  • How to resolve a dispute over a domain name such as marque.com.de?
  • HKIAC Guide to Alternative Domain Name Dispute Resolution (2nd ed.)
  • Brand Owners, be Aware! Marketplaces in Kenya that you should be conscious of
  • The geographical name of national importance: common good or private monopoly?
  • French court holds Amazon liable for trademark infringement
  • Three new gTLDS: .RSVP, .BOO and . GIVING
  • UDRP about gorgonzola.wtf : don’t say “cheese”!
  • The battle for the promising .WALLET
  • The rise of intellectual property infringing activities on social media
  • Decentralized domain names: the need for discussion between operators and intellectual property right holders
  • .KIDS: participating in the sunrise period is a moral duty
  • .GREEN: green ideas, green domains
  • A Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and EURid on Internationalized Domain Names
  • Combating the Sale of Counterfeit Goods
  • “Crystal vision” c. “Crystal visual”: no confusion
  • Israel: sunrise period for the ישראל TLD (Israel in Hebrew) from May 10, 2022
  • WhoIs data: new response from ICANN to the European Commission
  • UDRP on hkex.com, hkex.net and hkex.org: no limitation period but evidence of bad faith that is too old
  • France.com: “the national territory in its economic, geographical, historical, political and cultural identity”
  • UDRP on batmanerc.com: super-heroes and cryptocurrencies
  • 2022 Europol and European Intellectual Property Office Counterfeiting Report
  • ICANN Report on DNS Abuse
  • Russia: denial of justice for foreign parties
  • Australia: opening of registrations directly under the .AU from March 24, 2022
  • Australie : ouverture des enregistrements directement sous le .AU dès le 24 mars 2022
  • Monaco: Registration of .tm.mc domains now prohibited
  • Tanzania: Launch of domain names under .tz
  • Thailand: .TH and .ไทย available until March 31, 2022
  • ICANN Rejects Ukraine’s Request to Disable Russia’s ccTLDs
  • Neustar International Security Council Study on DNS Attacks
  • UDRP on robinhood.shop: discussion about bad faith on the day of acquisition and the day the complaint was filed
  • Statistics 2021: out-of-court proceedings relating to domain names
  • UDRP on jointmax.com: failure to renew (negligence) and loss of domain name
  • Review of out-of-court decisions relating to domain names 2022-01 (December 2021)
  • ter.com : UDRP or auction ?
  • euADR: YMCA snatches ymca.eu from the hands of a well-known cybersquatter
  • Cybersecurity and Log4shell: the situation at IP Twins
  • UDRP: no enforceable trademark, no transfer
  • .BH (Bahrain) : sunrise period from 3 Novembre 2021 to 2 January 2022
  • New gTLD : .DAY, from 14 December 2021
  • Review of out-of-court decisions relating to domain names: November 2021
  • Black Friday and Cyber Monday: detecting abusive domain name registrations and acting quickly
  • Denigration and retention of access codes to social media
  • NIS2 directive (proposal): duties of domain name registries and registrars
  • The coexistence agreement as a mean for preventing disputes relating to domain names
  • Distribution agreements and domain names
  • France: proof of the well-known status of a trademark through the Barrisol case
  • The “france.com” case brought to the United States Supreme Court
  • Domain names: collection of recent extrajudicial procedures that could have been avoided
  • UDRP targetting gnp.com: brief comment on the strategy to adopt in the case of a short acronym brand
  • cnDRP on caterpillar. 中国 and 卡特彼勒. 中国: the risks of recklessness
  • Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032: already some cybersquatting attempts
  • .ZUERICH: available from 30 August 2021
  • Australia: domain.au available from March 2022
  • Everything.sucks: freedom of expression as a pretext for concealing greedy intent
  • Everything.sucks : la liberté d’expression comme prétexte dissimulant une intention cupide
  • itDRP on bulgarireplica.it: brief focus on the word “replica”
  • New gTLD .MUSIC
  • UDRP on parramatta.com: the difficulty of requesting the transfer of a geographical name
  • Geographical indications cybersquatting: the Gorgonzola case
  • Shanghai Pudong Court White Paper on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
  • Japanese Intellectual Property Arbitration Center (JIPAC) sets first precedent in allowing English as the language of proceedings in a domain name dispute (JP-DRP)
  • SSL Certificates: Watch out for renewals
  • “Get off of my cloud”: Paris court rules in favor of Rolling Stones logo owner in infringement case
  • ICANN and .WEB: now is the time to make decisions!
