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USA - September 17 2012
On Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delivered its much anticipated decision in the case of Christian Louboutin et al. v. Yves Saint Laurent America, Inc., No.11-3303, holding that Louboutin was afforded trademark protection for women's shoes with red soles - with noted limitations.
USA - June 12 2012
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has identified June 13, 2012 as the target date for publication of the full list of applied-for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), as well as pertinent information regarding Applicant names and character strings.
USA - January 17 2012
In spite of last-minute pressure from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission about the program’s inadequate protections for trademark owners, consumers and law enforcement agencies, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) opened the application period for new generic top-level domain names (“gTLDs”) on January 12, 2012.
