On 4 February 2018, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) passed a Resolution to halt the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) applications for .CORP, .HOME and .MAIL. As a result, and in the interest of fairness, ICANN has agreed to refund the full application fees for each TLD (USD 185,000) to
Vincent Denoyelle
ICANN halts applications for .CORP, .HOME and .MAIL
Blockchain trending in domain name registrations
Domain name registrations often reflect current trends and it is thus not surprising that a large number of recent second-level domain name registrations under .COM and .NET include terminology relating to blockchain. A report published last month by Verisign on the “Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM and .NET Registrations in August” placed the words
France: No requirement for a domain name to be distinctive in unfair competition claims
In a decision of 6 December 2016, the French Supreme Court of the Judiciary (“Cour de Cassation”) provided a very useful clarification in relation to unfair competition claim (“concurrence déloyale”, a tortious action) based on domain names. The Cour de Cassation stressed that neither the distinctiveness nor the originality of a domain name were a
WIPO: The UDRP is not a convenient recourse for business disputes
In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a Panel denied the transfer of a domain name and declined to decide whether the three elements of the UDRP had been satisfied as it was evident that the case was not an instance of