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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 […]

Yvette Miller ⬥ 26 June Timelines get pushed back, constituencies raise their voices, and ICANN sits up to listen – here is some of the latest coming out of ICANN 50. The ICANN Board has not and will not pass any resolutions relating to name collision this week. It is expected that the ICANN Board

Steve Levy ⬥ 23 June This week’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decision began when a Russian mobile app developer, a Hong Kong-based wall poster company, and a UDRP panelist walked into a bar. Okay, okay – I’ll spare you the sad attempt at an IP joke, but this week’s decision does involve the above-mentioned

Yvette Miller ⬥ 23 June As predicted, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ public meeting in London is focused on the issue of ICANN accountability. The word from the FairWinds team on the ground at ICANN 50 is that ICANN’s responsibility to be accountable for policy decisions and technical coordination of the Internet

Yvette Miller ⬥ 30 May ICANN has updated its auction schedule for resolving outstanding Contention Sets, or groups of applications for the same or similar new top-level domains (TLDs) like .COUPON and .MOM. The first auction will still be held on June 4, but now only one auction will be held in the month of

FairWinds Partners ⬥ 27 May The “.CH” is the country code top level domain for Switzerland, which, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ch), reflects the country’s Latin name, Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic Confederation), “used because of its neutrality with regard to the four official languages of Switzerland.” This week’s World Intellectual Property Organization decision involves the domain names

Steve Levy ⬥ 21 May While in Hong Kong last week for the International Trademark Association’s 136th meeting, I attended a training session for National Arbitration Forum (NAF) domain dispute panelists.  Some of the best and brightest panelists joined in an open discussion of both procedural and substantive issues which they feel are important to

Yvette Miller ⬥ 19 May Domain names are important assets for those looking to build brands, and marketers are talking about new top-level domains as a creative new platform for online real estate. For security and stability purposes, it’s not a good idea to lease a domain name (especially if, as the article suggests, it’s

Steve Levy ⬥ 12 May During a recent presentation, I mentioned that the UDRP and its rule-sets is a complex area – an area that is often underestimated by even experienced and expert trademark litigation counsel.  The recent qualify.com case provides a good example, since the facts of this case – and how the Policy

Steve Levy ⬥ 28 April The domain at issue in this week’s decision is roispresso.com. So what on Earth is “roispresso”, you may ask? Well, the Respondent – the company behind www.roispresso.com – named ENERG d.o.o., explains that Roispresso is an espresso-like drink made from rooibos tea and that the product was originally called “Respresso”

Yvette Miller ⬥ 28 April The Internet community is still unpacking its opinion of last week’s NETmundial Internet governance conference. Some have come away disappointed by the difficulty of hearing a multitude of voices and accomplishing a multitude of agenda items. Others appear to be prepared for what looks like a long road ahead. Next

Yvette Miller ⬥ 21 April This week, all eyes (or at least those eyes interested in Internet governance) will be on NETmundial, which will be held on April 23 and 24 in São Paulo, Brazil. A full agenda for the multistakeholder Internet conference can be found here. There are also hubs set up, worldwide, for