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The Fifty-Eight Proceedings: Domain Name Disputes, Korean Parties, And Wipo Three-Member Panels, Ilhyung Lee May 2016

The Fifty-Eight Proceedings: Domain Name Disputes, Korean Parties, And Wipo Three-Member Panels, Ilhyung Lee

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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Trademark Owner's Strategy: Litigation Versus The Udrp, Jessica Sganga Feb 2014

Trademark Owner's Strategy: Litigation Versus The Udrp, Jessica Sganga

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

The article offers information on the enactment, development, and significance of the Lanham Act, the Federal Trademark Diluting Act (FTDA), the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), and the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) to address the challenges arising out of the domain name registration process in the U.S. It informs that these acts provides assistance in safeguarding the rights of trademark owners against the domain name registrants.


Celebrity In Cyberspace: A Personality Rights Paradigm For Personal Domain Name Disputes, Jacqueline D. Lipton Jan 2008

Celebrity In Cyberspace: A Personality Rights Paradigm For Personal Domain Name Disputes, Jacqueline D. Lipton

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When the Oscar-winning actress, Julia Roberts, fought for control of the domain name, what was her aim? Did she want to reap economic benefits from the name? Probably not, as she has not used the name since it was transferred to her. Or did she want to prevent others from using it on either an unjust enrichment or a privacy basis? Was she, in fact, protecting a trademark interest in her name? Personal domain name disputes, particularly those in the space, implicate unique aspects of an individual's persona in cyberspace. Nevertheless, most of the legal rules developed for these disputes …


The Best Laid Plans: How Unrestrained Arbitration Decisions Have Corrupted The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Ian L. Stewart May 2001

The Best Laid Plans: How Unrestrained Arbitration Decisions Have Corrupted The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Ian L. Stewart

Federal Communications Law Journal

In the rapidly changing Internet age, a sound dispute resolution policy is needed to address conflict where traditional rights intersect emerging technologies. This Note examines how unfettered arbitration decisions, even those made with the best of intentions, can corrupt a good dispute resolution policy, as is the case with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The Note provides background information on ICANN, domain disputes regarding cybersquatting and reverse domain hijacking, and the Policy. It then explains how ICANN’s dispute resolution providers’ expansive decisions have weakened the Policy by removing the internal limitations that made it strong and effective. Finally, …