Roping that domain back in
Ron ColemanDomain names, quite contrary to my expectations a few years ago, have gotten more valuable than ever – especially, as Gerald Levine points out in this August 2019 blog post,…
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 question, and then answers it…
Domain names and fair use
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 of interest around here, from…
The odd inversion of the trademark “rights in gross” conundrum
Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his blog, Gerald “Mr. UDRP” Levine lays out the question, and then answers it plain and simple (emphasis mine): On…
“Domain Name Arbitration”: An Old Testament for a New Body of Law
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,” though it does.…
Best of 2007: Tastefully done
Posted on July 20, 2007. Brett Trout has a primer on “domain tasting” and its unsavory accompaniments. This is one of the “emerging issues” — just when I thought domain…
Best of 2013: Yes, Virginia, domain names do matter
First published on July 19, 2013. 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,…
On context at the intersection of mass tort litigation and intellectual property.
Matthew David BrozikThere isn’t much of an intersection of mass tort litigation and intellectual property law, but here’s a tidbit that falls squarely into that slim territory: In August of 2010, Johnson…
Yes, Virginia, domain names do matter
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 17th, from Marty Schwimmer. I…
Generic genericness
What is “generic genericness”? I just coined the phrase. It refers, I maintain, to a genericness defense against infringement made by the junior user of a trademark where the English…
dot… Pineapple?
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 new top-level domain. Further updates…
Trademark clearinghouse — Brilliant, right?
Domain-name stuff makes me dizzy. It could be all those acronyms. Or it could be the troubling way disputes are handled under the UDRP, at least as described by my…
Defensive domaining
Kevin Murphy, editor of Domainincite, has a pretty interesting teaser for an analysis — subscription required (maybe he’ll shoot me one, though?) — of how the world’s biggest brands use…
The domain game
I don’t do enough domain-name dispute resolution work under the UDRP to even pretend to be a UDRP maven, but I do know a couple of them, and one of…