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 NEW: Introducing UDRP Perspectives! A new resource for panelists and practitioners prepared by UDRP Panelists and Practitioners, Igor Motsnyi and Zak Muscovitch who also serves as General Counsel to the ICA.  From the Introduction to UDRP Perspectives (located at www.UDRPPerspectives.org):  “UDRP Perspectives.org is where you can come to find a curated collection of up-to-date case law and commentaries on the …

Recording Now Available from the Inaugural Levine Lecture by Tony Willoughby:  We were honored to have Tony Willoughby deliver the inaugural Levine Lecture.  His insights and unique perspectives on the UDRP made for a compelling talk. We are pleased to announce that the lecture is now available online for you to watch at your convenience. Here is the link to the …

Panel: Complainant’s Representatives Likely Knew Case Bound to Fail To the Panel’s credit, the dismissal and finding of RDNH was of course entirely justified as a result of the domain name registration preceding the Complainant’s trademark rights by 16 years. But why did the Respondent have to deal with a case this meritless? Yes, meritless cases are part and parcel …

Retroactive Bad Faith is Unquestionably Long Dead It is somewhat surprising to see the discarded and discredited concept of ‘Retroactive Bad Faith’ try to come back from the dead as it did in this case. Retroactive Bad Faith in unquestionably contrary to the Policy as thoroughly discussed in this article: The Rise and Fall of the UDRP Theory of ‘Retroactive …

Panel: Four-letter .COMS May Be Inherently Valuable It is notable that the Panelist rightly recognized the inherent value of four-letter .com domain names. Time and time again, UDRP Panels have ruled in favor of respondents when it comes to domain names corresponding to three-letter domain names, including by domain name investors. As explained in SK Lubricants Americas v. Andrea Sabatini, …