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What You Really Need to Know About ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse

Doug Isenberg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:29:02 +0000

In a new blog post at “Isenberg On Domains,” Doug Isenberg writes about, “What You Really Need to Know About ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse.” In the post, Isenberg writes that:

Registering a trademark with the TMCH does not entitle you to any domain names.
TMCH participants are not guaranteed domain name registrations even during the sunrise periods.
The TMCH’s “Trademark Claims Service” won’t prevent cybersquatting.
The TMCH’s attenuated protections are limited to “exact matches” and other narrow criteria.

To read the complete blog post, click here.

Doug Isenberg Attends Meeting of Anti-Cyberhate Working Group

Doug Isenberg — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:00:14 +0000

Doug Isenberg, who recently joined the Anti-Cyberhate Working Group that was convened by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), attended a meeting of the group at Facebook’s offices in Menlo Park, California, on March 22, 2013. As the ADL said in an announcement last year, the Anti-Cyberhate Working Group is composed of industry, academics, NGOs and others to “build best practices for understanding, reporting upon and responding to Internet hate.”

Doug Isenberg Quoted in New York Daily News

Doug Isenberg — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:10:34 +0000

Doug Isenberg was quoted in an article in the New York Daily News on January 14, 2013, “Small businesses need to protect themselves from Web copycats who steal their site content.”

From the Blog “Isenberg On Domains”: Another Record Year for Domain Name Disputes

Doug Isenberg — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:33:54 +0000

In a post at his blog “Isenberg On Domains,” Doug Isenberg writes:

The numbers tell the story: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) received 2,884 domain name disputes in 2012, its most ever. The number of cases has risen ever year since 2003, with one exception in 2009 (the year following the global recession).

In addition, the total number of domain names in dispute (because one case can include multiple domain names) also hit a record level last year, reaching 5,081 domain names.

To read the entire blog post, titled “Another Record Year for Domain Name Disputes,” click here.

Doug Isenberg Selected as ‘Legal Elite’

Doug Isenberg — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:45:33 +0000

Georgia Trend magazine has included Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm as one of its 2012 “Legal Elite” in its December issue. Isenberg was one of only 25 attorneys listed in the magazine’s “Technology Law” category.

According to the magazine, the selection indicates that Isenberg has been “recognized as one of the state’s top lawyers.”

Doug Isenberg Speaks on “Domain Name Legal Issues for the Hospitality Industry”

Doug Isenberg — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:01:55 +0000

Doug Isenberg gave a presentation on December 12, 2012, on “Domain Name Legal Issues for the Hospitality Industry” at the Guest-tek Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Las Vegas. Guest-tek is the world’s largest provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based technology solutions for the hospitality industry.

Franchise Times Magazine Interviews Doug Isenberg About Cybersquatting

Doug Isenberg — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:46:30 +0000

Franchise Times magazine interviewed attorney Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm about cybersquatting in an article published in the November/December 2012 issue, under the headline, “‘Serial offender’ keeps going, at expense of 90 major brands.”

The article focused on a cybesquatter, Jason Rager a/k/a Paydues, who has registered numerous domain names containing trademarks owned by well-known franchisors. In May 2012, Isenberg won a case for Holiday Inn against Paydues under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

In the article, Isenberg advises trademark owners that face cybersquatting problems: “Do something. It may be impossible to pursue every cybersquatter, but the right thing to do is at least pursue those that are causing the most problems, and to make yourself known as a trademark owner who enforces the brand online.”

To read the article in Franchise Times, click here.

Doug Isenberg Speaks at GSU on ‘Everything Trademark Owners Ever Wanted to Know About the New Domain Name Process’

Doug Isenberg — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:25:55 +0000

Doug Isenberg spoke at the Georgia State University Corporate Intellectual Property Institute on October 25, 2012. His one-hour presentation was titled, “Everything Trademark Owners Ever Wanted to Know About the New Domain Name Process.”

The Institute is produced as a collaboration between the GSU College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.

Doug Isenberg Attends WIPO Meeting in Geneva

Doug Isenberg — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:18:18 +0000

Doug Isenberg attended the annual meeting of domain name panelists at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva on Monday, October 22, 2012. This year’s meeting was attended by about 100 domain name panelists worldwide and included presentations and updates about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and rights-protection mechanisms for the new global top-level domains (gTLDs).

Doug Isenberg Speaks on ‘Perspectives on New gTLDs’

Doug Isenberg — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:34:02 +0000

Doug Isenberg participated in a panel discussion October 11, 2012, at the MarkMonitor Forum in San Francisco. The panel’s title was “Managing a Changing Online Environment — Perspectives on New gTLDs.” The panel was moderated by Elisa Cooper of MarkMonitor and, in addition to Mr. Isenberg, included Susan Kawaguchi of Facebook, Christopher Sloan of Liberty Mutual and Beth Allegretti of Fox.