There’s a long way to go before the electric car revolution even comes close to the version that currently exists in everybody’s heads. Getting enough rare-Earth minerals to ramp up EV production at the scale most have in mind will be a big challenge. Then there are other issues related to safety thanks to EVs’…

The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding 36 Chinese high-tech companies, including makers of aviation equipment, chemicals and computer chips, to an export controls blacklist, citing concerns over national security, U.S. interests and human rights. The inclusion of the companies in the trade “Entity List” means that export licenses will likely be denied for any…

GoDaddy files motion to dismiss, Dynadot claims lack of jurisdiction. GoDaddy and Dynadot have responded to a lawsuit over the eth.link domain name. Virgil Griffith was the registrant of the domain name, which was used as a type of resolver to enable people to visit .eth domains from popular browsers. The domain expired on July…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Ben Jones with a comment on our post about the appeals court denying immunity to officers in the harrowing case of Floyd Bledsoe: So, these cops acted as accomplices of the murderer, aided in his escape from justice, obstructed the investigation, submitted fraudulent evidence…

Domain owner halts transfer of domain with lawsuit. The owner of trx.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in the wake of an adverse UDRP decision. A National Arbitration Forum panelist awarded Fitness Anywhere LLC the domain name in a dispute decided last month. The domain owner didn’t respond in that dispute. Now, Loo Tze Ming…

On Nov. 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union (Council) adopted a decision (Decision) to add the violation of restrictive measures to the list… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1f3d7e35-c267-4ecf-adfd-509dfbcbe368 Author: Greenberg Traurig LLP

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is WarioBarker, responding to our post that suggested Elon Musk’s fans will never realize his actions at Twitter are exactly what they accused Jack Dorsey of doing before: I disagree – they’ll recognize it, but consider it perfectly fine because Musk’s on their side. In…

U.S. regulators imposed a ban on electronic equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., continuing a years-long effort to limit the reach of Chinese telecommunications companies into U.S. networks. The Federal Communications Commission, in an order, also named connected-camera providers Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. and Dahua Technology Co., as well as two-way radio…

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has held an important hearing relating to when data can be filed to support inventive step. Today, the Enlarged… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=30cca2d6-bd2f-411d-b957-98cca41c820f Author: Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

Nat Cohen analyzes a recent UDRP case for TRX.com. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered TRX.com transferred to Fitness Anywhere LLC. The domain owner didn’t do himself any favors. He appears to have used incorrect Whois information and didn’t respond to the dispute. But still, should this domain have been lost in a UDRP?…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone responding to the accusation that our coverage of Elon Musk suggests some kind of vendetta: A rich moron bought a thing he didn’t understand for a price that makes him an even bigger moron. He has since done everything possible to…

Elon Musk said on Twitter that he would reinstate former President Donald J. Trump to the platform as part of a shake-up of the social media service, with Mr. Trump’s account quickly showing up again on the site. Mr. Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion last month, had asked users on the platform about…

A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found Candy Cloud IP LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) in a particularly egregious case. And bizarrely, a bunch of people named Mike Morgan were notified about the decision. The Complainant filed the case over CandyCloud.com against a Mike Morgan in Canada. Morgan registered the…

On 18 October, Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, spoke at Climate Finance Week 2022. In her address, reference was made to the IMF-World Bank Annual… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=afb7acdd-ea5a-4d31-a729-4f298241ee88 Author: A&L Goodbody

This week, we kick off the most insightful side of things with a comment from That One Guy on my post about how I still hope Twitter succeeds, where the comment highlights the biggest single thing that might get Elon to stop from burning the site to the ground: getting past his own ego. Step…

Australia on formalized a new cyber-policing model in a stepped-up effort to “hunt down” cyber criminal syndicates, following recent hacks impacting millions of Australians. Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil said the government had formalized a permanent partnership between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Signals Directorate — which intercepts electronic communications from foreign…

On 3 October 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) launched a Discussion Paper on the review of the consumer protection code (here). The CBI’s… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5e77ce19-fb15-401d-9de9-4d8e02174a66 Author: McCann FitzGerald LLP

It won’t work. The U.S. Trademark and Protection Office won’t issue trademarks for top level domains, but that doesn’t keep people from trying. For example, Unstoppable Domains has tried and failed to register marks for .blockchain, .crypto and .coin. Trademark protection for top level domains is at the center of a lawsuit the company filed.…

This week, both our top comments on the insightful side come from our post about helping Elon Musk speed run the content moderation learning curve. In first place, it’s Christenson responding to a “suggestion” that really appears to be a complaint about Techdirt’s own comment voting system: You are going to have to add some…

Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service. Z-Library is ranked in the top 10k most visited websites on the Internet, offering over 11 million books and 84 million articles for free via its website. Read the article: Bleeping Computer…

Group wants intellectual property rights for blockchain strings, and also to help protect brands in the domains. A new advocacy group, Web3 Domain Alliance, launched today, backed by Unstoppable Domains and a bunch of small players in the space. The group has a couple of main goals. One is to prevent name collisions in blockchain…

As part of its 2020 Retail Payments Strategy, the European Commission has adopted a proposed Regulation to accelerate the rollout of instant credit… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6c29ed77-8bd7-47e2-bb0e-36a1cd48a5ee Author: Hogan Lovells

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a leading Democratic voice on tech regulation, said she doesn’t trust Elon Musk to run Twitter and called for legislation stripping tech companies of legal immunity when they “amplify” hate speech or election falsehoods. In the wake of an assault on Paul Pelosi, the House speaker’s husband, Klobuchar said on NBC’s “Meet…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is a simple anonymous comment about the attacks on libraries from big publishers: It’s depressing to know libraries could not exist if they were invented today because of greedy publishers. In second place, it’s Strawb responding to a commenter complaining about our praise of Vijaya…

So much for making a friendly overture. Picture this: You start a business. You do a trademark search and then form a corporation. The matching .com domain name is already registered and you can’t afford the asking price. So you launch on a second-choice domain. Later the same year, a company in Colombia creates a…

In October 2022 the European Council approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation, one of the first attempts globally at comprehensive… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b5e9c29f-0912-4f78-bb8b-05aa6158a951 Author: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to New York’s plan to destroy free speech online in response to the Buffalo shooting. In fist place, it’s an anonymous comment about the idea that online platforms sit at the root of white supremacy: Remind me again, when was the K.K.K. formed?…

Panelists dispute how much private research panelists can undertake. Two panelists in a World Intellectual Property Organization case have rejected the dispute based on the actions of the presiding panelist. In one of the most bizarre UDRP cases I’ve ever read (pdf), panelists Sandra Franklin and Neil Anthony Brown argued that the presiding panelist, Reyes…

A Russian lawmaker urged state institutions to stop using WhatsApp messenger and the industry ministry sought to promote domestically produced software as Russia tries to wean itself off Western technology. WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms Inc. was found guilty of “extremist activity” in Russia in March and later added to financial monitoring agency Rosfinmonitoring’s list of…

On 4 October the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”) published the Credit Protection Insurance (CPI) Sold Via Banks… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bbac637d-934c-4f89-bb1b-1b1ddde71544 Author: Bird & Bird LLP

Trend di vendite positivo per i domini anche nel terzo trimestre, che storicamente è sempre stato quello che, comprendendo il periodo estivo-vacanziero, faceva registrare rallentamenti abbastanza marcati. Invece il volume di transazioni si e’ mantenuto quasi sugli stessi livelli dei trimestri precedenti mentre il valore medio dei deal ha goduto di un buon incremento grazie…

This week, both our winners on the insightful side are similar and understandably frustrated anonymous replies to the claim that Section 230 predates content sorting and recommendation algorithms. Here’s first place: I’m old enough to remember using CompuServ and GEnie for online services, both of which had search functions that returned results, that guess what….…

