The Freename Forum

... an act of use infringing the trademark right in Germany. This must be determined in an overall assessment of the circumstances. The hOLG Hamburg made this assessment without any legal error. In the overall assessment, in particular language, presentation, contact addresses, advertised products, ...

In the midst of global geopolitical disputes, .su, the former country code of the Soviet Union, made headlines. “ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name” reported renowned domain blogger Andrew Allemann, referring to a letter from the Public Technical Identifiers ...

... The GNSO's recommendations will now be submitted to ICANN's Board of Directors for a final decision. It remains to be seen when a decision will be made there. Even if the recommendations are followed, ICANN is likely to plan a transition period of at least one year before the proposed changes come ...

... but also an infringement of personal rights. Furthermore, it is sufficient if either the registration or the use of the disputed domain is made “in bad faith”; the UDRP requires both cumulatively. WIPO is currently the only arbitration court that offers out-of-court dispute proceedings ...

... digital space can be a significant differentiator. In 2012, Goya was able to rely on the support of Group management, i.e. from the very top. This made it all the more important for him to get the four departments of Finance, Legal, Marketing and IT on board, because ultimately it was also about ...

... or dictionary terms such as “sale” or “deal”. Furthermore, the owner names turned out to be obviously false or consisted of non-existent names made up of random sequences of letters and numbers. For Wong Wai Man, this, together with the fact that none of the opponents had entered an appearance, ...

... United States when registering a .us domain. Some organizations such as the M3AAWG (Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group) have made their responses public. They essentially propose maintaining the status quo with regard to the administration of .us. .us is critical national ...

... would - similar to the appeal under German civil procedure law - be limited to errors of law in the first instance, and decisions would always be made by a three-judge panel. To prevent the risk of “forum shopping”, it is also proposed that ICANN provide a “Companion” that offers a uniform approach ...

... (16), banking and finance (14), biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (10) and automotive (10). In 45 percent of all disputes, a decision was made to transfer the domain; this is a slight decrease compared to 2023, when 48 percent of cases resulted in the transfer of the domain, but is largely ...

... of 30 experts predicts that 2024 will be a positive year towards the end and that the market will continue to improve in 2025. The respondents are made up of investors, buyers, brokers and developers as well as high-ranking company executives. And if this sounds familiar, we can confirm that this ...