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US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

4 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The operator of a US dating website, Plentyoffish, opposed an application by Plenty More, a UK dating website, to register a figurative trade mark using the words “plenty more fish”. Plentyoffish argued...

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Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

23 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Police could be given powers to suspend the use of domain names and websites without getting a court order. Nominet – the domain name registry in charge of the operation of the “.uk” domain names...

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Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

The Polish president has signed a law banning online poker in the country, which is intended to take effect later this year. The law permits sports betting (provided it is based on ‘real world’ events)...

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ICANN gives go ahead to creation of any top level domain name in any language

28 June 2011 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

People will be able to create any top-level domain in any language in any script from 2012 after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has ended years of debate, discussion and...

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New XXX Internet addresses set up for porn industry, despite widespread opposition

31 March 2011 | Mark Weston

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has agreed to create a new top-level domain for the pornography industry. From June, the new domain names ending in “.xxx” will be on...

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High Court awards injunction to stop ex-agent using domain names similar to his ex-client’s – Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, High Court

21 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The High Court has awarded an injunction to stop the agent of its previous client from using three domain names that were confusingly similar to its ex-client’s domain names. Lifestyle Management was...

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If you’re international, you’re international – Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller, ECJ

20 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on the criteria such as an online business with a ‘top-level’ .com or .eu domain name, or that has international dialing codes for phone numbers on its...

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US takes action against file-sharing and counterfeit product sites

6 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The United States government, through the Customs Enforcement Agency branch of the Department for Homeland Security, has shut down more than 70 websites that are alleged to have been offering pirate content...

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New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

5 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has proposed that Nominet (the UK domain name registry) should have the power to close down domain names if they are involved in criminal activity, such as...

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OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

18 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has taken action against five websites that the OFT allege misled consumers into paying a fee for a free health card. When UK citizens go abroad within the European Union, they...

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Latest news and views tagged domain name

US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

ICANN gives go ahead to creation of any top level domain name in any language

New XXX Internet addresses set up for porn industry, despite widespread opposition

High Court awards injunction to stop ex-agent using domain names similar to his ex-client’s – Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, High Court

If you’re international, you’re international – Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller, ECJ

US takes action against file-sharing and counterfeit product sites

New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

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