Alphabet unit Google could face EU antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, putting the company at risk of its fourth fine in the EU of more than a billion euros, people familiar with the matter said. Google’s ad business, which generated over $100 billion in sales last year, is Alphabet’s biggest moneymaker.…

TV analytics company went after a domain registered well before it existed. Earlier today, I wrote about the hummingbird.com UDRP and stated that I was surprised the panelist didn’t consider reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration Forum published another decision today with a similar fact pattern, and the panelist did find reverse domain name hijacking.…

After much anticipation MiCA has been approved by both COREPER, the Committee of Permanent Representatives and the European Parliament’s Economic and… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0b8faa6d-f790-4e2d-a6ac-8273c6c00587 Author: Hogan Lovells

Twitter locked rapper Kanye West’s Twitter account over an anti-Semitic tweet posted on the account. In the since-removed tweet, West said he was “going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and also that, “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” without specifying what group he…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment about publishers claiming that their lawsuit against the Internet Archive won’t impact any of its services beyond the Open Library: About as believable as Putin’s claim tat 96% of those polled wanted to become Russians. In second place, it’s a lengthy…

Company’s Namebase business is funding legal challenge. NameBase, a Handshake domain platform owned by domain registrar Namecheap, is funding a legal challenge to Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains sued Gateway Registry, a rival to NameBase, after Gateway started offering .wallet domains in the Handshake system. Unstoppable offers a competing .wallet extension in its own platform. Gateway…

On September 30, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) (being the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published its Work Programme… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d04b72ff-4ad0-430d-8e53-3239d068d9c0 Author: Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

This week, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about Texas’s content moderation law, responding to the claim on Twitter that Wikipedia could easily comply with it by being more open and transparent: Tell me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works without telling me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works. I mean, Wikipedia is…

After a weeks-long suspension, Pornhub’s account has been permanently removed from Instagram. Instagram told TechCrunch that Pornhub has repeatedly violated community guidelines, prompting the account’s removal. Meanwhile, Pornhub declared in an open letter to Meta and Instagram that Instagram’s enforcement of these platform rules are “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.” Read the article: TechCrunch Fonte:https://giga.law/daily-news/2022/9/29/instagram-permanently-removes-pornhubs-account-for-violating-guidelines Author:…

On September 22, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) asserted its jurisdiction over a decentralized autonomous organization (“DAO”) and… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0433dae8-b91c-4762-b4c8-00dd699fa73c Author: Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

Panelist find reverse domain name hijacking in case involving third-party claims adjuster. It’s not every day that a large company is found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. But a National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled that insurance company United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has tried to reverse hijack usaainsuranceclaimsadjusting.com. Harris Claims Services…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy with a comment further exploring the analogy in our post about making the internet “like Disneyland”: Actually let’s run with that idea, say the internet is Disneyland, would you as a parent take your kids to the entrance, pay the fee…

Fight escalates between Unstoppable Domains and Handshake. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains and the owner of .wallet in the rival Handshake system have sued each other. The lawsuits come on the heels of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit against Gateway Registry and its owner. Unstoppable sued those parties after Gateway started offering .wallet registrations in Handshake.…

Iran curbed access to Meta Platforms’ Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents and internet watchdog NetBlocks said. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for “unsuitable attire”, has unleashed…

Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang offered remarks on the three digital assets reports issued pursuant to President Joe Biden’s… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=273df49f-51c3-482f-a8f3-65257cf25130 Author: Paul Hastings LLP

This week, our winners on the insightful side are a pair of responses to the fearmongering CS professor who insisted that California’s protect-the-kids code is nothing to worry about. In first place, it’s an anonymous comment about misleading claims regarding Instagram and body image issues in teen girls: Why do those worried about body image…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a controversial Texas social media law that bars companies from removing posts based on a person’s political ideology, overturning a lower court’s decision to block the law and likely setting up a Supreme Court showdown over the future of online speech. The ruling could have…

A UDRP panel explained the duty complainants have to research the ownership history of a domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that French company ITF engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name veripro.com. The case raises an important question: what duty does a complainant have to undertake research…

