Organisation: Telstra

We scrutinise the data to reveal the 50 companies with the largest portfolios in five major jurisdictions.

13 July 2023

A recent UDRP decision involving the domain name ‘lotto.com’ highlights that simply holding a matching trademark is not sufficient for a complainant to succeed under the UDRP.

06 March 2020

The decision in MiWay Insurance Limited v Domains By Proxy LLC/Sahi highlights the difficulties in proving registration in bad faith of a passively-held domain name under the UDRP.

21 November 2019

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World Trademark Review takes a deep dive into the top Asia-Pacific trademark offices and how they are modernising their systems to better protect applicants and streamline procedures. While this has positively affected filing levels, economic performance and domestic businesses will be key going forward.

01 October 2019

World Trademark Review provides a breakdown of the Australian trademark landscape.

01 December 2017

In a recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy decision a three-member panel from the World Intellectual Property Organisation Arbitration and Mediation Centre denied the transfer of a domain name because the complainant failed to demonstrate that it was registered and used in bad faith.

13 September 2017

In a recent domain name dispute before WIPO, a German toy manufacturer has obtained the transfer of a ‘.nl’ domain name identically reproducing its trademark under the Dispute Resolution Regulations for ‘.nl’ Domain Names. The decision shows that, whilst many ccTLDs have adopted their own domain name dispute resolution policies, UDRP precedents and principles are an important source of reference.

11 April 2017

A WIPO panel has ordered the transfer of a domain name under the UDRP because, although the domain name had never been used for an active website, it had been used to send fraudulent emails in an attempted cyber fraud. The case shows that brand owners should consider defensively registering obvious variations of their brands to keep them from falling into the wrong hands and being used to commit what could be a very serious cybercrime.

10 February 2017

In <i>Australian Olympic Committee Inc v Telstra Corporation Limited</i>, the Australian Olympic Committee failed in an action against Telstra in respect of certain television advertisements and internet postings relating to broadcasts of the coverage of the Rio Olympics by Channel Seven and the sponsorship by Telstra of those broadcasts and internet rebroadcasts.

19 September 2016

In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy before the World Intellectual Property Organisation, a panel denied the transfer of a domain name as a result of the respondent's <i>bona fide</i> offering of goods or services.

15 February 2016