Doug Isenberg gave a presentation on December 12, 2012, on "Domain Name Legal Issues for the Hospitality Industry" at the Guest-tek Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Las Vegas. Guest-tek is the world’s largest provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based technology solutions for the hospitality industry.
Franchise Times Magazine Interviews Doug Isenberg About Cybersquatting
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 Speaks at GSU on 'Everything Trademark Owners Ever Wanted to Know About the New Domain Name Process'
Doug Isenberg spoke at the Georgia State University Corporate Intellectual Property Institute on October 25, 2012. His one-hour presentation was titled, "Everything Trademark Owners Ever Wanted to Know About the New Domain Name Process." The Institute is produced as a collaboration between the GSU College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.
Doug Isenberg Attends WIPO Meeting in Geneva
Doug Isenberg attended the annual meeting of domain name panelists at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva on Monday, October 22, 2012. This year's meeting was attended by about 100 domain name panelists worldwide and included presentations and updates about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and rights-protection mechanisms for the new global top-level domains (gTLDs).
Doug Isenberg Speaks on 'Perspectives on New gTLDs'
Doug Isenberg participated in a panel discussion October 11, 2012, at the MarkMonitor Forum in San Francisco. The panel's title was "Managing a Changing Online Environment -- Perspectives on New gTLDs." The panel was moderated by Elisa Cooper of MarkMonitor and, in addition to Mr. Isenberg, included Susan Kawaguchi of Facebook, Christopher Sloan of Liberty Mutual and Beth Allegretti of Fox.
