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Overdrive, Inc. Found Liable For Cybersquatting: Plaintiff Awarded $74,500.00 Plus Reasonable Attorney Fees

Supreme Court Commentator — 2013-03-27T14:38:15-04:00

On January 10, 2013, Judgment was entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division against Defendant Overdrive, Inc.for the amount of $74,500.00 plus costs and reasonable attorney fees.

UDRP Complaints on Hotel Names Continue to Rise

Supreme Court Commentator — 2013-03-22T15:46:49-04:00

As an attorney who represents a number of hotel and resort chains around the world on UDRP and cybersquatting matters, I see hotel names as one of the primary areas of cybersquatting on the internet. Because of the number of...

Can I Recover a Lost Domain Name for My Business?

Supreme Court Commentator — 2013-02-26T12:02:04-05:00

Can I recover a lost domain name for my business? As a domain name lawyer, I hear this kind of question all the time from small businesses to large companies, from Internet startup companies and venture backed capital companies all...

Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Supreme Court Commentator — 2013-02-13T10:48:01-05:00

When you file a WIPO or NAF UDRP proceeding, you need to make sure you know what you're doing as the trademark holder or complainant. Just because you want a domain which someone won't sell to you, does not mean...

What Happens after a UDRP?

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-08-22T09:49:02-04:00

A UDRP is an arbitration under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Process and Policy that allows someone to file a complaint with an arbitration forum, usually WIPO or NAF, and get a decision usually within 30 to 45 days. As part...

The Best Evidence of Bad Faith Intent to Profit when Proving a Violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-07-30T10:01:42-04:00

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act or ACPA defines cybersquatting in a very loose way, and in order to be found guilty of unlawful cybersquatting, in order that they show that you've engaged in bad faith cybersquatting with a bad faith...

Domain Name Squatting: Beware The Trademarks

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-07-26T14:00:58-04:00

Domain name squatting is unlawful under both the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, or UDRP, as well as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, known as the ACPA. And domain name squatting has serious consequences. Because it is a form...

How to Defend Against a Claim of Cybersquatting: Litigation Stories from the Jury Box

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-07-19T11:56:25-04:00

So, you've been accused of cybersquatting under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. You've received a trademark infringement and cybersquatting threat letter from a trademark owner saying that you've engaged in bad faith cybersquatting. The trademark owner has a registered trademark...

South African Man Wins Domain Name Dispute Over Generic Two Letter Domain Name

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-07-02T15:10:55-04:00

Traverse Legal domain name dispute and website attorneys helped the website owner/registrant of the disputed domain name, va.co.za, to win a domain name dispute on appeal in a South African court. After initially suffering an adverse decision by the Adjudicator,...

New gTLD Application Thoughts: The difference maker will be Google

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-22T09:44:17-04:00

The new gTLD applications are in and those of us in the Internet log, domain name space have been thinking about the new gTLD process for years. ICANN has talked about the new gTLD process for years, and finally we...

The Auction for New gTLD Applications

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-22T09:26:18-04:00

If you go through the list, there is a large number of applications which are going to end up in the gTLD auction process where these TLD applicants are going to have to bid against each other potentially if they...

How to Oppose a New gTLD Application

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-22T09:19:12-04:00

ICANN has greatly expanded the number of top level domains that are going to be available as registries for people to potentially register domains on. And they have just issued their list of new gTLD registry applications that have been...

What to Do When a Domain Name Lease Goes Wrong

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-19T17:30:00-04:00

Well, the first thing I want to point out is when a domain name lease agreement is put together, which essentially allows a domain name owner or registrant to, for a certain period of time and under certain terms and...

What is Reverse Domain Hijacking?

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-01T12:20:58-04:00

The first way is, under United States law, the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, also known as the ACPA, allows for somebody to file a complaint, and if they can successfully establish that they have trademark rights in a domain name,...

New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse - How To Protect Your Trademarks.

Supreme Court Commentator — 2012-06-01T11:25:07-04:00

The Trademark Clearinghouse concept is an important part of the new gTLD roll-out. The trademark clearinghouse will be available for new gTLD registries to support pre-launch Sunrise or Trademark Claims Services. Each new gTLD though wil have some leelway regarding...