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In a recent UDRP decision by The Forum, it becomes clear that a 67-year-old business name does not readily give rise to a trade mark that fulfils the first requirement of the UDRP in the context of the proceedings. The complainant ...

... World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The procedure itself is closely modelled on the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), but has several important differences that are specifically tailored to .lv. In addition to registered trademarks, the .LV Dispute Resolution ...

A non-profit agency with the trade mark ‘AFS’ failed in UDRP proceedings concerning the domain af-ss.org due to the question of the similarity of the trade mark and domain. As it was represented by a law firm, the decision-maker in the proceedings also ...

... names ending in .cv from the African island state of Cape Verde. The decision is based on the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), the UDRP Rules and the WIPO Supplemental Rules; the procedure for a .cv domain is therefore no different from a UDRP procedure for a generic ...

Recently, the “CIIDRC 2024 UDRP Panelist Training & Workshop” took place in Vancouver (Canada), where domain attorney and panelist Gerald M. Levine dealt with tricky UDRP cases in his presentation “Prevailing In Contested And Close ...

A US financial services provider founded in 2017 with the trademark “EAGLE DATA” registered in its favor in 2024 started UDRP proceedings against the owner of the domain eagledata.com, which was registered in 2002. This went very wrong. The US company Eagle Data Inc. believes that ...

The Authentic Brands Group LLC from New York started a second UDRP procedure shortly after losing it. In doing so, it did not reflect the grounds for the decision from the first legal dispute, but only attempted to correct one point that was not relevant ...

After domain investor Richard Blair lost the UDRP dispute over lambo.com in 2022, he sued the US civil courts for a declaration that he was the legitimate domain owner and that there was no right to transfer the domain to Automobili Lamborghini ...

... and the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) are joining forces: both organizations have put together a project team to examine reforms to the UDRP. On October 24, 1999 - exactly 25 years ago to the day - the Internet administration ICANN introduced the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution ...

... trade mark rights to have been infringed by the domain polydec.com. After the German domain owner failed to respond to enquiries, Polydec started UDRP proceedings, which amounted to reverse domain name hijacking, but then came to a happy end. The Swiss company Polydec SA believes that its rights ...