Proving and Protecting Rights to Domain Names
At their best, UDRP panelists are educators. They inform us about the ways in which parties win or lose on their claims and defenses. What to do and not do. In addressing this issue, I'm referring to...
View ArticleUpcoming Brands and Domains Conference to Explore Various Views on DotBrands
After its first edition in Valencia, Brands and Domains will travel this time to the Netherlands where the second conference will take place from the 2nd to 3rd of October 2017. This time, Dot Stories,...
View Article.site Domain Names Eclipse .xyz in Dispute Proceedings
Despite the launch of more than 1,200 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in recent years, .com remains — far and away — the top-level domain that appears most frequently in decisions under the...
View ArticleThe Internet Must Remain Open - Even for Those We Disagree With
Over the past couple of weeks, following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, there has been significant discussion in social and traditional media about various technology companies removing...
View ArticleBeware of Extra Fees in UDRP Proceedings
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is known as an inexpensive alternative to litigation (and that's true), but some proceedings can end up costing a trademark owner more than it...
View ArticleGlobal Content Removals Based on Local Legal Violations - Where are we Headed?
Excerpt from my Internet Law casebook discussing transborder content removal orders, including the Equustek case. From the Internet's earliest days, the tension between a global communication network...
View ArticleAbusive and Malicious Registrations of Domain Names
When ICANN implemented the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 1999, it explained its purpose as combating "abusive registrations" of domain names which it defined as registrations...
View ArticlePreliminary Thoughts on the Equifax Hack
As you've undoubtedly heard, the Equifax credit reporting agency was hit by a major attack, exposing the personal data of 143 million Americans and many more people in other countries. There's been a...
View ArticleThe Role of Domain Name Privacy and Proxy Services in URS Disputes
Here's another apparent limitation of the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), the domain name dispute policy that applies to the new generic top-level domains (gTLDS): Proceedings are unlikely to...
View ArticlePrinciples, Factors, and Elements that Promote or Undermine the Outcome of...
Panels adjudicating cybersquatting claims, defenses, and rebuttals under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) expect parties to prove their contentions, and this means having a...
View ArticleThe Catalonian Matter: Law and Order, Democracy and Freedom of Speech,...
I'm an engineer, and I firmly believe that Internet matters and, in general, Information Society, should be kept separate from politics, so usually, I'm very skeptical to talk about those and mix...
View ArticleRussia Demands Facebook to Store Citizens' Data on Russian Servers or Be Blocked
Russia threatens to block access to Facebook next year unless the company complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers....
View ArticleWhy Bitcoin Will Not Solve the Caribbean's Financial Inclusion Woes
What is Bitcoin? Is it electronic money? There's a deluge of hype around Bitcoin and blockchain technologies right now, and policymakers and regulators in the Caribbean are doing their best to wrap...
View Article'Beyond the Scope' of the UDRP
Not all domain name disputes are appropriate for resolution under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). While the UDRP is clearly the "go-to" legal tool for trademark owners...
View ArticleEU Privacy Case Could Backfire, Turn EU into Data Island, Say Experts
Experts fear European Union court case attempting to keep personal data private could backfire and prove damaging to Europe. Joe Uchill reporting in The Hill writes: "Irish courts referred the latest...
View ArticleTrademark Rights Paramount to Contract Rights for Domain Names
UDRP decisions come down from providers (principally from WIPO and the Forum) at the rate of 7 to 10 a day. Complainants mostly prevail; this is because in 90% of the cases (more or less that...
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Celebrating 167 Years of Public International Law for Cyber Security
Interstate agreement between the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony, 25 July 1850.Original / EnglishOn 30 September 1850 at Dresden, the first international treaty was issued among...
View ArticlePopular ccTLDs for Domain Name Disputes
As I've written before, the registry operators for many country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) have adopted the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or a variation of it, while other...
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Brands and Domains Conference Recap
The best and most knowledgeable experts of dot Brand met in the Brands and Domains conference, on October 2 and 3 in the Hague, Netherlands. Brand and project owners were also present, coming from all...
View ArticleLegal Controls on Extreme End-to-End Encryption (ee2ee)
One of the most profoundly disruptive developments occurring in the cyber security arena today is the headlong rush by a set of parties to ubiquitously implement extreme End-to-End (e2e) encryption for...
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