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Launch of new gTLDs and the Trade Mark Clearinghouse (TMCH)

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • April 3 2013

This note sets out to provide you with the key facts about the TMCH, the background to the TMCH, how Hogan Lovells can assist and, at this stage

New gTLDs: right here right now! threats and opportunities for brands and businesses

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • April 26 2012

The launch of new gTLDs is likely to cause an unprecedented shake up to the domain name system and the Internet in 2013 and onward

An injunction too far: the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) rules out injunctions against ISPs that allow general filtering to prevent illegal downloading

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 25 2011

In what is both a highly anticipated and expected ruling issued on 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") has held that under EU law, a national court cannot impose an injunction requiring an ISP to install a wide ranging filtering system in order to tackle illegal downloading since such an injunction is incompatible with EU law and the associated limitations on intermediary liability

.FR and other French TLDs to open up to the EU

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 28 2011

On 6 December 2011, AFNIC, the French Registry, will open up the .FR Top Level Domain (TLD) to all entities based in the European Union (EU

Lady Gaga left poker faced after failed UDRP

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 28 2011

The flamboyant singer known as Lady Gaga is becoming well known for her litigious tendencies

Karen Millen Fashions' case ripped to pieces

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 28 2011

Karen Millen Fashions learned the hard way that obtaining the transfer of a domain name under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) requires more than simple assertions and the provision of actual evidence is necessary, even when the case looks like a slam dunk

CIRA to launch .CA IDNs

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 28 2011

The Canadian Registry (CIRA) is considering the implementation of French Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs

Free speech: settled rules or context-based

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 28 2011

Equality Charter School, Inc (the Complainant), a charter school based in New York, recently lost a Complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) against Mona Davids (the Respondent), an individual also residing in New York, concerning the domain name (the Domain Name), on the grounds that the Complainant failed to establish any of the requirements of lack of rights or legitimate interests and bad faith of paragraph 4(a)(ii) and 4(a)(iii) of the UDRP

ICANN starts to get its (clearing)house in order for new gTLD launch

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 28 2011

As regular readers of Anchovy News will know, the process for the launch of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) has been ongoing since June 2008 when the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave its approval to the proposal to introduce new gTLDs

Kazakhstan and Malaysia join the IDN club

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Kazakhstan, Malaysia
  • -
  • October 28 2011

In previous issues of Anchovy News we have reported on the introduction of Internationalised country code Top Level Domain names (often referred to as IDN ccTLDs) and in particular the fast track roll out process put in place by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN