Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Another detour? Steer internet traffic to your sites by registering .co domains – Lexology (registration)

Another detour? Steer internet traffic to your sites by registering .co domains
Lexology (registration)
Already owning another Colombian domain name, such as one ending in .COM.CO, or a Colombian trademark registration will enable brand owners to register .

INTERNET LAW – .eu Top Level Domain Names and Public Policy Considerations – IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)

INTERNET LAW – .eu Top Level Domain Names and Public Policy Considerations
IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)
word mark Galileo registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office. Galileo applied to EURid for the registration of the domain name Galileo.eu.

Maclean’s Interview: Chris Bosh – Macleans.ca

Maclean's Interview: Chris Bosh
Macleans.ca
Q: Last year, you went to court to reclaim 800 Internet domain names—including those of many other athletes and celebrities—from a cybersquatter.

Call for Applicants for the Position of Volunteer Review Team Member

3 February 2010

Publication of Three Review Working Group Final Reports

3 February 2010

Trademark Advisory: Promoting Your Brand – And Protecting It – On Social … – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

Trademark Advisory: Promoting Your Brand – And Protecting It – On Social
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
As in the domain name context, trademark owners should consider registering each trademark as a user name and create their own pages on social networks.

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CantonRep’s parent company sued over shopping site name – Canton Repository

CantonRep's parent company sued over shopping site name
Canton Repository
and has used the “ishop” trademark since 2007, according to the lawsuit. Papa Ads also owns the domain name shopinstark.com, which redirects traffic to

DomainSponsor Closes Highly Successful DOMAINfest Global 2010 Conference – PR-USA.net (press release)

DomainSponsor Closes Highly Successful DOMAINfest Global 2010 Conference
PR-USA.net (press release)
Sales totals confirm that domain names continue to increase in value as institutions, advertisers and venture capitalists recognize that online real estate

Surge in high-profile piracy cases – Legalbrief (subscription)

Surge in high-profile piracy cases
Legalbrief (subscription)
Just days after Baidu was embroiled in a major spat with its US-based domain name service provider following a series of cyber attacks, a Chinese court has

From rock and roll to law school and back again, Mark Avsec is living the dream – Cleveland Scene Weekly


Cleveland Scene Weekly
From rock and roll to law school and back again, Mark Avsec is living the dream
Cleveland Scene Weekly
Inspired by a case he'd studied in law school — an eminent-domain dispute that allowed Detroit to destroy a Polish Catholic neighborhood — he reconvened the

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