by cwbadmin | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Expedia Inc. and Hotels.com LP, owners of the EXPEDIA and HOTELS.COM marks, respectively, filed a UDRP complaint against a Dubai tour operator and registrant of the disputed domain names, expedia.co.ae and hotels.co.ae. The domain names routed to websites which...
by cwbadmin | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Trade Mark Office (“TMO”) in Bahrain has issued opposition decisions without scheduling a hearing where the parties involved can present arguments before the opposition committee. The Bahrain Trade Mark Act allows for opposition of published marks by anyone...
by cwbadmin | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
WIPO issued a UDRP decision confirming that the unauthorised use of a registered trade mark on a website or in a domain name can substantiate an allegation of bad faith in a domain name action. Shutterstock Inc., the owner of several registrations for the SHUTTERSTOCK...
by cwbadmin | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Kuwait Court of Appeal ruled that 3D design marks are capable of registration. The Court determined that the applicant’s mark was not an industrial design as argued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (“MOCI”), but rather that the mark was a drawing of a...
by cwbadmin | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Syrian Trade Mark Office is requiring legalised Israel boycott declarations from all trade mark applicants. This declaration is in a questionnaire format and seeks confirmation from trade mark applicants as to...
