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Conspiracy to defraud by facilitating copyright infringement

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

A recent decision of a criminal court in the United Kingdom found an individual guilty of conspiracy to defraud and sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment as a result of copyright infringing activities

What brand owners need to do to cope with the new domain names after reveal day

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Global
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October 15 2012

On June 13, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revealed that 1,930 new applications had been filed in the online TLD Application System (TAS

1286 applications for top level domain names - reveal day delayed

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Global
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May 3 2012

ICANN’s online application system was taken offline on April 12, 2012 in order to protect applicant data

Coping with social media

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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April 26 2012

The emergence of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter has materially affected brand owners

New domain names

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Global
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February 2 2012

January 12, 2012 marked the official start of the much debated program by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to open up the domain name system

The legal and practical guide to protecting your brand on the web and in social media

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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October 6 2011

A brand has to be linked with a business strategy

The status of the new gTLDs

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Global
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September 21 2011

Potentially significant changes to the operation of the Internet are about to be implemented

CHAMPAGNE domain names

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 28 2011

A recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “UDRP”) deals with unregistered rights in the CHAMPAGNE mark which, it was asserted, were protectable in the United Kingdom under the common law doctrine of passing off

The new gTLDs and how to cope with them

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Global
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May 31 2011

A top-level domain name (TLD) is the part of a domain name to the right of the dot, e.g. .com

Online trade-mark use

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada, United Kingdom
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May 25 2011

A recent decision of a United Kingdom court considered whether the defendant's use of the plaintiff's trade-marks on the defendant's websites, allegedly operating from Florida, constituted "use" of the trade-marks in the United Kingdom