http://dva.2010.managingip.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ManagingInternetIp©2011 Managing Intellectual Property60Managing Internet IPIncreased efforts to curb online distribution of counterfeit drugs led to the seizure of 2.3 million counterfeit pills last year, according to a report from the so-called US IP tsar http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2769964/IP-tsar-targets-fake-drugs.htmlTue, 15 Feb 2011 22:44:00 GMTA California court has confirmed that registrar Tucows is not obliged to reveal the details of a registrant using a privacy servicehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2746337/Registrars-not-obliged-to-reveal-users-of-privacy-services.htmlMon, 10 Jan 2011 22:15:00 GMTThe US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court’s ruling that downloads of musical works do not constitute public performances http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2681398/US-court-denies-public-performance-right-for-music-downloads.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2010 08:51:00 GMTAfter months of grueling debate, the working group considering cross-ownership in new gTLDs failed to reach consensushttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2680611/Vertical-integration-group-raises-white-flag.htmlThu, 30 Sep 2010 22:09:00 GMTThe Octogen line was one of the most debated developments in the UDRP in recent years. Managing Internet IP looks at the theory and traces its risehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2672233/A-brief-history-of-the-Octogen-line.htmlThu, 16 Sep 2010 11:23:00 GMTBrand owners and trade mark practitioners cringed as panellists explained the potential impact of Icann’s imminent gTLD expansionhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2667045/Trade-mark-professionals-decry-Icann-gTLD-plan.htmlWed, 15 Sep 2010 09:48:00 GMTThe ICM Registry has issued an angry riposte to the Free Speech Coalition's letter requesting transparency from Icann on .xxxhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2666349/Latest-shots-in-xxx-debate.htmlTue, 14 Sep 2010 10:25:00 GMTSome outsiders believe the Icann nomination process is opaque and undemocratic. Managing Internet IP examines how it works, and explains why it resembles the Football World Cuphttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2664539/How-Icann-got-its-new-directors.htmlThu, 09 Sep 2010 19:26:00 GMTA “flagrantly insupportable claim” led to the finding that M Corentin Benoit Thiercelin brought his complaint against CyberDeal’s domain name in bad faithhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2657030/VirtualExpo-in-fifth-reverse-domain-finding-this-year.htmlWed, 25 Aug 2010 19:09:00 GMTA New York judge has given trade mark owners the green light to claim jurisdiction in New York against online sellers of counterfeit goods operating elsewhere, in certain circumstanceshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2646413/Chlo-wins-jurisdiction-battle-with-online-counterfeit-seller.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 02:00:00 GMTRecent decisions by Europe’s highest court have emboldened Google to allow companies to use competitors’ trade marks as keywords in Europehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2644914/Google-extends-keyword-policy-to-Europe.htmlWed, 04 Aug 2010 16:22:00 GMTPanellist Richard Lyons slammed a complainant’s claim that its “interests are more important” than respondent’shttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2644903/UDRP-complaint-abusive-says-panellist.htmlWed, 04 Aug 2010 16:15:00 GMTOnline marketing company web.com has completed its previously announced acquisition of register.com for $135 millionhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2644598/Webcom-completes-135-million-acquisition.htmlWed, 04 Aug 2010 10:20:00 GMTKeyword systems that allow Chinese people enter one word rather than a full URL to find a website have had there dispute policies updatedhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2643752/CNNIC-updates-keyword-dispute-policies.htmlTue, 03 Aug 2010 11:38:00 GMTThe Financial Times’s Lex column asked whether domain-name investing can be considered an alternative asset class, similar to art or rare coinshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2643704/FT-considers-domain-investing.htmlTue, 03 Aug 2010 10:54:00 GMTThe secondary-domain broker Sedo’s volume of sales for Q2 was down on Q1 but were of greater valuehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2643010/Sedo-sales-hit-22-million-for-Q2.htmlMon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:00 GMTAn Indian arbitration centre has applied to Icann to become a UDRP providerhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641756/Potential-fifth-UDRP-provider-emerges.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe need for more compliance is one of the few consensus positions to emerge from the vertical integration working group, but no recommendation on a cross-ownership model appears imminenthttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2640071/Group-urges-stronger-compliance-enforcement-for-new-gTLDs.htmlWed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTFor failing to comply with Icann’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement, 123 Registration has had its domain names bulk transferred to Name Beyondhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641758/Icann-de-accredits-123-Registration.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBlackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired the blackpad.com fuelling speculation that it will produce a rival to the iPadhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641759/RIM-acquires-domain-blackpadcom.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTBlackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired blackpad.com fuelling speculation that it will produce a rival to the iPadhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2641775/RIM-acquires-domain-blackpadcom.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe high-profile battle between Google and Louis Vuitton over the use of keyword advertising is not yet over, after France’s highest court sent the dispute back to the Paris Court of Appealshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636917/Frances-top-court-rules-in-Google-AdWords-case.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIcann has confirmed that senior director for contractual compliance David Giza has left the organisationhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636804/Icann-senior-compliance-officer-leaves.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTUnicef is looking for a vendor to possibly help it apply for a new gTLDhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636777/Unicef-to-apply-for-new-gTLD.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe comment period for the latest draft applicant guidebook closed on July 21. Managing Internet IP rounds up some of the more interesting comments.http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636746/Who-said-what-on-DAG4.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636868/Dot-UK-hits-25.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636855/Google-spends-100-million-on-Viacom-case.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn a strongly worded letter posted online, WIPO has said it finds Icann's processes “inward looking” and subject to “registration-driven pressures”http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2636774/WIPO-hits-out-at-Icann-processes.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe cyber-locker RapidShare lost a domain dispute for rapidshare.net arguably because of a “deficiency in the UDRP”, said the panelhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2635805/Domain-name-dispute-loss-for-RapidShare.htmlThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn a decision that could have far-reaching implications, a California court has declared that a car broker’s use of the mark Lexus in two domains is nominative fair usehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2634886/Use-of-Lexus-mark-in-brokers-domain-name-is-fair-use.htmlWed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT