Organisation: Electronic Frontier Foundation

In our latest round-up, we look at the Danish Superliga preventing a European Super League trademark registration, and much more.

19 March 2024

The growth of e-commerce and m-commerce is making life easy for counterfeiters, but legislators and courts may yet come to the rescue of IP owners, while consumers are becoming more receptive to messages about brand integrity.

07 July 2022

A newly published missive has contended that ICANN staff bypassed the multi-stakeholder process and took policymaking into their own hands during the development of the Trademark Clearinghouse.

10 November 2021

The Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce (SHOP SAFE) Act has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. 

30 September 2021

A Third Circuit decision allowing a US news anchor to sue Facebook for the unauthorised use of her image could lead to a wave of state-law claims against internet companies and online platforms, legal experts warn.

28 September 2021

ICANN has responded to the EFF's concerns over Ethos Capital acquiring a controlling interest in Donuts and its call for the removal of Donuts’ voluntary IP protection mechanisms.

09 June 2021

The recommendations now go to ICANN for adoption, with the review of the UDRP becoming the next battleground for rights holders.

24 May 2021

GoDaddy Registry is to acquire the ‘.club’ and ‘.design’ TLDs, as well as 28 domain extensions owned and operated by MMX. The news broke just over a week after Ethos Capital completed an investment to acquire a controlling interest in Donuts. 

12 April 2021

Three amicus curiae briefs have been delivered to the US Supreme Court ahead of its long-anticipated ruling in USPTO v Booking.com. WTR spoke to two experts to see how these briefs may influence the United States' highest court.

16 January 2020

The registry operator of the ‘.us’ domain name and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have lifted a prohibition on the so-called "seven dirty words" in '.us' domain name registrations.

05 October 2018