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Put a clip on YouTube....nek minnit someone stole my IP

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • Global, New Zealand
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  • April 16 2012

Levi Hawken has become an internet phenomenon

WIPO refuses to order the transfer of worldcup2011.com to the International Rugby Board

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global
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  • January 12 2012

In Rugby World Cup Ltd v Andreas Gyrre WIPO D2011-1520 (1 November 2011) sole panellist Robert Badgely dismissed the complaint by the International Rugby Board (IRB) against ticket reseller Euroteam AS on the basis that the domain name could not be considered confusingly similar to the IRB’s trade marks RUGBY WORLD CUP and RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011, essentially because the dominant term “rugby” was lacking in the domain name

Lady Gaga and fansite caught in a bad romance

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Global
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  • November 8 2011

A string of number one hits and worldwide notoriety weren’t enough to bring Lady Gaga success in a domain name dispute over the use of her stage name

Reservation to permanently block the registration of .XXX domain names to safeguard against association with the adult entertainment industry

  • Wong Partnership
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  • Global
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  • October 19 2011

On 7 September 2011, the controversial new Top Level Domain ("TLD") .XXX will be introduced

UDRP Panel denies Lady Gaga&x2019;s request to transfer ladygaga.org

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Global
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  • October 19 2011

A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Panel denied Lady Gaga's request for transfer of the domain name ladygaga.org from a third party who had registered the domain name and was using it as a fan site

Preparing trademark clients for the new unlimited top level domains

  • Lewis and Roca LLP
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  • Global
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  • September 30 2011

On June 20, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers authorized the launch of a new program to permit qualified domain name registrars to apply for any string of characters “after-the-dot”

Sunrise Period now open for the .xxx registry

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Global
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  • September 8 2011

After a decade of controversial discussions, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the introduction of a .xxx top level domain (TLD) for the adult entertainment industry

Protecting trademarks from registration on the ".xxx" domain

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • August 19 2011

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international non-profit organization charged with creating policies for use of the internet, recently approved the internet domain “.xxx” for use specifically by the adult entertainment industry

New internet domains are coming what you should do

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • Global
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  • July 8 2011

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the entity responsible for management of the Internet domain name system (DNS), has approved major changes in the system of top-level domains (TLDs) that will lead to the approval of potentially thousands of new domains

New sponsored top-level domain name: managing the .xxx transition

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 30 2011

According to the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) approved plan to increase the number of generic top-level domains (gTLD) a new type of Sponsored Top-Level Domain Name (sTLD) is expected to come into effect by the end of 2011