WIPO decides not to accept late response to objection. World Intellectual Property Organization has made a determination that it will not accept a late response to a Legal Rights Objection against .axis, thereby effectively killing off Saudi Telecom ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Here’s Del Monte’s WEIRD lawsuit to overturn .delmonte decision
· Policy & LawDel Monte International uses cybersquatting and UDRP rules in attempt to overturn .delmonte objection. Yesterday I wrote about Del Monte International (DMI) Gmbh's lawsuit against Del Monte Corporation (DMC) after the latter won its objection to the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
· Policy & LawCoach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts' .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited and ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
· Policy & LawScripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
· Policy & LawObjector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Now.com owner Starbucks (HK) Limited loses dispute over .now
· Policy & LawCompany that owns now.com loses the first of many objections it filed over the .now top level domain. IPTV company Starbucks (HK) Limited has lost its legal rights objection against One.com A/S' application for the .now top level domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Gmail vs. Snail Mail: Google wins challenge by USPS
· Policy & LawUSPS' challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com's application to run the .mail ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Song and .YellowPages new TLD objections denied
· Policy & LawTwo more objections fail, bringing total to 18. World Intellectual Property Organization panelists have denied two more Legal Rights Objections to new top level domain name applications. The latest failed objections are for .song and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Trademark frontrunner TLDDOT GmbH loses .GMBH objection
· Policy & LawCompany that trademarked .GMBH loses legal rights objection to competing applicant. TLDDOT GmbH, an applicant for the .gmbh domain name that has tried to "frontrun" the new TLD process with trademarks, has lost a legal rights objection against ... Continue Reading3 Comments