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Protecting Trademarks from the .xxx Domain

By Elizabeth T Russell • Sep 26th, 2011 • Category: Business Law, Intellectual Property Law, Newest Post

Synopsis
The owners of trademark registrations issued before September 1, 2011 have a short window of time within which to block others from registering their trademarks as .xxx domains.
Background
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the nonprofit organization charged with coordinating the internet’s naming system. As [...]


The Good Ole Days of “.com” Are Fading Fast

By Elizabeth T Russell • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Intellectual Property Law, Newest Post

You’re starting a business and (after conducting a thorough trademark search) have settled on a Very Clever Name. You log in to your favorite domain registry and snap up VeryCleverName.com. Your budget is limited, but you know it’s good practice to build as extensive a domain portfolio as possible, so you also purchase variations of [...]