The financial crisis of 2008 saw a backlash against the Banks. This emanated largely from the EU and was implemented by the UK Government. One of the… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e49903e2-f18f-4dc5-85bd-5d7c0e5bf9da Author: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

On 24 August 2022, the FCA published a webpage announcing it has launched its diversity, equity and inclusion innovation spotlight initiative. This… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c9c9871d-abc7-4410-91ba-efa89b01ef6c Author: Taylor Wessing

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That Anonymous Coward with a comment about religious rules, regulations, and exemptions: I enjoy how their deeply held beliefs can never ever be questioned, because that would be a burden on them and open a can of worms… Like when Hobby Lobby was screaming…

Temporary restraining order puts sale on hold. U.S. District Judge John Tuchi has issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) halting the sale of eth.link. As Domain Name Wire first reported on September 7, Ethereum Name Service and former eth.link registrant Virgil Griffith sued GoDaddy and Dynadot to halt the expiration and sale of the domain…

Cybersecurity researchers say they’ve identified what’s likely an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group that’s targeting opponents of that country’s regime including Western think tanks, researchers, journalists, government officials and members of the Iranian diaspora. In a report, researchers for the cybersecurity firm Mandiant say the advanced persistent threat group, which they refer to as “APT42,” has…

Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, citing “imminent threats to human life.” The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline. Cloudflare’s decision came as Kiwi Farms was linked to a campaign of harassment and violent threats targeting Clara Sorrenti, a Canadian trans woman who…

This week, both our winning comments on the insightful side come from our post about the Texas activist who weaponized a law requiring religious posters in schools by submitting one written in Arabic. In first place, it’s Thad responding to the suggestion that Hebrew would have been a better choice for annoying the right: Nah.…

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is point-of-sale finance that allows consumers to spread payments for single purchases over a few installments. It is… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=72507cc3-4602-4719-a80b-01080467842a Author: DLA Piper

Rival protocols argue over name collisions. A panel about blockchain domain names at NamesCon today devolved into a fight between Handshake proponents and Unstoppable Domains founder Brad Kam. Unstoppable Domains recently sued a technology provider that introduced second level .wallet domains based on the Handshake system. Unstoppable offers a competing .wallet extension in its own…

Justice Department lawyers are in the early stages of drafting a potential antitrust complaint against Apple, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter — a sign that a long-running investigation may be nearing a decision point and a suit could be coming soon. Various groups of prosecutors inside DOJ are assembling the…

This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to our post about the impossibility of complying with the child protection bill being pushed in California. In first place, it’s That One Guy with a comment focusing on the carve-out for telcos and broadband providers: ‘They paid us off so of course…

Cybersquatting dispute probably shouldn’t have been filed. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a cybersquatting claim against tolles.com, and I have questions. I’m perplexed about why the Complainant filed the case and how it argued it. Tolles Development Company LLC was formed in Nevada on August 8, 2016. Last month, it filed trademarks for…

The legendary German band Kraftwerk is still in dispute with a music producer over a two-second sample of their 1977 song “Metall auf Metall”. Even a… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=cf43a4c3-0b7d-43b2-ae6a-1128ece3db88 Author: DLA Piper

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is drkkgt with a comment about the Texas school district that banned every book that had been flagged for review: Personally, I think these libraries should then be required to post a prominently displayed list of the books that were removed, author, ISBN, Publisher, Publishing…

House Oversight Committee leaders are demanding social media companies take “immediate action” to address a flood of violent online threats against law enforcement, following the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The lawmakers sent letters to the executives of eight social media companies, including Facebook parent company Meta and the…

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) is asking for information from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation following reports it… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ad0f4954-6a67-4d59-8aea-923cd2bb2119 Author: Paul Hastings LLP

