Monday, July 25th, 2011
Sole Panelist, Tony Willoughby, gives a well-thought-out explanation of what constitutes bad faith by a COMPLAIANT in the case of IUNO Advokatpartnerselskab v. Angela Croom, found at http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0806. In this case, the domain was registered 11 years before the Complainant obtained its trademark. The Panelist stated, “If after considering the submissions the Panel finds that
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
A federal judge in Boston has handed Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss a setback in their legal claims to a larger portion of social network Web site Facebook. The Winklevoss twins won a $65 million cash and stock...
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
In a WIPO case decided on June 22nd, 2 of 3 panelists, Alistair Payne and Frederick M. Abbott, deny the Complaint in Holy Mother World Networks v. Gregg Ostrick, found here: http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0627. The panel indicated that the domain,...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
In the recent WIPO case of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. v. Harriett Swift, found at http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0832, a sole panelist, Gabriela Kennedy, determined that Free Speech is not just a U.S. concept. In her findings, she stated,...
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
In a new case decided on June 30th at the National Arbitration Forum, Sole Panelist Carolyn Johnson Denied the Claim even though no response was filed. In the case of Sai Maa v. Domain Finance Inc. /...
Monday, July 11th, 2011
In a case decided on June 30th, by Carolyn M. Johnson (Ret.), Diane Thilly Cabell and Paul M. DeCicco at the National Arbitration Forum entitled Point Grey Research, Inc. v. Administrator Domain / Vertical Axis, Inc. and...
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The Palm Beach County grandmother whose 14-year-old grandson set up her Wi-Fi system didn’t have sophisticated online pornography downloads in mind. “She says she doesn’t know Wi-Fi from hi-fi,” said Bradford Patrick, the Tampa lawyer who represents...
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Just because a company has used its name to identify its products, does not give the common law trademark a secondary meaning sufficient to win a UDRP fi=or a Complainant. In the new case of Liverpool Lumber...
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