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Bahrain has launched its new .bh open to everyone without any more restriction: no more local presence/prior right/documents requirements. Trademark holders are now invited to file their prioritised applications and registration will available to everyone from May 3rd 2022. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain ...

auDA has recently announced that Australians will be able to register domain names directly in the TLD .AU as of 24 March 2022. Up to now, only third-level domain names, such as .COM.AU, .NET.AU and .ORG.AU, could be registered in the Australian namespace. auDA CEO said of the .AU launch, “I am delighted to announce .au direct will be ...

After Facebook’s announcement that it is rebranding itself as ‘Meta’, “meta”has become top-trending keyword across portfolio of hundreds of ccTLDs. For these registrants, Facebook is one of the most aggressive enforcers of its trademark, and it’s almost guaranteed that Meta-related UDRP cases will start to appear before long. Since ...

.TV is the country code for Tuvalu, a country in the west-central Pacific Ocean.  The average height of the islands is less than 2 meters, with climate change, it’s likely that Tuvalu will disappear one day.Would .tv disappear if ever the Island of Tuvalu disappears ?The answer: “If the code element is removed, the ccTLD is eligible for ...

Takedowns can bring immediate relief for brand owners by removing a serious threat from the Internet. The suspension of a domain name will prevent registrants from adding content to it and will disable emails.   Legal teams also need to be up to date with specific registration policies. Legal teams may prefer to monitor the situation and ...

As part of a company’s enforcement strategy, legal teams will need to establish a criteria or priority system to determine which domains to recover and the appropriate methods to do so. For example, the UDRP continues to be an efficient and inexpensive method of enforcement. It also applies to most ccTLDs, which either adopt or provide an ...

  Such as sunrise registration periods, blocking services and defensive registrations.   Despite best efforts, cyber criminals will always find creative ways to hijack a company’s brand identity through the registration of confusingly similar domain names.   This is where the legal team can really shine. Armed with expert knowledge and ...

  Companies cannot be expected to register every possible variation of their brand across numerous domain extensions.   Therefore, legal teams need to collaborate with wider business groups such as marketing and IT to create the best registration strategy.   Once a company has identified which domain names require protection, the legal ...

Legal teams understand the inherent risk that come with managing a company’s valuable intellectual property.

In fact, the key elements of managing a trademark portfolio are somewhat similar to those of managing a domain portfolio.

As a result, legal teams are in the best position to establish a registration and enforcement strategy.

  - Originality.  The common .com and .org extensions are well known and widely recognized, but they’re also somewhat tired and stale. Adding a rare or new extension to the end of your URL will make your website seem more original — and more appealing to people who haven’t yet seen it. It’s a small touch that can instantly ...