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Chequered intellectual property outcomes for Lamborghini

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global
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  • May 6 2009

World-famous sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has been involved recently in two intellectual property-related procedures with contrasting outcomes

Anti-counterfeiting 2009: A Global Guide: internet distribution

  • World-Check
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  • Global
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  • April 30 2009

The Internet has become a key component of the distribution network in counterfeit goods, estimated by the International Chamber of Commerce to be worth $600 billion

Brave new web: trademark rights in the expanding Internet

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Global
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  • January 13 2009

In June 2006, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan that would allow for the creation of hundreds of new domain names

The use of a manufacturer's trade mark in a domain name by a reseller

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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  • Global
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  • January 30 2009

A recent decision of a panel made up of three panellists under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") deals with interesting issues concerning the use of a manufacturer's trade mark by a dealer or reseller

Brand protection online

  • Howes Percival LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • May 20 2009

The use of keywords andor metatags is very much commonplace in the promotion of a business online via search engines such as Google and Yahoo!

Trademark owners have until midnight (EDT) Friday to protect marks under new Facebook policy

  • Dentons
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  • Global
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  • June 11 2009

Facebook announced this week that, beginning Saturday, June 13, at 12:01 a.m. EDT, Facebook users will be allowed for the first time to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages (e.g., facebook.comyourname

Potential trademark “land-grab” situation at Facebook

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 12 2009

Please be advised of a new announcement by Facebook that it will begin offering personalized username URLs to its users

Protect your trade-marks from Facebook cybersquatting

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 11 2009

Earlier this week, Facebook, Inc., the popular social networking website company based in the United States, publicly announced that beginning Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m. U.S. EDT, users of the Facebook website will be allowed for the first time to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages (e.g., facebook.comyourname

Vanity web addresses available to facebook users: the latest trend in online social networking may be the next big challenge for trademark owners

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 11 2009

In an effort to make it easier for people to find and connect with one another online, social networking provider Facebook, Inc., is offering its users the opportunity to create custom usernames to identify themselves in the URLs for their profile pages

Attention trademark owners - new Facebook username policy

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 11 2009

Facebook just announced that it will begin allowing users to select personalized usernames