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... rights in the information society) relating to domestic use. The territoriality principle applies, which presupposes 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 ...

The watch manufacturer Breitling saw its trademark rights infringed by the domain breitling.com.de and - although it is a .de domain - took the matter to The Forum to conduct dispute resolution proceedings. And rightly so. There is no dispute ...

... of the Patent Office in Warsaw on March 7, 2025. Among other things, it provides for the development of a joint guide for the administration of trademarks and domains as well as the publication of in-depth information and recommendations on the websites of both institutions regarding the registration ...

The Paris-based and internationally active leather goods company Lancaster has got rid of its trademark extension. In a letter dated January 8, 2025, the French company terminated the Registry Agreement (RA) with the Internet registry ICANN for .lancaster. As is usual ...

... with the question of when a domain name falls under the protection of non-commercial freedom of expression. Lockheed Martin Corporation saw its trademark rights infringed by the domain fucklockheedmartin.com and initiated UDRP proceedings before The Forum. The company argued that the domain ...

... applies. It is only available in French and is based on the UDRP, but has some differences. For example, the complainant can invoke not only a trademark infringement, but also an infringement of personal rights. Furthermore, it is sufficient if either the registration or the use of the disputed ...

... before WIPO against the Indian company Digital Motive Inc (Rabbani Hussain) for the domain hydacservice.com. The complainant is the owner of the trademark “HYDAC”, which was registered with the Indian Trademark Office in 1989. The opponent, a company based in the Indian city of Hyderabad, registered ...

... it will reduce the fees for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings for another year. In order to continue to support the interests of trademark rights holders, EURid has extended the discount on the .eu ADR procedure fee until the end of 2025. This means that the basic ADR fee per ...

... Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The opponents remained silent. The German textile retailer Ernsting's family GmbH & Co. KG saw its trademarks infringed by numerous domains such as ernstingsfamilyoutlet-eu.shop, ernstingsfamily-de.shop or ernstings-family.shop and initiated UDRP ...

... no circumstances had the complainant or any other person been targeted. The complainant is not a well-known personality and is not the owner of a trademark that grants him exclusivity in the use of the word “stone”. The French lawyer Jane Seager was appointed as the decision-maker. Seager dismissed ...