http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Cedric Manara on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-04-04T09:02:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/updating_anti_cybersquatting_regime http://www.circleid.com/posts/updating_anti_cybersquatting_regime Sealing the cracks: a proposal to update the anti-cybersquatting regime to combat advertising-based cybersquatting is the title of an article by Christopher Varas in the April issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. In this article, the author labels "modern cybersquatting" the monetization of domain names through PPC advertisements, and says that brand owners lack effective tools to combat this practice... More...]]> 2008-04-04T09:02:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/french_nic_warns_domain_slamming http://www.circleid.com/posts/french_nic_warns_domain_slamming AFNIC (the French NIC), there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of slamming since the beginning of this year. ...To fight against these practices, AFNIC issued a guide where it describes different categories of slamming... More...]]> 2006-09-14T15:20:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_first_french_judicial_decision_over_eu http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_first_french_judicial_decision_over_eu More...]]> 2006-01-24T10:44:52-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_containing_trademark_translation http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_containing_trademark_translation D2005-1085): Complainant (Saint-Exupery estate) owns "Le Petit Prince" in EU, US, and other countries. The translation of "Le Petit Prince" is "The little prince". Respondent registered 'thelittleprince.com'. Is such a domain name confusingly similar to the trademark? More...]]> 2006-01-17T13:14:07-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_legal_framework_for_online_identity http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_legal_framework_for_online_identity 'Trademark Law and the Social Construction of Trust: Creating the Legal Framework for On-Line Identity' in which she argues that, to determine what rules should govern on-line identity, we should look to trademark law, which has the best set of rules to deal with the way reputation is created in cyberspace. More...]]> 2005-11-10T08:40:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/eu_domain_name_contract_signed_registration_could_begin_in_six_to_nine_mont http://www.circleid.com/posts/eu_domain_name_contract_signed_registration_could_begin_in_six_to_nine_mont More...]]> 2004-10-13T19:11:01-08:00