The ICA’s 15th Anniversary Meetup in Las Vegas recently completed. The first member meetup as a standalone event in the organization’s history was held from September 19-21 at the Green Valley Resort in Henderson, Nevada, located just outside of Las Vegas. Despite a changing Covid-19 outlook, Kamila Sekiewicz, the ICA’s Executive Director, put together the industry’s first sizable in-person gathering …
For the First Time Ever: A “LIVE” UDRP HEARING!
For the first time ever, you can see a “live” demonstration of how an actual UDRP domain name dispute case is argued and adjudicated. The ICA is very pleased to present in association with the International Trademark Association (INTA) a “moot” or “mock” UDRP hearing. This innovative and lively session will feature three actual UDRP Panelists as they hear a …
ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.5
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.5), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Red Bull in a China Shop (redbullbeijing .com and others) ‣ Buttkicker Gets Butt Kicked (buttkicker .com) ‣ Turkish Car Company’s Complaint Not Up to Speed (togg .com) ‣ Don’t Confuse Your B&B with Your BNB, or AirBNB (hotelbnb .com) …
ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.4
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.4), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Gooooal! Beckhams Score a Domain Transfer (usBeckham .com) ‣ A Dog of a Domain Name Transferred (wahl .dog) ‣ Yes We Can, Take Away Cybersquatted Domains (obamapresidentialcenter .com and more) ‣ Instagram UDRP Goes Up In Smoke (instagramnl) ‣ A …
ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.3
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.3), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Toros Tarım Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Mehmet, Metbil Teknoloji, WIPO Case No. D2021-1464 (torostarim .net) ‣ Grupo Nacional Provincial, S.A. v. Privacydotlink Customer 4270030 / Yancy Naughton, WIPO Case No. D2021-1136 (GNP .com) ‣ Harman International Industries, Inc. …
ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.2
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.2), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ LERINS & BCW v. Domain Administrator, NameFind Cayman Islands Ltd., WIPO Case No. D2021-1861 (Lerins .com) ‣ Trueing Studio LLC v. WangWenLong (王文龙), WIPO Case No. D2021-2023 (Trueing .com) ‣ Blackhawk Network, Inc. v. 1337 Services LLC, Robert Mkhitarian and …
ICA Launches Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1
The Internet Commerce Association is pleased and excited to announce that, commencing today, August 23, 2021, the ICA will be offering a free weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest by email. UDRP cases of note will be summarized weekly and sent out every Monday, beginning today. The ICA believes that this new service will provide an additional and helpful resource for …
Recording of our Business Intelligence Briefing on the Second Round of New gTLDs
We were delighted to host a panel of new gTLD experts who shared their expertise and predictions for the next round of the new gTLD application process in a webinar earlier this week. The ICA would like to extend a big thank you to our wonderful host, Christa Taylor, and the panelists, Jeff Neuman, Jothan Frakes, and Phill Buckingham. You’ll …
Last Chance to Sign Up for Tomorrow’s Free ICA Briefing on ICANN’s Next Round of New gTLDs
The Internet Commerce Association has so far welcomed over 150 registered attendees to its free business intelligence briefing on the next round of the new gTLD program, which will take place via Zoom, tomorrow, August 4, 2021 at 1 pm ET. Whether you are a fan or not of new gTLDs it may be a good idea for you to …
ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1
============================================================ Quality Carriers, Inc. v. Bests, LLC, WIPO Case No. D2021-1807 QualityCarriers.com Transfer Panelist: Mr Robert A. Badgley Summary: Generic-sounding QualityCarriers.com transferred in UDRP proceedings. Complainant had a long standing trademark. Respondent had record of prior cybersquatting. No proper response filed. Brief Facts: Quality Carriers, Inc., USA filed UDRP over <qualitycarriers.com>. Complainant, a provider of transportation services, had a registered Trademark …