Protecting Business Property – Domain Names

One asset that can be overlooked when a business relationship breaks down is the domain names operated for the benefit of the Company.  This is the situation that a company in Ontario, Mold.ca.Inc.,  found themselves in when their…

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Trademark Clearinghouse is Open

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has opened a new Trademark Clearinghouse as part of its gTLD program (N.B. see here for our prior posting on gTLD’s). With this service Trademark holders can register their…

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Proposed gTLD’s Released Today

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has today revealed a list of all the new generic Top-Level Domain names that have been applied for.  Currently there are only 22 gTLDs, (e.g. .com, .net, .org), but…

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Sir Richard Branson and an Embarrassing Domain Name

A recent decision from the National Arbitration Forum demonstrates how Sir Richard Branson was caught out and embarrassed when a new Sponsored Top Level Domain (“sTLD”) was registered along with his name. sTLD’s are a select domains that…

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Estate of James Brown and jamesbrown.com

Estate of James Brown  v. LAC Music – Jack Bart c/o Gregory J. Chamberlain and jamesbrown.com A recent decision[1] rendered by the National Arbitration Forum in accordance with ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy”), highlights…

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