Policy panel recommends retention of .au eligibility requirements
The Names Policy Panel of the .au domain administrator, auDA, has recommended the retention of the eligibility requirements for registration of a .au domain name. In its report to the auDA Board of its review of the policy framework underlying the allocation and use of domain names in the .au domain space, the Panel noted ... Read the full post ...
“Champagne” not a trademark for a UDRP action
The owners of the wine geographical indication “Champagne” failed in an action under the UDRP to win the domain name “champagne.co”. Although the WIPO panellist recognised that the Complainant had rights under French law to “champagne” as an appellation of origin, these rights did not equate to rights in a “trademark” for the purposes of ... Read the full post ...
ANA slams ICANN’s new TLD program
The United States Association of National Advertisers has written to ICANN objecting to introduction of the new TLD program. ANA claims that the program “is economically unsupportable and likely to cause irreparable harm and damage”, and “violates common sense”. According to ANA research, there is no consensus support for the program among businesses, consumers, academics, researchers, ... Read the full post ...
Optus launches pre-emptive strike on TV cloud storage
The Australian telecommunications company Optus has filed Federal Court proceedings seeking a declaration that its ‘TV Now’ service does not infringe copyright. TV Now provide Optus customers with the ability to order recordings of free-to-air TV shows for later downloading and viewing on mobile phones or computers. A similar service in Singapore, provided by RecordTV, ... Read the full post ...
A-G to host roundtable on online copyright infringement
The Australian Attorney-General has announced that his department will host an industry roundtable seeking a consensus solution to combatting online infringement of copyright material. Despite the Attorney-General’s encouragement, copyright owners and ISPs have not been able to agree a procedure for removing the Internet access of repeat infringing downloaders. The roundtable is an attempt to ... Read the full post ...
Court refuses to uphold mandatory mediation clause
The Federal Magistrate’s Court recently refused to stay proceedings in a case brought by a party that had failed to comply with a mandatory mediation clause. The case shows that even though a party to a contract may have promised to not commence legal proceedings until it had first engaged in mediation, the court will not ... Read the full post ...
iiNet case off to the High Court of Australia
The film companies suing internet service provider iiNet for copyright infringement have won leave to appeal to the High Court to overturn a recent Full Federal Court appeal decision in favour of iiNet. The case will be heard in 2012. Source: Copyright Society of Australia ... Read the full post ...
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