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Negative Option Marketers Face Additional Scrutiny in Light of Recent Developments in The Federal and State Regulatory Landscapes
A brief survey of the FTC’s New Click-to-Cancel Rule, the recently amended California Automatic Renewal Law, ROSCA, and the Visa and Mastercard Negative Option Rules.
Domain Name Infringement: How to Quickly Recover Your Stolen Domain Name Through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
In today’s fast-paced digital age, your business’ registered domain name is an increasingly valuable asset for your brand and online reputation. As our recent win for internet giant Namecheap, Inc. confirms, trademark holders must be hypervigilant due to the spike in domain name theft, commonly referred to as “cybersquatting,” “typosquatting” or “look-alike domain attacks.” This article will outline some of the most common types of domain name infringement, the best ways to proactively protect your company’s interests, and how to effectively recover your domain name from any bad actors using an expedited arbitration process called the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
How Corporate Defendants Should Handle Discovery Verification: Best Practices and Potential Pitfalls
As a corporate defendant, you are exposed to risk if you or your in-house counsel are not properly verifying discovery response requests. Here’s why you should designate one point person to process all information requests, gather the relevant documentation, and execute the verification process through to completion.
Rome LLP has filed suit on behalf of the world’s second largest domain name registrar, Namecheap, against ICANN for failing to implement a ruling it obtained through an Independent Review Process (IRP) as a means of protesting ICANN’s unilateral decision to remove price caps on .org and .info domain names.
The IRP Panel, in a 170-page ruling, determined that ICANN did indeed violate its articles and bylaws and presented directions and recommendations for corrective action. However, ICANN failed to implement the IRP Panel's directions and recommendations.