Panelist calls the case “woeful.” I’ve seen a lot of egregious reverse domain name hijacking cases over the years, and a recent one ranks high on the list. A Swiss textiles firm, Boller, Winkler AG, filed a UDRP against schlossberg.com. The domain is registered to a man with the last name schlossberg.com. With GDPR, a…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad with a simple comment about the “bad apple” theory of policing: Someone should really tell them what the other half of that expression is. That comment came in response to a police official complaining about police as a group being unfairly hated because…

The Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal from Google to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam. Google’s plan would allow for candidates, political party committees, and leadership political action committees to apply for the program that would make their messages exempt from Gmail’s spam detection systems. Read the article: The Verge Fonte:https://giga.law/daily-news/2022/8/11/fec-approves-googles-plan-to-exempt-political-emails-from-spam-designation…

Domain owner cited his NamePros username as evidence that he’s commonly known as “Lambo”. Lamborghini won a cybersquatting case if filed against the owner of lambo.com. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered that the owner of lambo.com transfer the name to the upscale car maker. Lambo is a shortened term popularly used to…

In August 2022 the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) closed its accelerated sector inquiry into the market for insulation materials, providing… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3cefd600-d360-4d04-91f0-3fa39b7c15ec Author: Schoenherr

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment about the EU’s new office in Silicon Valley that aims to work with tech companies on EU law compliance: I know it won’t happen because money, but the tech companies really need to just stop trying to placate these people. If…

As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan that enraged Beijing, the welcome she received from government officials and the public was in sharp contrast with a different sort of message that began popping up elsewhere on the island. The largest 24-hour convenience store chain on the island was…

Government tracking app might be controversial. Attendees of ICANN’s upcoming Annual General Meeting in Malaysia will need to comply with Malaysian covid rules that might seem overhanded depending on where they currently reside. First, all visitors to Malaysia must download and use a tracking app. MySejahtera is used for contract-tracing efforts. Second, masks are currently…

The UK Government has published its much anticipated Financial Services and Markets Bill (the Bill), previously touted by the former Chancellor as… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c0a445e1-e0b6-4a48-b9cd-05afcb359153 Author: Travers Smith LLP

The non-fungible tokens (NFT) market presents similar money laundering risks to the traditional money laundering model used in the art market. A… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=54d041c1-34fe-4b28-b2bc-a7e4941f5bd5 Author: Garrigues

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy with a comment on our post asking why the media is lamenting Disney’s loss of copyright instead of celebrating the public domain: ‘Copyright is for companies, not the public!’ The US spent so long with nothing entering the public domain and…

Government and the tech industry must work together to protect U.S. citizens from being targeted with commercial spyware like Pegasus, which last year was revealed to have infected the iPhones of numerous government officials, human rights activists, journalists and others, experts told the US House Intelligence Committee. In the rare open hearing, the committee heard…

Probably not, but it’s not as straightforward as other pricing rules. Last month, I answered the question, “Can registries reclassify your domain as premium before renewal?” For new top level domain names, registrars cannot change your already-registered domain from standard renewal pricing to premium pricing. Some readers asked a follow-up question: can a registry move…

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan brought their first ever case for insider-trading in digital coins, charging a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager with leaking information to help his brother and a friend buy tokens just before they were listed on the exchange. The arrest of Ishan Wahi, who helped oversee listings for a Coinbase unit…

This week, both our winners on the insightful side are replies to a comment asserting that the internet has existed all this time without net neutrality. In first place, it’s BernardoVerda with an explanation of why that’s the wrong way to look at it: Nah, the Internet was built on net neutrality; it was specified…

It’s time for another reminder about a failed trademark strategy. With news of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit filed week, and another couple of other entities applying to trademark blockchain top level domains, it’s time for another reminder: The USPTO doesn’t approve trademarks for top level domains (with one exception, which I’ll discuss later). The U.S. Patent…

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, “Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=15681e61-e2c9-4288-b333-22e12d4e5f0f Author: Paul Hastings LLP

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Toom1275 with a comment about the GOP’s push to force Google to stop filtering political spam: This sounds like great idea if you’re a malware spammer – just dress up your payload delivery like a political email to get straight in everyone’s inbox, and…

