
The odd inversion of the trademark “rights in gross” conundrum (Best of 2016)
First posted on August 18, 2016. Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his blog, Gerald “Mr. UDRP” Levine lays out the... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
First posted on August 18, 2016. Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his blog, Gerald “Mr. UDRP” Levine lays out the... Read more
LoC got wind—and then a copy—of this letter, dated as of the date of this post, to ICANN in support of the creation of a... Read more
The continuum of defenses to claims sounding in trademark that runs from free speech, through fair use to nominative fair use is a longtime topic... Read more
There was an important decision in the TTAB — so important that it’s “precedential” even, if you can imagine! As John Welch explains, the TTAB... Read more
The silly Accomplia sabre-rattling is over. Per the EFF, Sanofi-Aventis backed down: “Under terms of Tuesday’s settlement, AcompliaReport.com keeps its domain name, as long as... Read more
Originally posted 2007-03-31 23:09:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. Susan Crawford explains, at considerable length, why she voted with the minority at ICANN on the... Read more
That’s one thing I learned at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Hot Topics in” all kinds of stuff CLE seminar last Wednesday, July... Read more
Venkat Balasubramani, over at Eric Goldman’s place, reports on another court suggesting that there is no such thing as contributory cybersquatting, in a case that illuminates... Read more
We’re a little obsessed here with the rights of “unauthorized” resellers to use the trademarks that describe the stuff they’re reselling. So this UK domain... Read more
At least for MySpace.com, which has lost a key domain name battle in England over the domain myspace.co.uk. According to Bell Denning, solicitors for the... Read more
Marty Schwimmer prints an excerpt from this story, about a guy who wants to buy a domain name to start up a new business, but... Read more
Internet law, “we” used to say, is a young man’s game. We stopped saying it though — not because political correctness mandates that we say “young person,”... Read more
John Welch keeps us up to date on the latest smashing adventures of trademark gadfly and general pain in the caboose Leo Stoller. Originally posted... Read more
A primer on domain name arbitration under the UDRP. Originally posted 2007-01-23 12:15:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more