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*** Cybersquatting complaints reach record high in 2008 ***
CD/DVD of a 90-minute CLE teleconference with Q&A
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Conducted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Now available on CD/DVD
Price: $297
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Please note: You will be taken to the Strafford website to complete your order. |
 This seminar will examine cybersquatting threats to domain names and outline steps for businesses to protect their domain names from infringement and dilution.
Description
Domain names, including a company’s trademarks, represent its brand identity online. Worldwide, there are over one billion users on the Internet searching for goods, services and information about brand owners. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent online every year.
Cybersquatting through the registration of domain names that use or are confusingly similar to a known trademark causes consumer confusion, brand dilution, increased expense and loss of sales for trademark owners.
As cybersquatters become increasingly sophisticated in registering domain names and displaying content to profit from the brand identity and goodwill associated with trademarks owned by others, attorneys must arm themselves to protect their clients’ valuable IP rights.
Listen as our authoritative panel of IP attorneys examines cybersquatting and other online trademark abuses. The panel will offer their experienced guidance on effective legal strategies to protect domain names from infringement and dilution.
Outline
- Background
- How the domain name system works
- What is a domain name
- Types of domain names
- Intersection between domain names and trademarks
- Differences between domain names and trademarks
- Direct navigation
- Cybersquatting
- Domain name disputes
- UDRP/arbitration
- ACPA/litigation
- Domain name protection strategies
- Preemptive registration
- Trademark watch
- New top-level domains
- Dispute procedures
- Other topics
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How do cybersquatters take advantage of the domain name system?
- What factors should be considered when assessing the trademark threat and damage of domain names?
- How can IP owners reduce the risks and costs due to cybersquatting?
- What are the key steps that companies can take to protect their domain names and trademarks from infringement and dilution?
Following the speaker presentations, you’ll have an opportunity to listen to the original live Q&A.
Faculty
Paul D. McGrady, Jr.,
Greenberg Traurig, Chicago
He concentrates his practice at the intersection of information technology and intellectual property, with special emphasis on domain name disputes, CAN-SPAM Disputes, Computer Fraud & Abuse Act disputes, and online copyright and brand identity disputes. He also has experience employing the formal and informal domain dispute mechanisms in other jurisdictions.
Karol A. Kepchar, Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C.
She heads the firm’s Trademark, Copyright and Internet Practice. She advises clients on a wide variety of issues, including domain name disputes and the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. She also counsels clients on ICANN arbitration procedures, privacy and data security issues, global and regional branding programs, licensing and strategic alliance agreements, and TTAB proceedings.
Ira J. Levy, Partner
Goodwin Procter, New York
His practice focuses on the litigation of patent, trademark, copyright, false advertising and related matters for an array of industries and in a variety of technical disciplines. He has extensive experience with disputes involving the Internet, new media and e-commerce, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and chemistry; electronics, computers and telecommunications; and industrial and consumer products.
Register Today!
Price covers an unlimited number of staff at your office location. Can’t participate in the live seminar? A CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts, will be available 10 days after the seminar.
Continuing Legal Education (CD)
Continuing Legal Education credits for listening to the CD are granted in NY and CT and processing is available for an additional $65 per person per state.
Other states may grant MCLE credits for listening to the conference CD-check with your state about applying for self-study credit on CD-listening.
Please note: You will be taken to the
Strafford website to complete your order.
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