Franchise Times magazine interviewed attorney Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm about cybersquatting in an article published in the November/December 2012 issue, under the headline, "'Serial offender' keeps going, at expense of 90 major brands." The article focused on a cybesquatter, Jason Rager a/k/a Paydues, who has registered numerous domain names containing trademarks owned by well-known franchisors. In May 2012, Isenberg won a case for Holiday Inn against Paydues under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
In the article, Isenberg advises trademark owners that face cybersquatting problems: "Do something. It may be impossible to pursue every cybersquatter, but the right thing to do is at least pursue those that are causing the most problems, and to make yourself known as a trademark owner who enforces the brand online."
To read the article in Franchise Times, click here.
Doug Isenberg was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the field of technology law.
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