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Further clarifications on UDRP procedures as explained by the WIPO Overview 3.0

Since the creation of the UDRP procedure at the end of 1999, practitioners of the law have expressed their desire for a memorandum summarizing the consensuses among UDRP decisions. The mainly argued legal certainty. WIPO was receptive and started publishing … Read More

Cyberattacks: the need to adopt an adequate defence strategy for trademarks

Cyberattacks: a political phenomenon On Friday 5, 2017, the day before the presidential elections in France, the French political movement “La République en marche!” of Emmanuel Macron, elected since president of France, was targeted by a cyberattack. A cyberattack refers … Read More

Dot brand: they are increasingly adhering

Dot brands are on a roll (2017 – continuation of blog article – New extensions: could the .brand  interest you?) Domain names: status of the <.brand> in 2017 In June 2011, the ICANN launched the new gTLDs program in order to … Read More

The fashion industry is increasingly turning to new technologies

The fashion and design industry is gradually turning to new technologies. Designers use more and more innovative techniques in their products.  What are the legal means that should be implemented to protect and defend immaterial capital, widely present in this … Read More

New extensions: could the .brand interest you?

The “.BRAND” Tld is a new gTLD that is becoming increasingly appealing. Companies are interested in this concept in order to own an extension of their own brand. This practice is an excellent marketing opportunity to present products of the … Read More

Recognition of renewal right of a European Union trademark by the introduction of successively partial renewals requests

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), June 22, 2016, C-207-15P, Nissan/EUIPO Nissan is the owner of a figurative Community  trademark “CVTC” for which registration was sought in classes 7, 9 and 12. Nissan requested the renewal of the trademark, … Read More

Turkey: a new Industrial Property Code based on the European model

Turkey has just adopted an Industrial Property Code, and it has come into force on January 10, 2017. Prior to that date, Turkish Industrial Property rights were regulated by ordinances dating back to 1995. These ordinances were progressively quashed by … Read More

How to fight cybersquatting in Russia?

In Russia, no specific procedure is provided for the settlement of country code top-level domain (ccTLDs) disputes. A special defense strategy must therefore be adopted to fight cybersquatting in Russia. Cybersquatting on the rise in Russia The number of Internet … Read More

Sale of counterfeit products online: a burden for businesses

The sale of counterfeit products currently represents 2.5% of global imports according to the OECD, amounting to more than USD 460 billion. Up to 5% of goods imported into the European Union are counterfeited goods. The sale of these counterfeited … Read More

Increased liability for registrars

Registrars’ liability Registrars and registries play an important role in operating domain names. Even though they do not register domain names maliciously and with intent to cause prejudice to a trademark, they nevertheless are not required to review registration applications … Read More