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Prepare For Trademark Infringement With New Top-Level Domains

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) include .com, .net, .org, .edu, and other variations in what is considered to be the back-end of a domain name.  In 2000, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) introduced .aero, .biz, .coop, .inof, .museum, .name, and .pro.  Then, in 2005, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel, and .travel were added […]

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X6D Limited Found To Have Engaged In Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), also known as reverse cybersquatting, is similar to trademark bullying.  Both tactics involve the trademark owner using his trademark rights to unjustly interfere with another’s rights.  With trademark bullying, a trademark owner uses his trademark rights to harass and intimidate another beyond what the law might be reasonably interpreted to […]

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Gucci Gains Over Twenty Domains In UDRP Hearing

Guccio Gucci founded the Italian fashion and leather goods label Gucci in Florence in 1921.  Since then, it has become a very fashionable and profitable brand throughout the world.  The brand holds many registrations for the trademark GUCCI throughout the world.  It was not pleased to find out that someone had registered multiple domain names that […]

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Twitter Files Its First UDRP Complaint Against TwitterSearch.com

On October 24, 1999, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).  The UDRP incorporated by contract into registration agreements for .com, .org, .net and some other domain names.  The focus was on regulating bad faith cybersquatting on trademarks. Clause 4 of the UDRP discusses the Mandatory […]