Is the Ninth Circuit a Fair Assessment?

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Stolen domain lawsuits are all filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. The question is, what is the date of registration? And so where this becomes particularly important is say, Prudential didn't have a trademark back when the domain was originally registered. When I sell it, it kind of resets the clock.

A recent court case does little to settle the “re-registration” question. A Court of Appeals decision last month widened the gulf between different U.S. circuits on a critical question in finding bad faith under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA): when the domain was registered. Or “re-registered”, as it were. On today’s show Ben Barlow, […]

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