Dot triple X and your brand: protecting intellectual property in the rollout of the new .xxx top-level domain *

Global, USA - April 6 2011
On March 31, 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the gatekeeper of Internet domain names, signed a sponsored TLD (top-level domain) registry agreement with ICM Registry for the administration of the new “.xxx” TLD.

A key victory for keyword advertising programs *

USA - March 17 2011
On March 8, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc.

Co-authors: Amy E. Salomon.

Google’s YouTube defeats Viacom’s $1 billon copyright infringement suit *

USA - July 15 2010
Google won a significant victory in the United States with the highly anticipated June 23 lower court summary judgment ruling that its subsidiary, YouTube, Inc., is not liable for direct or secondary copyright infringement due to its hosting of infringing content posted by users of the wildly popular website.

European Union’s Court of Justice rules on Google AdWords program *

European Union - March 23 2010
On March 23, 2010, the Court of Justice (“CJ”) (formerly the European Court of Justice), the European Union’s highest court, issued its long-awaited opinion on Google, Inc.’s sale of trademarks as keywords in its AdWords program.

Co-authors: James R. Davis, II.