  • “Get off of my cloud” : l’exclusion de marchandises contrefaisant le logo des Rolling Stones
  • How to get the transfer of a domain name such as brother.tld?
  • Amazon report on its fight against counterfeiting
  • United States: a strict interpretation of the word “registration” of a domain name in the ACPA excluding de facto the act of acquisition
  • Spase, Inc. loses cybersquatting dispute for a third time
  • JD upgrades its anti-counterfeit system
  • The “France.com” case: sovereign immunity of the French State and rejection of the complaint of France.com, Inc.
  • Important information on domain names reproducing trademarks under .sucks
  • WIPO launches new dispute resolution service for .sa et السعودية. domain names (Saudi Arabia)
  • Cybersquatting in China: joint and several liability of the cybersquatter and the registrar
  • General Data Protection Regulation and Whois: a request to suspend ICANN’s SSAD
  • .HOTEL : Fegistry, Radix, and Domain Venture Partners v. ICANN
  • .HOTEL : Fegistry, Radix, et Domain Venture Partners c. ICANN
  • France: infringement of copyright (bracelets and photographs), design rights, personality rights, unfair competition and free riding
  • Disguising the sale of brand-identical domain names as freedom of speech sucks
  • France : contrefaçon de modèles (joaillerie), de droits d’auteur (photographie), atteinte au droit à l’image et concurrence déloyale
  • France: 2021-2022 anti-counterfeit programme
  • UDRP on noo.com: reverse domain name hijacking
  • Internationalized domain names: definition, challenges, and status
  • Has ICANN been invited to Donuts hotel?
  • UDRP sur noo.com : plainte abusive
  • L’ICANN s’est-il invité à l’hôtel de Donuts ?
  • Brexit and .eu: “suspended” status postponed to June 30, 2021
  • Noms de domaine internationalisés : définition, enjeux et état des lieux
  • ‘Coup’ attempt at Nominet
  • Tentative de « coup » chez Nominet 
  • United States: towards the end of Internet intermediary immunity?
  • New gTLD .SPA: sunrise period from 20 avril 2021
  • UDRP on iss.mobi: a debatable transfer
  • 2020 European Commission Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List 
  • Counterfeiting: 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
  • .TH domains available from 1st February 2021
  • chDRP on archivioalbertogiacometti.ch, fondazionealbertogiacometti.ch and fondazionegiacometti.ch
  • chDRP : archivioalbertogiacometti.ch, fondazionealbertogiacometti.ch et fondazionegiacometti.ch
  • Harmful domain names: ICANN identifies 153 registrars
  • .com.au and .net.au domains : tightening of the rules governing trademark-based eligibility
  • UDRP on Gameroom.com: Facebook keeps its domain name
  • UDRP sur Gameroom.com : Facebook conserve son nom de domaine
  • France: action of the owner of a revoked trademark with regard to acts of infringement occurring before the revocation
  • France: disclosure of a confidential fashion collection by an employee
  • France : l’action du titulaire d’une marque déchu quant aux actes de contrefaçon intervenus avant la déchéance
  • UDRP on spase.com: act II (two decisions in three months)
  • UDRP sur spase.com : acte II (deux décisions en trois mois)
  • DNSSEC: all gTLDs are secure
  • UDRP on mym.fan : a rare example of transfer concerning an acronym
  • UDRP sur mym.fan : un rare exemple de transfert concernant un acronyme
  • UDRP: hydroquébec.com
  • UDRP : hydroquébec.com
  • The starting point of the limitation period in the cnDRP: rejecting the creation date of the domain name in favor of the date of the occurrence of a new fact
  • Point de départ du délai de prescription dans la cnDRP : le rejet de la date d’enregistrement du nom de domaine au profit de la date de survenance d’un fait nouveau
  • France and the European Union: Blanchet and Bournazel report on the evaluation of the fight against counterfeiting
  • UDRP on picture.com: complaint rejected and reverse domain name hijacking
