Domain Name Strategy

State of the Net for the Week of June 3

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 ...
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One Domain Lost, The Other Transferred in Translation

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 ...
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Domain Dispute Panelists Discuss Process, Substance at INTA 136 in Hong Kong

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) ...
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State of the Net for the Week of May 19

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 ...
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Brand Owner Loses … But Doesn’t Qualify As A Reverse Hijacker

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 ...
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Brand Owner Gets Roasted by Coffee Case

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 – ...
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State of the Net for the Week of April 28

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 ...
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State of the Net for the Week of April 21

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 ...
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The Curious Case of a Law Firm’s Filing

Steve Levy ⬥ 21 April A recent National Arbitration Forum (NAF) decision reveals that even attorneys can make questionable decisions when it comes to filing a complaint against ...
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A “Small Technical Issue” or the “Future of the Internet”?

FairWinds Partners ⬥ 15 April Education Begins On Meaning of U.S. Address System Oversight The debate over a proposed transfer of authority over the Internet address system has ...
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Barcelona Blues

Steve Levy ⬥ February 24 Barcelona – synonymous with the work of Antoni Gaudi, tapas, football (or soccer as we Americans call it), and the occasional UDRP case, ...
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Beyond the Dot 2014: Above and Beyond

Josh Bourne ⬥ February 20 “Spectacular execution of a wonderful event.” That was the assessment of one participant at the Beyond the Dot 2014 conference Wednesday at the ...
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