Revised rules govern domain name disputes; to adequately preserve their rights, new registrants should file for trademark protection
Article Abstract:
Network Solutions Inc. (NSI) administers most domain names and on Sept 9, 1996, revised the rules on the handling of domain name disputes. This revised policy implies that continued Internet viability will take more than domain name registration. Trademark registration and searches will be necessary. As attorneys are increasingly asked for advice on domain name registration, they must be knowledgeable about trademark law and NSI policy. Trademark and domain-name applications should be submitted for clients to be sure the rules on domain-name registration are being followed.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Digital pirates are plundering performance rights
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Computer users on the Internet frequently copy and replay music without paying the requisite royalties to publishers and recording artists, revealing the law's present inadequacy to confront the changing face of such rights. The performance right regarding broadcast of a song is implicated, as is the mechanical right concerning duplication of a recording, and sometimes the rights to print music or synchronize images to it. Counsel should consider online transfer of such data as duplications and get the relevant licenses.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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EC registration offers advantages to owners; registrants are offered a single process for the protection and renewal of marks EC-wide
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The European Community on Apr 1, 1996, oopened a new trademark office, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which will administer a unitary, EC-wide system to protect trademarks. The CTM, or EC trademark registration which will protect marks in all of the EC's 15 members will be the system's cornerstone. EC member countries will still have their own national trademark laws, but the CTM will create a new level of trademark jurisprudence. The CTM process offers both advantages and drawbacks.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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