Trawling through domain dispute data can be vaguely amusing, if you're a bit bored on a Saturday... By TLD in no particular order: .ie - total of 25 cases, 4 so far this year of which 3 are ongoing (greenoffice.ie, todayfm.ie, monsterfinance.ie) .es - 145 .fr 180 .tel - none to date .mobi - 189 to date .asia - 8 to date .pro - 8 to date .name - 38 so far .museum - … [Read more...] about Some Domain Dispute Figures (Just for fun!)
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ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
The Intellectual Property Constituency's draft report on trademark issues is now available for comment. The draft report was put together behind closed doors, which would appear to go against the normal policy development process at ICANN, which is quite worrying. Its contents, however, are even more disturbing. While reading the 48 page document, which is littered with … [Read more...] about ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN
Whenever I hear the misinformed harping on about how "anyone will be able to get their own TLD" I sigh deeply.If only it was that simple.The most recent assault on the new gTLDs comes from the Olympics - the International Olympic Committee to be precise.You can read the full text of their nastygram over hereThe closing line of the letter is particularly unpleasant:The IOC … [Read more...] about Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN
Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
While the number of WIPO UDRP cases involving IE domains is not that big, there are still more than enough to show that trademark holders should pay attention to the IE namespace.The most recent decision involved the domain "fatboy.ie".If you are familiar with them Fatboys are a sort of beanbag. (You can find out more about them here)In this case the domain fatboy.ie was being … [Read more...] about Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
Blackberry WIPO Case
Image via CrunchBaseResearch In Motion (RIM) are best known as the makers of the Blackberry. In the run up to Christmas last year there was quite a bit of interest shown in two things:The Blackberry StormThe Blackberry Application StoreBoth developments were seen as RIM's attempt to regain market share against Apple and its iPhone and App store.So it's hardly surprising to see … [Read more...] about Blackberry WIPO Case
Dublin.tel Grabbed By Lantec
During the sunrise period for .eu domains there was quite a bit of controversy, as a number of high profile names were grabbed by companies that had no legitimate right to them.One of the domains that caught my attention at the time was dublin.eu (see Irish Times article).So what about the .tel sunrise?Were companies like Lantec, who grabbed the dublin.eu domain, actively … [Read more...] about Dublin.tel Grabbed By Lantec
WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
WIPO, which manages domain disputes on behalf of the gTLDs and a lot of the ccTLDs, has put forward a proposal to ICANN for a paperless UDRP process.In a very interesting and insightful article on CircleID George Kirikos looks at the implications of such a process. If you have an interest in domains then you really should read both what he has to say and the details of the … [Read more...] about WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
Enom and Netsol Win WIPO Case
Enom and Network Solutions won a WIPO case involving the domain "nameje.com".The domain is a very close typo to "namejet.com", which eNom and others use for an aftermarket service.Full details of the case may be found on the WIPO site … [Read more...] about Enom and Netsol Win WIPO Case
Ticketmaster Typo UDRP Decision
Ticketmaster have won a WIPO UDRP over a fairly obvious typo of their name:tiicketmaster.comThe decision isn't that interesting as the case wasn't contested by the registrant and the breach of trademark was so obvious.You can read about it on the WIPO site here … [Read more...] about Ticketmaster Typo UDRP Decision
Nokia WIPO Decisions
Image via WikipediaNokia have won a WIPO decision over two domains that are fairly obvious trademark infringements:nokiachat.comnokiachat.netYou can read the full decision hereWhile the decision isn't particularly interesting, there are a couple of minor points that are of interest. While the registrant did not lodge a formal response they did reply via email, however the … [Read more...] about Nokia WIPO Decisions