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- The Internet has radically transformed IP strategies in the past 20 years and it is showing no signs of slowing down. In an extract from CPA’s latest white paper, Dominic Speller sets out expert advice on how to manage and monitor rapidly-devel...
- .co.uk Domain name records in the UK were smashed, with cruises.co.uk being bought for £560,000. The previous record was held by recycle.co.uk, which was bought for £153,000 in October 2007. What's more amazing about the sale is that V...
MySpace wins MySpace.co.uk domain name
MySpace has won the right to the domain myspace.co.uk, despite the domain name being registered before the networking site was launched. Domain Registry Nominet, caused a stir in the industry as myspace.co.uk was registered to Total Web Solutions ...Is it the End of Domain Tasting?
Google has said that it would start work to help make domain tasting advertising workarounds far less lucrative. Resulting in more domain names being available on the market for legitimate buyers. Domain tasting is an exploit of the domain name re...Freedom of speech cybersquatting to increase
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has declared that registering and using a domain name similar to that of an organisation and then to use it to protest against them, it's products or their services is acceptable. In October, the...Dell fights cyber-criminals in court
In October of this year Dell filed a lawsuit under seal without notice (to avoid the destruction or editing of evidence) against several individuals and 3 domain name companies: BelgiumDomains, CapitolDomains, and DomainDoorman. The defendants hav...New Zealand lawyer elected new ICANN chair
The Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICAAN) has unanimously voted to elect New Zealander Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman. A civil litigation lawyer specialising in intellectual property, competition, and I...- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has stopped a proposal to create an .xxx domain specifically for adult web sites for the third time. ICANN cited fears that it would find itself having to regulate content and ...
- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), jointly run by the US government has managed the Internet since its inception by the Clinton administration in 1998. The goal was to make the web a positive and valuable experience for ...
Domain names to be released in Indian languages
Initial registrations for domain names in Indian languages are expected to commence in January 2008. 5 languages, Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Bengali and Punjabi have been planned for the initial launch, or what is known in the industry as the 'sunrise' ...Cybersquatting escalates in Asia
Inexpensive domain names are fuelling the growth of cybersquatting in the Asia continent. For example, Chain’s .cn domain is now so inexpensive that sites are available through a re-seller for as little as $3 a year. Cybersquatting has been ...- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced it has united with the Taiwan Network Information Centre (TWNIC) to host a unique regional event in Taipei between the 19 and 21 October. The event, titled "Toward ...
Big brands give cyber-squatting the boot
With cyber-squatting becoming an increasing issue on the radar of big and small business, the International Trademark Association issued a press release to say that some of its biggest members, Dell, Microsoft, Time Warner, Wal-mart and Yahoo intend ...- The launch of the new ‘.asia’ domain name is yet another sign of the growth in popularity of industry in the region, says CPA’s Peter Whiley After the resounding popularity of the E.U. Top Level Domain (TLD), it should come as no...
First Impressions on Second Life
Second Life has introduced the Internet to a whole new virtual world for users to interact, trade and invent. But what does this mean for IP rights holders? Trademark lawyer Martin Schwimmer of Schwimmer Mitchell explains Simulated environments su...- Many businesses faced with the violation of a domain right automatically resort to the UDRP or an equivalent. However, there are often more cost-effective methods of resolving domain name issues, as CPA’s Samantha Frida explains Although dom...
- Domain names may be big business, but how can you be sure you’re fully exploiting the potential of the Internet? Stewart Tyson, head of IP at Royal Mail, explains how the group developed a more strategic approach to its Internet presence by rea...
Resale market proves phish-phriendly
Finnish web-security firm, F-Secure, reported this week that domain name resale merchants are trading bogus URLs to ‘phishers’ – web users seeking to mislead Internet surfers through the use of established brands. Some of the items ...Pay per Click: is someone parking on your domain?
Each time a web user searches for your product or brand, but finds instead a pay-per-click domain page of links, it allows competitors to profit from the goodwill associated with your brands. CPA’s Samantha Frida asks what trademark owners can ...How to Protect your Brand Online
The Internet provides an unrivalled method of communicating with customers, but it can all too easily be exploited, says Janet Satterthwaite of Venable LLP. The answer is a sensible domain name and search engine policy that monitors for misuse of you...- Since 1 January 2003, it has been possible to register computer screen displays, web pages and icons as designs under the Community Design Regulation. British designers can also register their computer graphic images in the UK following the 2001 amen...
- Protecting brands online can be a costly and often confusing venture, but a systematic audit, management and protection strategy can help better protect a brand’s reputation, says CPA’s Dominic Speller. Domain names are not just an ext...
- European domains administrator, EURid, suspended 74,000 website names in late July after an investigation found that 400 registrars, sheltered by three UK firms, had stockpiled them for sale rather than use. The firms were named as Ovidio Ltd, Gab...
- Companies have traditionally rushed to register their domain names in the generic ‘.com’ hierarchy with less concern for local country-level domains. Now, with the shortage of new .com names, the trend is increasingly turning to country-s...
- As more and more mobile phone users choose to browse the Internet on their handsets, brand owners are starting to tailor their domain name registrations to meet this new need. Caroline Greer explains how the new .mobi domain is helping to make the In...
- The Internet can make a brand more visible and memorable to customers, but this doesn’t come without risks. Brands must be constantly monitored if they are to be safeguarded against online infringement. But how many companies have the capabilit...
- The launch of the .eu is seen as an important step towards promoting a European business identity and supporting the growth of e-commerce in the region. But with registrations over a vast economic region to process, it is important that robust proced...