  • UDRP sur picture.com : rejet de la plainte et procédure abusive
  • Article 2 of the cnDRP: the issue of the starting point of the limitation period in case of a domain name that has been assigned
  • Article 2 de la cnDRP : la question du point de départ de la prescription en présence d’un nom de domaine ayant fait l’objet d’une cession
  • Article 2 of the cnDRP: the reaction time of brand owners
  • GIView: the EUIPO database for geographical indications
  • Webinaires sur la protection des indications géographiques (parties 1 et 2)
  • Indications géographiques : l’OUEPI lance une base de données
  • Article 2 de la cnDRP : le délai de réactivité des propriétaires de marque
  • “Double 11” : la bataille juridique des géants du commerce électronique chinois
  • Advertising keywords: beyond distinctive signs
  • geoTLD .ZUERICH: sunrise period postponed to May 3, 2021
  • “Double 11” and Its Discontents: Chinese e-commerce giants battling over trademark rights of the shopping festival
  • geoTLD .ZUERICH : sunrise period reportée au 3 mai 2021
  • Mots-clés publicitaires : au-delà des signes distinctifs
  • Containment in France: the IP Twins team remains available
  • Confinement en France : l’équipe d’IP Twins reste mobilisée
  • New gTLD .FORUM: sunrise period from 16 of November 2020 to 16 of December 2020
  • .FORUM : sunrise period du 16 novembre au 16 décembre 2020
  • spase.com: a UDRP compendium
  • spase.com : compendium de l’UDRP
  • Interisle Consulting Group study on phishing: nearly 100,000 domain names detected in three months
  • The deployment of the DNSSEC protocol
  • Le déploiement du DNSSEC
  • boycottrolandgarros.com: the need to set up daily alerts as soon as a controversy emerges
  • boycottrolandgarros.com : la nécessité d’installer des alertes quotidiennes dès l’émergence d’une polémique
  • Startups: Monitor the use of your brands on the Internet!
  • Startups : surveillez l’utilisation de vos marques sur Internet !
  • Orizon.com: an atypical UDRP
  • Orizon.com : une UDRP atypique
  • .CONTACT: an imminent sunrise period not to be missed
  • UDRP: the offer of products “compatible” with those of the claimant
  • UDRP : l’offre de produits dits “compatibles” avec ceux du demandeur
  • BMW v. Premier Alloy Wheels (UK): breach of settlement agreement purported to stop intellectual property infringement
  • BMW c. Premier Alloy Wheels (UK) : violation d’une transaction supposée faire cesser des actes de contrefaçon
  • A UDRP case involving a .CEO domain
  • Tiffany v. Costco: the use of a trademark not as a trademark but in a descriptive sense
  • Tiffany c. Costco : l’utilisation d’une marque non à titre de marque mais dans un sens descriptif
  • The perpetuation of trademark infringement by third parties: judgment of the CJEU
  • La perpétuation de la contrefaçon par des tiers au litige : arrêt de la CJUE
  • European Union: a study on evaluation of practices for combating speculative and abusive domain name registrations
  • Union européenne : une étude sur l’évaluation des pratiques de lutte contre les enregistrements de noms de domaine spéculatifs et abusifs
  • Baby Shark sharpens its teeth against Chinese counterfeiters
  • Baby Shark aiguise ses dents contre les contrefacteurs chinois
  • UDRP on catalyzer.com: from the utopia of complaint to the reality of the decision
  • UDRP sur catalyzer.com : entre l’utopie de la demande et la réalité de la décision
  • The appeal against a UDRP decision: the BAMC?
  • Recours contre une décision UDRP : le BAMC ?
  • Amazon.com: more transparency, less counterfeits
  • Amazon.com : plus de transparence, moins de contrefaçon
  • New gTLDs: first revocation of a dotBRAND for breach of the registry agreement
  • Première révocation d’un dotBRAND pour manquements contractuels
  • The protection of wine geographical indications: legislative efforts since Pliny
  • La protection des indications géographiques viticoles : un voeu pieux ?
