Trademark owner loses claim over domain
The case below has caught our attention after a French company called “Exploitation des Services Auxiliaires Aeriens Servair” established in 1971 made a UDRP complainaint against a domain owner who had registered serv-air.com on September 2010.
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0608
The disputed domain name...
Spanish Data Protection Check – How To Search the AEPD Database
Data protection in Spain is a serious issue and the Spanish Government has a stern view on individuals, communities and companies that do not comply with the strict rules set out for this purpose.
You HAVE to protect yourself as your competitors, ex spouse, disgruntled employees and anyone with a knife to grind can indeed report you ANONYMOUSLY...
Spanish Domain Owners Fighting Domain Name Seizure
A popular Spanish website whose .com and .org domain names were seized by the US authorities for alleged copyright violations is challenging the move in a US court.
Puerto 80 Projects, owner of Rojadirecta.org and Rojadirecta.com, filed a petition with a US District Court in New York this week seeking the return of the domain names seized on January...
Is Your Domain Name a Trademark Infringement?
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a website’s primary identification scheme.
Other identification schemes include the IP address and the autonomous system number. All these identification schemes can be viewed by using the WHOIS protocol, which accesses a website’s WHOIS record.
The Domain Name
Users remember a website because of its domain name....
Spanish Data Protection Laws
Not many people are aware but there are data protection laws in every country including Spain.
However the topic of data protection and the consequences of not being legal in the eyes of the law is rarely mentioned in any business seminars where the teachings are mostly based around marketing and the bottom line.
Below is a link to an 80 page PDF detailing...
