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Steve Levy ⬥ 25 August Ritchey Design, Inc., the complainant in this week’s UDRP decision, sells bicycle components under the RITCHEY brand and holds registrations for the RITCHEY trademark in the US, Canada, and the European Community for bicycle components. The domain name in dispute is ritchey.com, which was originally registered in 1996 but was […]

Yvette Miller ⬥ 25 August Twitter is in the news because it has changed its algorithm for its timelines. According to Re/code, Twitter’s algorithm now “searches for popular tweets in your ‘social graph’,” and then adds them to your timeline. In other words, if “lots of your pals have shown interest” in a tweet by

FairWinds Partners ⬥ 18 August Hope you have had a great summer and, as we move towards an active autumn, plan to join the community for these upcoming events: FairWinds’ UDRP Webinar on September 10th: Join the FairWinds Partners UDRP Team for a 20 minute webinar on UDRP trends in the new gTLD space, recent

Steve Levy ⬥ 15 August LYTRO digital camera maker in California goes after a respondent in Australia who claims he registered lytro.com.au for use in his business of manufacturing carbon fibre equipment for competitive rowing. The complainant first contacted the respondent to try and buy the domain name and there was some back-and-forth during which

FairWinds Partners ⬥ 11 August Twenty-four new gTLD applications that had been in limbo because of potential name collision issues are now moving forward thanks to welcome action by the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC). The NGPC’s approval of a mitigation plan to deal with name collisions not only releases 24 applications that ICANN had

Yvette Miller ⬥ 28 July Business-to-consumer online sales worldwide will increase by nearly 20 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to eMarketer. That will bring total global ecommerce to $1.471 trillion in 2014, and eMarketer predicts that number will climb to $2.356 trillion by 2018. The increasing importance of all things digital is well covered

Steve Levy ⬥ 28 July Remember how often I’ve said it’s important to hire counsel experienced with the UDRP and all of its nuances? At least one brand owner and one law firm in Denmark haven’t gotten the message. In the recent case of Dealhunter A/S v. Richard Chiang, WIPO Case No. D2014-0766, the domain

Yvette Miller ⬥ 21 July Some of Sony’s gaming websites, including soe.com and SonyOnline.net, stopped working last week. Instead of seeing content, users found placeholder pages. What followed is a reminder of the importance of maintaining a well-honed domain name portfolio, domain name registration process, and tactical support. Unhappy gamers took to Twitter to tease

Steve Levy ⬥ 21 July I rarely comment on FairWinds’ own cases, but this one, filed with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) on behalf of DD IP Holder LLC (Dunkin’ Donuts) over dunkin.menu – is worth special mention due to the truly inventive but deceitful way in which the respondent defended his registration and use

FairWinds Partners ⬥ 18 July ICANN’s 51st public meeting in its hometown Los Angeles in October is coming into focus just as ICANN 50 in London recedes into the past. But the two meetings will share a number of issues in common. The topics that permeated the London meeting – the future structure of ICANN

Yvette Miller ⬥ 30 June Here are some data to consider when thinking about the future battle between .SOCCER, .FUTBOL, and .FOOTBALL (read more about that here). Last Thursday’s game between the U.S. and German teams topped 10.77 million viewers, just shy of the 18.22 million who tuned in to the U.S. versus Portugal game

Steve Levy ⬥ 30 June Have you ever visited a dentist who went after every possible cavity with his drill – all in one visit? In this week’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decision, Delta Dental appears to have gone after every possible respondent – nine, to be exact – in one complaint.  This type