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The renowned @kit congress organised by the Bayreuth-based @kit association will take place again next year in Berlin at Google. As in previous years, the specialist journal ‘Kommunikation & Recht’ will also be taking part. A hybrid event with ...

... an almost hopeless battle. He attributed the first registration date of 1998 to the opponent, who only became the owner of the domain in 2013, and based this on the fact that the opponent had completely taken over the previous owner. However, Polydec SA's fight was not completely hopeless for the ...

Washington (DC)-based DotCooperation LLC, registry of the .coop top level domain, has announced that it will soon publish a world map for co-operatives. The map, which will be updated regularly, is intended to be the first step in ...

... in spring 2025. Anyone who wants to know whether a company is covered by the NIS2UmsuCG can now carry out the BSI's ‘NIS-2 Affectedness Test’. Based on the current draft law, the online check asks specific questions orientated towards the draft in order to categorise a company. The questions ...

... merely asked whether Ferrero wanted to buy the domain. Ferrero S.p.A., a leading manufacturer of chocolate products and a confectionery company based in Switzerland, believes that its rights to the ‘Nutella’ trade mark have been infringed by the notella.site domain. Its international trade mark ...

... to .nz domains. The NZDRC will commence operations on 01 October 2024. ‘We want to ensure .nz is world-class, and we have chosen the NZDRC based on their extensive experience and established presence in the market,’ said Barbara Pearse from the DNC in a press release. The NZDRC has more ...

... from the Domain Name System on 1 April 2010. It is equally possible that Mauritius will reissue the registry contract for .io. However, the London-based .io registry Internet Computer Bureau Limited is likely to want to have a say in this. The company, which is now part of Identity Digital (formerly ...

... the topic. They consist of two thirds lecture and one third questions and answers. The latter in particular are of interest, as the questions are based on a layman's understanding (for example, whether proceedings can be dropped if it turns out that the opponent has rights to the domain) and are ...

... a reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH), as the complainant did not provide any evidence of the opponent's bad faith. The Complainant is a Canadian-based global cannabinoid company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange. It has been using the name ‘Cronos ...

... Since 5 September 2024, WIPO arbitration tribunals have also been accepting disputes over domain names ending in .ad (Andorra). The decision is based on the .ad Dispute Resolution Policy (adDRP), the Rules for .ad Dispute Resolution Policy (.adDRP) and the Supplemental Rules of the WIPO Arbitration ...