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New Logo for WIPO

October 17, 2013April 29, 2010 by brooke

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) unveiled a new logo for their organization on the 26th April to correspond with a new direction they are taking for the 21st century.

The new logo is said to represent the iconic WIPO headquarters building in Geneva.

The color blue represents WIPO and the relationship they have with the United Nations.

Louis Vuitton Files a WIPO Case For Domain Name

October 17, 2013December 9, 2009 by brooke

Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), in particular Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton or LV for short, recently filed a complaint with WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for the domain: go-vuitton.com

LV is a large international French fashion and luxury brand, with well know famous Trade Marks. Louis Vuitton specializes in leather handbags, shoes and accessories.

Evicting Domain Cybersquaters

October 17, 2013November 2, 2009 by nicholas

Do you run a business that holds a trademark? Have
you gone to yourbusiness.com, only to find someone else has registered
the domain? If the domain is parked or is for sale, this may be what is known as
‘cybersquatting’.

Cybersquatting is where someone registers a domain
name they know is (or contains) a trademark, with the intent of selling it to
the trademark holder at an inflated price. Cybersquatting also includes any
other bad faith intent to profit from the use of a domain, containing a
trademark. There are practices similar to cybersquatting, such as typosquatting,
which is registering variants of popular trademarks or typos of trademarks
(hence the name).