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Once legitimately registered, domain name held for ransom costs kidnapper $150k
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- November 30 2010
Illustrating the significant recovery available to trademark owners under the Lanham Act’s Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) versus the arbitration process pursuant to the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a jury’s damages verdict of over $150,000 to a trademark owner whose domain name was held for ransom by a former employee
Domain name registrant found to lack bad faith in UDRP proceeding later loses against ACPA claim
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- May 28 2011
Considering whether a domain name registrant who prevailed in a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceeding possessed legitimate rights in the domain name in a subsequent court action for federal cybersquatting, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment to plaintiff, finding that the defendant domain name registrant ceased to possess rights in the underlying domain name when it changed the content of its website to content concerning a geographical location referenced by the mark to content targeting the same type of products sold by a trademark owner under the mark
Personal jurisdiction lacking despite twenty internet users from forum state signing up for defendant’s website
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- May 28 2011
Considering whether a New Jersey website operator was subject to personal jurisdiction in Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that for personal jurisdiction to arise, a defendant must in some way target the forum state’s market in addition to operating an interactive website that is accessible from the forum state
Re-registration of domain name containing another’s trademark is not cybersquatting
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- October 31 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a California district court’s holding that re-registration of a domain name containing another’s trademark violated the Anti-Cyberqsuatting Consumer Protection Act
Misleading UDRP exhibits could create liability under Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- April 30 2012
In an unpublished opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a company that allegedly redacted portions of an exhibit submitted in connection with a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) may be liable for misrepresentation under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA
Counterfeits beyond Canal StreetSecond Circuit updates personal jurisdiction in the internet commerce context
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- September 30 2010
In a victory to trademark owners battling online counterfeiters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the sale and shipment into New York of one counterfeit product, coupled with defendant’s interactive website selling counterfeit goods, was sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over the defendants in the trademark owner’s home state of New York
“Internet trinity” no longer holy in internet trademark cases
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- March 31 2011
In a decision that will limit the ability of trademark owners to challenge competitors’ keyword advertising, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction issued by a district court barring a defendant’s purchase of a competitor’s trademark as a keyword to trigger internet advertisements
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