  • Some tips for a domain name portfolio management strategy in pandemic times
  • Amazon and Valentino v. Kaitlyn Pan: contractual breach and counterfeiting
  • Amazon et Valentino c. Kaitlyn Pan : faute contractuelle et contrefaçon
  • CJEU: the storage of goods by a natural person acting as an economic operator constitutes a use in the course of trade
  • CJUE : la détention de biens par une personne physique agissant comme un opérateur économique constitue un usage dans la vie des affaires
  • Google Search: finally, a take-down procedure for removing non-commercial links!
  • Google Search : enfin une procédure de suppression des liens non commerciaux !
  • June 10, 2020: 22nd World Anti-Counterfeiting Day
  • 10 juin 2020 : 22è journée mondiale de lutte contre la contrefaçon
  • New domain name dispute resolution policies: .acDRP, .ioDRP and .shDRP
  • acDRP, ioDRP et shDRP : de nouvelles procédures administrées par le Centre d’Arbitrage et de Médiation de l’OMPI
  • France: JM Weston wins against The Frye Company in a counterfeiting and parasitism case
  • France : JM Weston fait condamner The Frye Company pour contrefaçon et concurrence déloyale
  • The .PLACE is open!
  • .PLACE : restrictions levées
  • EUIPO and EURid: getting trademarks and domain names at the same time
  • UDRP: the improper and unjustified transfer of the domain name home-goods.shop
  • UDRP : le transfert abusif et injustifié du nom de domaine home-goods.shop
  • Chine: acquisition d’un nom de domaine, délai de prescription et recevabilité de la plainte dans le cadre de la procédure extrajudiciaire de règlement des différends
  • Taobao dans la liste noire du département américain du commerce pour la 4e année consécutive
  • Taobao listed in USTR Notorious Markets Review for the fourth year running
  • China: acquisition of domain name, limitation period and admissibility of the complaint under the China dispute resolution procedure
  • Economic parasitism: the fraudulent application for a trademark to attract competitor’s consumers on Amazon
  • Parasitisme : le dépôt d’une marque utilisée par un concurrent et non protégée (pour certains produits) pour capter la visibilité créée par ce concurrent sur Amazon
  • HT Media and Hindustan Media Venture c. Brainlink International on hindustan.com: the chess game is underway
  • HT Media et Hindustan Media Venture c. Brainlink International pour hindustan.com : la partie d’échecs est engagée
  • coronaprevention.org seized by the American authorities
  • Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc.: towards an obligation of vigilance of the same nature as the principles governing corporate social responsibility?
  • Romag Fasteners, Inc. c. Fossil Group, Inc. : l’attribution des bénéfices tirés de la contrefaçon n’est pas subordonnée à la démonstration de l’intention délictueuse
  • .ORG: California Attorney General enters debate
  • .ORG : les profondes préoccupations du procureur général de Californie
  • UDRP: the CIIDRC is operational and there are already great decisions!
  • UDRP : le CIIDRC est opérationnel et compte déjà une belle décision !
  • WIPO domain name proceedings statistics for 2019: 26% of defendants are American
  • Coty v. Amazon: the CJEU’s missed opportunity
  • Coty c. Amazon : l’acte manqué de la CJUE
  • UDRP: googlecoronavirus.com, transferred 20 days after registration
  • .CYOU: sunrise period from May 14, 2020 to June 15, 2020
  • .CYOU : sunrise period du 14 mai 2020 au 15 juin 2020
  • New gTLDs : .COMPARE, .DEALER, .SELECT
  • UDRP on medailledebapteme.com: two mistakes not to make
  • UDRP sur medailledebapteme.com : deux erreurs à ne pas commettre
  • Covid-19: vigilance against cyber-attacks
  • Coke.energy, Coca-cola.energy and Cocacola.energy: exhausted during the sunrise period?
  • Coke.energy, Coca-cola.energy et Cocacola.energy : un coup de fatigue pendant la sunrise period ?
