Edward T. Colbert, Partner at Kenyon & Kenyon, presented "A Strategic Overview of Recent Developments in Enforcement Under Trademark Infringement, Dillution and Cybersquatting." James Galbraith, also a Partner at Kenyon & Kenyon, discussed the topic of managing the cost of patent litigation.
As businesses realize that the Internet is the wave of the future, many are rushing to catch that wave by establis.
Kathleen Peterson, a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, focused on strategies for fighting instances of "cybersquatting," under both the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") and the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act ("ACPA"). Addressing the UDRP, Ms. Peterson noted that the Policy has been adopted by all accredited domain-name registrars for ".com", ".net", and ".org" domain names, and provides for resolution of disputes through arbitration.
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This article reviews the first ruling under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy whereby the arbitrator in World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. v. Michael Bosman ordered the complainant receive the domain name registration.
Kathleen Peterson, a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, focused on strategies for fighting instances of "cybersquatting," under both the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") and the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act ("ACPA"). Next, Michael Bettinger, leader of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, discussed the Markman hearing, which in patent litigation determines the meaning and scope of the patent claims in dispute.
A Canadian using a trade-mark in the United States, whether it be registered in the US or recognized at common law, who believes that the registration or use by a third party of a domain name violates the rights in the trade-mark, may be able to commence an action under the US Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) which was signed into law on November 29, 1999 to amend the Lanham Act, the federal trade-mark legislation in the United States.
A trademark holder can hold a domain name which is made up, entirely or in part, of a trademark he owns transferred to him as use of his trademark without a license, otherwise known as trademark infringement.