Can the fame of a global industrial leader be dismissed in a few lines—without reasoning, without criteria, and without evidence from the other side? In… Read More »ALSTOM v. alstomarketing.com: When Silence Makes the Case
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual statistics relating to domain name disputes. The year 2025 marks a historic record in terms… Read More »2025, a record-breaking year for domain name disputes before WIPO
Table of Contents Long reduced to a purely technical function, the domain name has gradually become a space for expression in its own right. With… Read More »Colour TLDs: Encoding Emotion into the Domain Name
Two trademarks may legitimately share the same sign without ever colliding. Trademark law is equipped to organise such coexistence, through the principles of speciality and… Read More »Homonymous Trademarks and Domain Names
A French Banking institution recently suffered a setback in a UDRP decision[1] concerning <vdft.com>, pitting it against a domainer based in India. The complainant argued… Read More »UDRP – Can anyone invoke unregistered trademark rights? Yes, but…
The European Digital Omnibus proposal, presented on 19 November 2025 by the European Commission, is part of a broader effort to modernize and harmonize the… Read More »The Effects of the Digital Omnibus on Trademark Protection
In September 2025, a U.S. federal court granted an emergency injunction against the sale of counterfeit LABUBU figurines. The decision highlights how brand protection strategies can rely on swift judicial action, particularly during peak shopping periods.
In the landscape of new gTLDs, some disputes feel almost too predictable. Yet behind these seemingly anecdotal cases often lie insufficient prevention strategies. The recent… Read More »UDRP on ralphlauren.website: Why This Dispute Should Never Have Existed
The Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC) is well known to registrars as the registry that manages, among other things, the .fr… Read More »Identity Theft: AFNIC Wins UDRP Case on afnic.report
The decision issued on 13 October 2025 in GROUPE ADEO / LEROY MERLIN v. Traffic Jet concerning the domain name <leroymerlin.live> raises legitimate concerns. Although… Read More »Leroy Merlin Loses UDRP Complaint in A Hard-to-Defend Decision
