ICA Annual Member Meeting 2025
The ICA Member Meeting is the ultimate gathering for networking, connection, and learning within our community. Built to bring members together in a fun and engaging setting, this event is the perfect opportunity to meet industry leaders, share ideas, and build lasting relationships. With a focus on fostering collaboration and creating memorable experiences, it has become a must-attend event for the who’s who of our industry.
By participating, members play an active role in shaping the direction of ICA and ensuring its continued growth and impact.
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UDRP Case Summaries
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy was established and adopted at ICANN’s inception as a dispute resolution policy to resolve disputes between trademark holders and domain owners more quickly and cost-effectively than judicial litigation.
Read summaries from UDRP cases.
Who Solicited Who? – vol. 5.2
Who Solicited Who? As readers will know, different jurisdictions have different procedures for trademark registrations. As the Panel observed in this particular case, the Complainant’s French trademark was registered on…
No Place for Constructive Notice in UDRP – vol. 5.1
No Place for Constructive Notice in UDRP Once again, a Complainant has erroneously relied on “constructive notice”. The Panel properly dismissed this allegation, in part relying upon Gerald Levine’s treatise…
First Domain Registered Before Complainant Rights, Second One After – vol. 4.52
First Domain Registered Before Complainant Rights, Second One After The Panel correctly determined that a domain name simply cannot have been registered in bad faith when the registration predates a…
Trademark Infringement and the UDRP – vol. 4.50
Trademark Infringement and the UDRP Notably, the Panel properly rejected the doctrine of “constructive notice” in the context of the UDRP. As noted in UDRP Perspectives at 3.4, there is…
Panel: Complainant’s Certification “Could Not Properly Have Been Given” – vol. 4.49
Panel: Complainant’s Certification “Could Not Properly Have Been Given” “First come, first served” is a particularly compelling and clear general principle that one learns in childhood, but it is equally…
Genuine Criticism Websites Enjoy Safe Harbor Under UDRP – vol. 4.48
Genuine Criticism Websites Enjoy Safe Harbor Under UDRP The Panel correctly dismissed the Complaint. Whether one has sympathy or not for the target of a critical website, and whether or…
From the ICA Blog
2024 – A Year in Review
Panel Finds it is an Abuse of the UDRP to Assert a Trademark Infringement Claim – vol. 4.51
My Year-End UDRP Roundup
The Case of Ekart.com and UDRP Disputes by Indian Companies
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