Blogs about: Cybersquatting
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Cybersquatter gets his Comeuppance
Ah pity da fool who thinks he be judgment proof! I got ya judgment proof right here, foo!!!!! Cybersquatters often either hide offshore, or they claim to be offshore, or they claim that they don… more →
The Legal Satyricon
Can There Be Typo-Piracy Before Issuance of a Trademark?
gmlevine wrote 5 hours ago: Registering 1,017 variants of the Complainant’s trademark FREECREDITREPORT.COM is eye-popping and in … more →
Complainant, Successor Trademark Holder
gmlevine wrote 3 days ago: Successor trademark holders complaining about domain names registered before they acquired their int … more →
The Problem of Waiting Too Long
gmlevine wrote 4 days ago: A long line of decisions holds that laches is not applicable to a UDRP proceeding, but waiting too l … more →
Confusingly Similar and Similar But Not Confusing
gmlevine wrote 5 days ago: There are domain names though similar are not necessarily confusingly similar. They sit on the borde … more →
South Africa World Cup 2010 - Cybersquatting
Arbel wrote 5 days ago: Hi Everyone ! IndianExpress.com publish a Wipo case yesterday, The case is about a guy (Chris Carter … more →
Legitimate Use of Trademark: Consultants, Distributors and Resellers
gmlevine wrote 5 days ago: First it was authorized resellers whose incorporation of a complainant’s trademark was deemed to be … more →
Timely Answer and Supplemental Submissions
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: The Rules of the Policy limit each party to one pleading (Paragraphs 3 [complaint] and 5 [answer]), … more →
Insufficiency of Proof
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: Proving that a domain name is confusingly similar to complainant’s trademark is but one-third of the … more →
Retroactive Bad Faith: Disproving Good Faith
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: The phrase “retroactive bad faith” comes from two recent cases, same panelist, City Views Limited v. … more →
Assessing Rights and Legitimate Interests For Parody and Satire
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: Parody targeted against a particular person or organization as a branch of political speech deserves … more →
Evidence Necessary to Prove Common Law Trademark
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: While it is true that “Panelists with WIPO and NAF have sometimes approached the issue of proof of t … more →
Mimicking Trademark by Appropriating Its Dominant Syllabic Elements
gmlevine wrote 1 week ago: It is not necessary for a string of syllables to make sense to obtain a trademark registration. Inde … more →
Untying Registration and Use in Construing Bad Faith
gmlevine wrote 2 weeks ago: The two letter combination “hz” is not by itself confusingly similar to “Hertz” (the automobile rent … more →
Timing and Circumstances of Acquisition
gmlevine wrote 2 weeks ago: Timing and Circumstances of Acquisition Having an incontestable trademark composed of generic or des … more →
What Proof Satisfies for Demonstrable Preparations?
gmlevine wrote 2 weeks ago: Receiving notice after a website has become operational supports a defense under paragraph 4(c)(i) o … more →
Three Short Takes On Routine Issues
gmlevine wrote 2 weeks ago: The three issues discussed below have in common factual circumstances that preclude resolution under … more →
Identity Theft Victims: Hijacking and Phishing
gmlevine wrote 3 weeks ago: Hijackers have something in common with pickpockets Their modus operandi is stealth. Their victims n … more →
The Incredible Shrinking Inventory of Word Combinations
gmlevine wrote 3 weeks ago: Is it possible that the inexhaustible wealth of the English language has limitations when it comes t … more →
Selling Domain Name For More Than Out-of-Pocket Costs
gmlevine wrote 3 weeks ago: A respondent violates the Policy when “circumstances indicat[e] that you have registered or you have … more →