  • Covid-19: when counterfeiting speculates on the pandemic, panic, and scarcity
  • Covid-19 : quand la contrefaçon spécule sur la pandémie, la panique et la pénurie
  • Whois and GDPR: the US response is underway
  • Dépôt de marque en France : de l’utilité d’une recherche d’antériorités parmi les noms de domaine
  • French trademark applications: the usefulness of of a prior rights search on domain names
  • Online counterfeiting and consumer safety: commentary on the March 4, 2020 hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Contrefaçon en ligne et sécurité des consommateurs : commentaire sur les auditions du 4 mars 2020 devant la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis
  • Cybersquatting: Facebook sues Namecheap and Whoisguard
  • French Court of Audit on counterfeiting: towards an enhanced obligation of vigilance for e-commerce platforms
  • Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la contrefaçon : vers une obligation de vigilance renforcée des plateformes de commerce électronique
  • UDRP on ihatedell.com: a transfer decision unrelated to freedom of expression
  • UDRP sur ihatedell.com : une décision de transfert étrangère à la liberté d’expression
  • United States: Shop Safe Act, a bill to end online counterfeiting
  • Brexit and GDPR
  • Brexit : quid du RGPD ?
  • dumbledore.com: weak trademarks don’t work miracles
  • dumbledore.com : Warner Bros. a le bourdon
  • Political cybersquatting: cases under French law
  • General availability of .ar domains postponed
  • Cybersquatting politique : noms de domaine buzyn2020.fr et agnesbuzyn2020.fr redirigés vers le site de madame Hidalgo. Exemples passés et stratégie
  • Taïwan : le .台灣 (.xn--kpry57d) s’ouvre à la réservation de noms de domaine en caractères ASCII
  • Blocking websites selling fake watches in France : the harassing fight against counterfeiting
  • Blocage des sites contrefaconmontre.com, repliquefrance.com et repliquemontre.cn en France ou l’harassante lutte contre la contrefaçon.
  • Noms de domaine génériques : un défi pour le droit de la concurrence
  • Generic domain names: a challenge for competition law
  • The post-Brexit effects on domain names
  • Les conséquences post-Brexit sur les noms de domaine
  • Africa: foreign direct investment, trademarks and domain names
  • United States: around twenty priority measures to combat counterfeiting
  • États-Unis : une vingtaine de mesures prioritaires pour lutter contre la contrefaçon
  • Afrique : les investissements directs étrangers, les marques et les noms de domaine
  • weleakinfo.com domain name seized by the American authorities
  • .TRAVEL: a partnership between Donuts and the tourism industry
  • .GAY: Sunrise period from February 10 to March 31
  • .GAY: Sunrise period du 10 février au 31 mars
  • A fake Netflix France account on Twitter: infringement or parody?
  • Un faux compte Netflix France sur Twitter : confusion ou parodie ?
  • Noms de domaine : les extensions du secteur de la mode
  • Press review on counterfeiting (September 2019)
  • Revue de presse sur la contrefaçon (septembre 2019)
  • .madrid : changement des dates d’ouverture
  • Alibaba remporte une action en concurrence déloyale contre Click Farm Company en Chine
  • Alibaba wins Unfair Competition action against Click Farm Company in China
  • Revue de presse sur la contrefaçon (août 2019)
  • Press review on counterfeiting (August 2019)
  • UDRP – buyjuul.com or a reminder of the importance of the OKI DATA case law in the presence of commercial websites
  • UDRP – buyjuul.com ou le rappel de l’importance de la jurisprudence OKI DATA en présence de sites commerciaux
  • L’OMPI, nouvelle institution de règlement des litiges relatifs aux noms de domaine “chinois”
  • Press review on counterfeiting (July 2019)
  • Revue de presse sur la contrefaçon (juillet 2019)
  • UDRP : transfert de Mandela.org aux gardiens de la mémoire de Nelson Mandela
  • Nominet DRS : le nombre de procédures en légère baisse
• Category: Brand Protection
• Category: Cybersecurity
  • Usurpation et violation de droits de marque sur Twitter
• Category: Défense de marque
• Category: Domain Names
  • Disputes relating to Senegalese domain names: UDRP with the WIPO
  • beDRP: admissibility and probative value of documents from the Wayback Machine
  • Domain Names: the top level domains of the fashion industry
  • Argentina: opening of .ar registrations and drop of restrictions
  • UDRP: transfer of Mandela.org to the guardians of Nelson Mandela’s memory
  • Nominet DRS: the number of proceedings slightly down
• Category: Enforcement
• Category: Noms de Domaine
  • Allègement des restrictions pour l’extension .swiss
• Category: Protection de Marque
  • Trois nouvelles extensions : .RSVP, .BOO et . GIVING
• Category: Sunrise Period
• Category: Web3