ACPA

Bad Faith Supports Preliminary Injunction Under the ACPA

A motion for a preliminary injunction was granted to prevent continued use of the plaintiff’s mark in the defendants’s domain name where the plaintiff was likely to succeed on the merits of its claim under the Anticybe… Read More

Answering an In Rem Action Against a Domain Name under the ACPA

The Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d) allows a trademark owner to “file an in rem civil action against a domain name in the judicial district in which the domain name registrar, domain name regist… Read More

Misrepresentation in UDRP Proceeding Violates ACPA

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings are easy to bring, and, some say, easy to abuse.  One recent case, if the plaintiff’s allegations are true, illustrates the latter point.  Misrepresenting, i… Read More

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