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	<title>Prof. Andrew Christie &#187; Trade Marks in Cyberspace</title>
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		<title>auDRP Overview 2.0 published</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[auDA has today published the auDRP Overview 2.0, which updates and greatly expands on the initial (2014) publication. The auDRP Overview 2.0 identifies the consensus views of Panels, drawn from the 600+ decisions since commencement of the auDRP, on more 60 key issues.]]></description>
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		<title>auDA applies auDRP to .au direct registrations &#8230; and to registrations in all other namespaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 06:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 24 March 2022, it has been possible to register domain names at the second level (e.g., example.au) in the .au ccTLD.  These registrations are referred to as .au direct registrations. It was always the intention that the .au ccTLD equivalent of the ICANN UDRP, the .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP), would apply to .au direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Topics to Follow During ICANN 57 in Hyderabad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 07:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The key issues for consideration at the forthcoming ICANN 57 meeting, according to Mayer Brown, are: ICANN Accountability Post-IANA Transition Geographic Names Domain Name Registration Data Trademark Rights Protection Mechanism Review Content Regulation, Mitigating Abuse and Enhancing Trust in the DNS Subsequent Procedures for Additional New gTLD Applications]]></description>
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		<title>Six key issues under consideration at ICANN 56</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 03:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance of Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dispute resolution mechanisms, a further round of new gTLD applications, and enhancing accountability are among the key issues to be considered at the 56th meeting of ICANN being held in Helsinki. A discussion of the following 6 key issues under consideration at ICANN 56 is set out in a Mayer Brown report: Review of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian court finds non-infringing the use of competitor&#8217;s trade mark for AdWords</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/australian-court-finds-non-infringing-the-use-of-competitors-trade-mark-for-adwords/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/australian-court-finds-non-infringing-the-use-of-competitors-trade-mark-for-adwords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 02:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Court of Australia has held that it is not an infringement of a competitor&#8217;s registered trade mark: (i) to use the trade mark as a keyword for triggering a Google AdWords sponsored link, or (ii) to use the trade mark in the text of the sponsored link in its descriptive sense. In Veda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five key take-aways from ICANN 55 meeting in Marrakesh</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/five-key-take-aways-from-icann-55-meeting-in-marrakesh/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/five-key-take-aways-from-icann-55-meeting-in-marrakesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a summary of the key outcomes of the 55th meeting of ICANN in Marrakesh, March 2016, see this Mayer Brown report.]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re not the Internet content police, says ICANN</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/were-not-the-internet-content-police-says-icann/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/were-not-the-internet-content-police-says-icann/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship of Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defamation in Cyberspace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jurisdiction in Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy in Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ICANN has declared it is not, and cannot be, a content regulator. In a recent blog post, ICANN&#8217;s Chief Contract Compliance Officer, Allen R. Grogan, states ICANN &#8220;was never granted, nor was it ever intended that ICANN be granted, the authority to act as a regulator of Internet content&#8221;. Accordingly, despite calls for it to do so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>.sucks extends sunrise registration period</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/sucks-extends-sunrise-registration-period/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/sucks-extends-sunrise-registration-period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The registry for the .sucks TLD has extended its controversial sunrise registration period by three weeks. The registry claims the move is due to the fact that &#8220;far too many intellectual property lawyers, company executives and brand owners were unaware of the registry&#8221;. Critics claim the move is &#8220;possible overreaching &#8230; for the purpose of taking additional profits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domain name registrars on US list of &#8220;notorious markets&#8221; for IP infringement</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/domain-name-registrars-on-us-list-of-notorious-markets-for-ip-infringement/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/domain-name-registrars-on-us-list-of-notorious-markets-for-ip-infringement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US Trade Representative (USTR) has, for the first time, included domain name registrars in its list of &#8220;Notorious Markets&#8221; for online trademark counterfeiting. The Notorious Markets list identifies markets that, due to the scale of infringing activity, cause economic harm to US IP rights holders. The most recent list includes domain name registrars, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK court extends ISP site blocking remedy to online trademark infringement</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/uk-court-extends-isp-site-blocking-remedy-to-online-trademark-infringement/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/uk-court-extends-isp-site-blocking-remedy-to-online-trademark-infringement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jurisdiction in Cyberspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UK High Court has held that trademark holders may be granted site-blocking injunctions against ISPs, despite the absence of an express provision to that effect in the legislation. Site-blocking injunctions pursuant to s97A CDPA are now well established in relation to online copyright infringement.  The judgment in Cartier International and Others vs BSkyB and others [...]]]></description>
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