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IP Pitfalls When Creating a New Product Line (Or a New Company) – Part 1: Trademarks and Domains

By AWA | Posted on December 2, 2021

When creating a new product line or starting a new company, many types of considerations and preparations are necessary. Experience shows that the IP considerations are often near the bottom of the to-do list. However, not giving IP due focus may lead to substantial problems and headaches down the road. Some of these problems can...

Tags: domains, trademarks

Intellectual Property and Domains for Start-ups and Scaleups

By Joacim Lydén, Kristian Martinsson | Posted on May 22, 2020

Explores the essentials when it comes to IP and domain names for start-ups and scaleups. An expert panel focuses on practical advice and business tools available in terms of branding and trademarks, innovations and patents as well as digital assets like domain names. Hosted by value creation specialist Cathrin Johansson with expert panellists Kristian Martinsson and...

Tags: domains, inventions, IPR, patents, scaleups, startups, trademarks

WIPO panel finds that Danish start-up Acubit engaged in reverse domain name hijacking

By AWA | Posted on April 29, 2020

Technology start-up Acubit claimed that Danish trademark rules and practice should assign domain names to the relevant trademark owner. A panel from the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre disagreed, as the UDRP governs in case of reverse domain name hijacking.  Background Founded in 2016, Acubit A/S is a Danish start-up, which develops technology to locate people and objects around...

Tags: Bad faith, Denmark, domain hijacking, domains, mediation, trademarks, UDRP, WIPO

Re-registered domain names used for trademark infringements

By AWA | Posted on December 5, 2017

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently released a report based on phase two of a study concerning intellectual property infringements online. In the first phase, a qualitative study was conducted to investigate the different methods used for such infringements. It was followed up by the second phase, a quantitative study, in which...

Tags: domain name, domains, e-commerce, e-shop, EUIPO, Infringement, online, report

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