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The Trademark Reporter
Current Issue
This issue of The Trademark Reporter offers readers an article on the new frontier of Web 3.0 (the next phase of the World Wide Web) and the potential promise and peril of blockchain domain names for brand owners as well as a book review of a practitioner’s guide to winning domain name disputes (in the current version of the Internet).
When we launder our desire for civil rights and equality through the lens of branding culture, everything, even resistance, becomes commodified.
Sonia K. Katyal, Berkeley Law School, USA Brands Behaving Badly, 109 TMR 827–28 (2019)
Back to the Future with Blockchain Domain Names: Toward a Global Policy to Fight Cybersquatting in Web 3.0
Vera Glonina
The author of this in-depth article guides brand owners through the nascent world of Web 3.0—the next stage of the World Wide Web. The author explores the potential promise and peril of blockchain domain names in Web 3.0 and calls for a new regulatory framework to protect trademarks against cryptosquatters (the next iteration of bad-faith cybersquatters in the current version of the Internet).
Book Review: Prosecuting and Defending Domain Name Disputes: Effective Litigation Strategies. Daniel R. Bereskin.
Karen L. Elburg
The reviewer of this book finds it offers readers a comprehensive yet compact guide on how practitioners can navigate the complex world of domain names and effectively represent their clients in related disputes.
