Panel decides RDNH while the registrant didn’t even respond
How often have you heard a UDRP panel deciding against the complainant even when the respondent didn’t even appear. Now on top of that add...
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Trademark battle with Gerber Baby Foods forces LittleBean.com to rebrand
Little Bean; a chickpea-based, dairy-free ice-cream shop; is re-branding to Little Chickpea after a trademark tussle with the behemoth baby food brand Gerber. The website...
How ICANN can easily prevent RDNH
RDNH or Reverse Domain Name Hijacking when the owner of a trademark tries to secure a domain name by claiming a “cybersquatting” case against the...
Fox Files Trademark for “OK Boomer”
So, Fox has filed a trademark for “Ok Boomer”. The television giant probably aims at developing a reality, comedy and/or game show called OK BOOMER....
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Dot-Com Trademark Issue
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case that whether a generic name along with a generic TLD is applicable for a trademark...
Unstoppable Domains launches $1M grant in Blockchain Domain Integration
In a bid to help wallets, browsers and decentralized applications integrate blockchain domains, Unstoppable Domains has launched a grant of $ 1 Million. The step...
Italy blocks Six Trading Websites
Italy continued its blocking sprew with the addition of 6 more websites to the list. Italy’s Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB) announced that more websites...
$ 100 Million ad-attack on Trump
The Democrats are gearing up hard to attack on Trump. The recent attack onTrump from billionaire, philanthropist and a possible Democrat President Michael Bloomberg. The...
Dispute Over .amazon – Two Nation States vs The Ecommerce Giant
“At first, I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realise...
Fighting Against A Trademark Bully – How to Handle UDRP
For young startups, prospective entrepreneurs, small companies and people, buying a good keyword domain has always been a scary thing because of the millions of...
Is Domaining possible without Whois Data
The future of WHOIS is blurry. On May 25 of next year, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into full effect....
Marx Bros v. Warner Bros — An Amusing Lesson in the Dangers of Trademark Bullying
A few months ago, the Journal of the Missouri Bar published a superb article by my colleague Drey Cooley, the title of which captures its essence: “Avoid...
Trademark Bullying – The Other Side of The Domain Industry
We all are familiar with the word “bullying”, but how many of us are aware of trademark bullying? Which apparently has created quite a ruckus...
