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Facebook opens personalized username process to all

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global, USA
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  • June 25 2009

At 12:01 a.m. EDT on Sunday, June 28, Facebook will open its two-week old personalized username registration process to individuals, organizations, and entities who did not have a Facebook account profile prior to June 9

Domain name recuperation news

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
  • -
  • October 26 2010

In a recent case decided under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) by a three-member panel from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), model and actress Pamela Anderson obtained the transfer of the domain name (the Domain Name) even though it had been registered for 13 years

Domain name registration and industry news

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
  • -
  • October 26 2010

On ICANN's latest public comment period for the Revised Proposed Registry Agreement and other related documentation for the .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) (the sixth so far) closed on 23 September 2010 and demonstrated that this TLD remains as controversial as ever in spite of having been approved by ICANN on 25 June 2010

IDN ccTLD update

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • September 28 2010

In the April 2010 issue of Anchovy News we reported on the introduction of internationalised country code Top Level Domains (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

Bad faith registration and use under the UDRP: cumulative... or not?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • September 28 2010

A. Nattermann & Cie. GmbH (the Complainant), a subsidiary company of Sanofi-aventis, recently lost a complaint filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) concerning the domain name (the Domain Name) on the grounds that no bad faith was found at the time of registration

Improved security for .INFO

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • September 28 2010

On 9 September 2010, Afilias, a global provider of internet infrastructure services and the Registry for .INFO domain names (amongst others), announced that it had enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for the .INFO Top Level Domain (TLD

Dolce & Gabbana fails to obtain

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • September 28 2010

In a recent case brought under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), Dolce & Gabbana s.r.l., the well known Italian fashion company, failed to obtain the domain name (the Domain Name), despite its trade marks in the term D&G, as the Respondent, Independent Digital Artists, was able to convince the Panel of its rights and legitimate interests in the Domain Name

A year in domains

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
  • -
  • February 28 2011

David Taylor discusses developments in the domain name industry in 2010 and shares his predictions for 2011

.XXX extension

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
  • -
  • May 6 2011

The Board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN) decided on 18 March 2011 to launch the

Current state of the UDRP - preliminary issue report

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 30 2011

As reported in the May 2011 edition of Anchovy News, the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council has asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to prepare an Issue Report on the current state of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP