PPT-Trade-Marks and Domain Names

Martin Kratz QC Bennett Jones LLP 18 th Canadian IT Law Association 2014 has been a very active year and is setting the stage for dramatic changes for 2015 and beyond 2 TradeMarks and Domain Names. Registrability: s. 12. Registrable. & Entitlement to Register. Distinguish . Is the mark registrable?. This. is a characteristic of the mark. Who. is entitled to registration?. Who. is the owner of the mark. What Is a Domain Name?. A domain name is the user-friendly form of an Internet Protocol (IP) address that points an Internet user’s computer to the website the user wants to view. Each IP address is a string of numbers. Nicholas Smith. Barrister, Blackstone . Chambers, Panellist at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation . Center. nicholas.smith@blackstone.com.au. A CLE Presentation for the . Learned Friends professional conference, Lord Howe Island. oses only. We will not be liable for any damages and conseq uences resulting from using this manual. QU - Fill™ professional r efill t ool The QU - FILL ™ professional refill tool ena Copyrights and Patents. Revised: April . 29, . 2013. What is a Web Domain. ?. A . HOSTNAME. that identifies one or more IP addresses (web servers. ). IP address . (Internet Protocol) – identifier for a computer on the . Infringement. Three . Types of Infringement. s.19 . – Use of the . same mark in respect of the same wares. Rarely . litigated. s.20 . – Use of a confusing mark. Most . common. s.22 . – Depreciation of goodwill. Trade-marks. A trade-mark is any mark which identifies the source of the wares. Trademark in the US. Trade mark in the UK. Trade-marks. Trade-marks are protected by. The common law of passing off. Passing off was once known as unfair competition . Nicholas Smith. Barrister, Blackstone . Chambers, Panellist at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation . Center. nicholas.smith@blackstone.com.au. A CLE Presentation for the . Learned Friends professional conference, Lord Howe Island. Brexit. and Parallel Importation. China. . 2017. Jasem Tarawneh@manchester.ac.uk. . What is a Trade Mark. ‘any . sign capable of being represented graphically which is capable of distinguishing goods and services of one undertaking from those of another undertaking’ . Section 1(1) of the TMA 1994. Introduction to e-Commerce. Domain Names. 2. Domain Names. Fundamental building block of any electronic business. .. . The . fourth quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 288 million domain name registrations across all . What Is a Domain Name?. A domain name is the user-friendly form of an Internet Protocol (IP) address that points an Internet user’s computer to the website the user wants to view. Each IP address is a string of numbers. What Is a Domain Name?. A domain name is the user-friendly form of an Internet Protocol (IP) address that points an Internet user’s computer to the website the user wants to view. Each IP address is a string of numbers. WWW vs. Internet. World Wide Web. An application layer built using the Internet. Refers mostly to protocols and content. http. ftp. Email: pop, . imail. , etc.. Anything accessible via a URL.. Internet. We all know how vast the World Wide Web is. The billions of web pages that exist in the indefinite WWW is a notion that not many of us are able to grasp. But the vastness of the Internet, and the exte