All ICA members are invited to take part in an ICA Member Call on Domain Name Transfer Locks, Wed, May 11th at 1 pm EST. Come and learn about the different kinds of transfer locks and share your feedback on how the transfer lock policy should be changed. ICA General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch is part of the ICANN Transfer Policy …
Decisions by Dreyfus, Lothian, Neuman, Swinson and more – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.19
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.19), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Dreyfus Finds “Plan B” RDNH (canoncitypropertymanagement .com) ‣ Panelist Unhappy with Epik, Requests WIPO Report to ICANN (yovita .com) ‣ UDRP Dispute Goes Back to the Future (deloreanparts .com) ‣ Factual Claims without Supporting Evidence Eviscerates the Requirements of the Policy …
Short Domain Name Value – ICA UDRP Digest Vol 2.18
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.18), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Short Domain Name Value (mc5 .com) ‣ Commercial Negotiations Preceded UDRP (hdt .com *with commentary) ‣ Competitor Registered Domain Name? (ServiceTitan .org) ‣ Co-existence Using Coined Term (AuthentixPeru .com) ‣ Trademarked Italian Geographical …
A Very Troubling Decision: Innocent Registrant Found to be a Cybersquatter? – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.17
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.17), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel and Editor, Ankur Raheja. Read about: ‣ Innocent Registrant Found to be a Cybersquatter? A Very Troubling Decision. (mohu .com *with commentary) ‣ Father and Son Fight it out for Control of a Domain Name (GaryPlayer …
ICA Comment on Policy Status Report: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
Today the ICA submitted its Comment in response to ICANN’s recent Status Report on the UDRP. UDRP reform is one of the most critical concerns for our members. An effective, fair, and legitimate UDRP must balance both protection of intellectual property rights and the protection of domain name registrant rights. Our members include many owners of valuable generic domain names who …
Respondent is Known by the Domain Name Despite Complainant Trademarks – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.16
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.16), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Respondent is Known by the Domain Name Despite Complainant Trademarks (hispirit .org.au) ‣ No Bona Fide Interest in Domain Name Because Corresponds to Prior Registered Trademark, Despite Use for Website (CloudCoverSolutions .com and …
How Should Panels Approach Free Speech Cases? Momsdemand .org, hbznews .com, and other cases – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.15
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.15), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ The Multi-factored Approach to Claimed Free Speech Cases (momsdemand .org *with commentary) ‣ Criticism Website Domain Ordered Transferred (hbznews .com *with commentary) ‣ DOH! IP Law Firm, Bartko, Found to Have Engaged in …
Reimex.com, cyberguard.com, veho.com and Comments from Zak Muscovitch! – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.14
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.14), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Who Gets the Domain Name When There are Multiple Users of the Mark and No Specific Targeting of the Complainant? (reimex .com *with commentary) ‣ Complainant’s TM Post-dates Domain Registration, But McAfee Files …
Michael Cyger Stepping Down from the ICA Board
We want to congratulate both Michael Cyger and GoDaddy on GoDaddy’s recent acquisition of DNAcademy! Since GoDaddy is already represented on the ICA Board by their President of Domains, Paul Nicks, to keep its balance, Michael Cyger will be stepping down from the Board effective today, March 31, 2022. We will miss his leadership and presence on the Board, but …
MedellinLiving .com, NFTpsg .com, Vanguard-Wealth .com and More Interesting Decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.13
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.13), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Complex Dispute Over Medellin Website (MedellinLiving .com) ‣ A Spanish Football Club Gets Involved in Crypto and NFTs (nftpsg .com and psgnft .com) ‣ Mark Holders Must Prove their Reputation (Vanguard-Wealth .com) ‣ Proving Facts to Support a Claim for Consolidation …