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A new domain name system is coming are you ready?

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • June 21 2011

Following years of debate and discussion, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced yesterday at a special meeting in Singapore that it had approved a plan to bring sweeping changes to the Internet’s generic top level domain (gTLD) structure

What the .XXX “Sunrise B Period” means for trademark registration owners

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • August 19 2011

Are you concerned that the name of your business or the trademark used in connection with your best-selling product will be used in connection with an adult entertainment website given the soon-to-be launched .XXX domain names?

Google AdWords litigation trademark holders denied class certification in U.S. lawsuits

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • October 5 2011

In the latest Google AdWords decision, a U.S. Federal District Court judge in Texas refused to certify two classes of advertisers who filed separate infringement suits against Google Inc

Trademark enforcement, trademark “bullies” and social media

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2011

A few weeks ago, while in Montpelier, Vermont, I stumbled upon a Farmer’s Market that featured a wealth of Vermont made, grown and raised art, produce and meats

Sunrise period ends on October 28th for .xxx domains

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • October 26 2011

Only two days remain to submit applications to block registration of .xxx domain names that include registered trademarks

Yahoo! wins $610 million trademark infringement and CAN-SPAM award over Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud suit

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • December 15 2011

This week, Yahoo! won a $610 million default judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in a case involving the infamous Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud perpetrated through the Defendants’ infringing use of Yahoo!’s trademarks and spam

Fourth Circuit resurrects Rosetta Stone’s challenge to Google’s AdWords program

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • April 11 2012

On Monday, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision ending Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement case against Google

The batching games: ICANN's plan to process new gTLD applications

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • April 5 2012

On March 29, 2012, the user registration window closed for anyone planning to apply for a new generic top level domain (gTLD

Second application window for new gTLDs “reaffirmed” by ICANN

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global
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  • February 13 2012

Last week, during a special meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors, the ICANN Board approved a resolution that contained a “reaffirmation” that ICANN will open a second application window for the gTLD program “as expeditiously as possible.”

International organizations join the opposition to ICANN’s new gTLD program

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 20 2011

ICANN will start accepting applications for new gTLDs on January 12, 2012