<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">There is no post domain dispute “appeal” right in the UK after the Air Emirates decision. Although that case dealt with a post DRS .co.uk domain, the reasoning applies to the UDRP just as well (regardless of what I might think of the judge’s logic).</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This is a continuing issue for UDRP purposes. The language as written simply presumed that a post UDRP claim of sorts existed “just like in the US”. This is hardly the case.</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> It is for this reason that I long ago reversed my original advise to clients regarding where to register. I advise registering all valuable domains with a US registrar. This serves several purposes:</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It gives them the ability to file post-UDRP under the ACPA</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It gives them a virtual slam dunk on any claim involving a non-use registered trademark</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It gives them the ability to challenge the distinctive nature of the underlying trademark</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It gives them the ability to seek damages</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>They can still opt NOT to pursue the claim if they are concerned about a possible counterclaim.</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">I</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> continue to cringe on ICANN Working Group calls whenever I hear US attorneys speak up. They repeatedly fail to understand that the real world is not like “their” world.</font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">PRK</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> <<a href="mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org">gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 8:23 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org">gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org">gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Fwd: HMRC recover two domain names using their trademark<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div dir="auto"><div>FYI, here's a just published WIPO UDRP decision in which the UK's taxing authority successfully recovered two domains. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">While the respondent resided in the UK and thus any "appeal" would have been to a UK court (presuming that the registrars were similarly situated) this filing still involved acceptance of the mutual jurisdiction clause by a sovereign
entity. <br><br>
Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
<div>Virtualaw LLC</div><div>1155 F Street, NW</div><div>Suite 1050</div><div>Washington, DC 20004</div><div>202-559-8597/Direct</div><div>202-559-8750/Fax</div><div>202-255-6172/Cell</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: @VLawDC</div><div><br></div><div>"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>
Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 3, 2017 at 2:18:33 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>HMRC recover two domain names using their trademark</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/hmrc-recover-two-domain-names-using-their-trademark-4988?utm_source=World+IP+Review&utm_campaign=3247f97d3b-TBO_Digital_Newsletter_19_04_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76dcadc01-3247f97d3b-27370301">http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/hmrc-recover-two-domain-names-using-their-trademark-4988?utm_source=World+IP+Review&utm_campaign=3247f97d3b-TBO_Digital_Newsletter_19_04_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76dcadc01-3247f97d3b-27370301</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span><br><span>Virtualaw LLC</span><br><span>1155 F Street, NW</span><br><span>Suite 1050</span><br><span>Washington, DC 20004</span><br><span>202-559-8597/Direct</span><br><span>202-559-8750/Fax</span><br><span>202-255-6172/Cell</span><br><span></span><br><span>Twitter: @VLawDC</span><br><span></span><br><span>"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div>
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