Domain names portfolio management & online brand protection

Recently, a UDRP decision was rendered under the auspices of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in  relation to ritzcarlton.tokyo. Clearly, the transfer of this domain name posed no major difficulties (WIPO, D2018-2049, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel...

BMW had to initiate a UDRP proceeding to get the domain name bmẉ.com [xn--bm-e3s.com], therefore containing the letter “w” with a diacritic dot. The respondent in the UDRP proceedings did not participate, and the decision appears relatively ordinary...

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) collects a list of the most notorious online and physical counterfeit spots that are outside US borders. (Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets). For example, the...

The British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center (BCICAC) is considering integrating the list of institutions accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the resolution of domain name disputes under...