The Freename Forum

... founded in 1957, believes that its rights have been infringed by the domain thecharlesmachineworks.com, which is why it initiated UDRP proceedings before The Forum. Among other things, it argued that it was the owner of the customary trade mark ‘THE CHARLES MACHINE WORKS’. Although it largely uses ...

... domains in 2021 and a slight decline to 23,839 domains in 2022, the number of registered domains has been rising again since 2023 (24,515). As before, the ranking of digital corporate brands is measured using seven evaluation parameters: the number of registered domains, the extent to which ...

The University of Latvia, administrator of the Latvian country code extension .lv, has announced that disputes over .lv domains can now be settled before the arbitration tribunal of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The procedure itself is closely modelled on the Uniform Domain-Name ...

... pensions; however, it is doubtful that the NIS2UmsuCG is one of them. If new elections are held in February 2025, it could be well into next year before the fate of the NIS2UmsuCG is finalised. You can find a video (in German) of the NIS-2 hearing here: https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a04_inneres/anhoerungen/1026172-1026172 ...

... and suspicious bidding patterns. Buyers must now fill out an extensive form for auction membership, which also requires proof of identity before they can bid. Since April 2024, a special account verification process has been in place to prevent people from creating multiple accounts for ...

... domain and, together with the law firm Fish & Richardson P.C., initiated UDRP proceedings against the domain owner Christopher Johnson before The Forum. The complainant has been the trademark owner since 2003 and last renewed the trademark registration in 2024. Since 2002, it has been ...

... a complete list of contentious and concise UDRP cases. His conclusion is that the stronger a trademark is that is known and present on the market before the domain is registered, the more likely it is that the trademark owner will have a claim. Conversely, the more widespread the trademark and ...

... Eagle Data Inc. believes that its trademark rights have been infringed by the domain eagledata.com, which is why it has initiated UDRP proceedings before the WIPO. Among other things, it claims to have obtained its trademark rights when it commenced its business activities in 2018; in addition, ...

Since January 2024, the US registrar Namecheap Inc. has been in dispute with the Internet registry ICANN before the Superior Court of the State of California (Case No. 24SMCP00066). At the center of this civil dispute, which follows an Independent Review Process (IRP), is the ...

... companies to take immediate action against the ongoing misuse of their services for covert foreign influence operations, especially in the period before and after the US election day on November 5, 2024. Investigations by the Facebook group Meta from 2023, to which Warner refers significantly, ...