Facebook owner Meta released its first annual human rights report, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021, includes a summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of…

The “bad” domains have something in common. Cybersecurity company DomainTools has published its Spring 2022 Report, naming and shaming top level domains that it says are overrepresented for badness. Rather than rank by absolute numbers of malware, phishing, and spam domains, DomainTools analyzed the prevalence of usage compared to the number of domains registered. And…

Le vendite di domini del secondo trimestre fanno registrare un buon incremento del valore medio delle transazioni, a fronte di una lieve contrazione del numero totale di deal conclusi, grazie a varie vendite di domini premium a cifre rilevanti. Sedo conquista le prime due posizioni con la cessione di gian.com ad eur.150,000 e onda.com a…

On 30 June 2022, the last day of the French Presidency, the Council announced a compromise had been reached on the European Markets in Crypto-Assets… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=437f32b4-dd5b-4586-a206-29f2c29d2198 Author: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

On 30 June 2022, the EU reached a provisional agreement on the landmark markets in cryptoassets (MiCA) regulation. This is a significant milestone… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d00277a4-5a54-4a7d-85a3-0fe0c9998eea Author: DLA Piper

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy with a comment about how Murdoch-pushed social media news taxes in some countries have made Facebook lose interest in news: Appeasement doesn’t work? What a surprise Give an inch and they demanded a mile, who could have seen that coming from…

Disneyland Resort’s Instagram account was taken over by a self-proclaimed “super hacker” who made a series of profane and racist posts that have since been taken down. Disneyland’s colorful Instagram grid was disrupted with at least four posts by a hacker who called himself David Do. Read the article: The Wall Street Journal Fonte:https://giga.law/daily-news/2022/7/7/hacker-sends-racist-messages-on-disneyland-resorts-instagram-account Author:…

The Complainant must believe it has a crystal ball. A three-person National Arbitration Forum panel has denied a UDRP filed against the domain name BFD.com but declined to find reverse domain name hijacking. And this case is a doozy. BFD, Inc. and Barefoot Dreams, Inc. filed the case against Kanggeng Sheng. The Complainant, which argues…

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MathFox with a comment about the troubles at Truth Social: What ‘Truth Social’ shows is how easy it is easy to create an Internet platform. It also shows how hard it is to make an Internet platform successful. In second place, it’s Thad with…

The U.S. commodities regulator announced it had filed civil charges against a South African man and his company for operating a fraudulent commodity pool worth over $1.7 billion in bitcoin. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said the fraud scheme, which saw the firm solicit bitcoin online from thousands of people to purportedly operate a…

Join us on Twitter Spaces this Thursday. Have questions about domain name law? Domain Name Wire is hosting a Twitter Spaces event on Thursday that you should attend. Domain name and trademark attorney John Berryhill will join us for a one-hour event Thursday starting at 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT. Come ask your…

Money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) continue to be a major concern for the EU’s financial system and the security of its citizens. On 31… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=f9a614ae-9632-4966-a466-c27ff649b558 Author: PwC Malta

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous response to some bargain-basement transphobic bigotry: I could point you at a trans discussing what its like to be a trans, but you are so aggressive towards trans people that i will not set an rabid dog on their case. Suffice to…

The Matheson Horizon Tracker follows the publication of the Summer Legislative Programme by the Irish Government. In this edition we continue with… Fonte:https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c0bba8a0-d282-4683-87a3-1bd6a3060f17 Author: Matheson

DomainMarket asks court to intervene after questionable UDRP. Mike Mann’s company DomainMarket, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after losing a UDRP for the domain name segurosmundial.com. Compañía Mundial de Seguros S.A., a Colombian insurance company that uses the domain name segurosmundial.com.co, filed the UDRP in March. A decision (pdf) in the Complainant’s favor was…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has dismantled a Russian network of hacked internet-connected devices in a coordinated effort with foreign counterparts to crack down on malicious cyber activities. The DOJ said it worked with law enforcement agencies in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to take down the Russian botnet, known as…