Com Laude have today announced that they have acquired Demys for an undisclosed sum. Edinburgh based Demys provides high quality corporate domain name management and online brand protection services. It delivers a full domain management service for a number of high profile brand clients across the UK automotive, retail/leisure, media and
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Sep
Sep
Com Laude acquires Demys to add online brand protection and dispute management services
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Mar
Mar
.app new gTLD launches
.app – a new generic top level domains intended as a more secure domain name space for mobile and other apps. From games to news to education to business, .app is being promoted as the home to promote apps on the web and place to showcase a unique and trustworthy
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Mar
Mar
WIPO report that cybersquatting cases reach record high
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced that in 2017 trademark owners filed an all-time high of 3,074 WIPO cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Cybersquatting disputes relating to new generic Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs) accounted for more than 12% of WIPO’s 2017 caseload, which
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Oct
Oct
EU report uncovers 27,000 fake shops online
A new report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has uncovered more than 27,000 online shops marketing trade mark infringing products over a two-month period across four sample countries. After analysing forty cases in detail, the report concluded that a high degree of affiliation between the detected online
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Jul
Jul
The rise of online fraud
Online crime is on the increase and every UK business with an online presence is a target. Given the monetary and reputational costs involved, not having an effective brand protection strategy and turning a blind eye is no longer an option By 2016 the world population of Internet users reached
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Jun
Jun
Nominet release domain dispute update
Nominet, the company responsible for running the .UK namespace, has today released the 2016 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its award-winning Dispute Resolution Service (DRS), which allows .UK disputes to be settled efficiently and cost-effectively. A total of 703 complaints relating to 785 domains were made in
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Mar
Mar
WIPO cybersquatting cases hit record in 2016
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has reported that trademark owners have filed an all-time record 3,036 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPO in 2016, an increase of 10% over the previous year, with over 1,200 new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) now operational. Cybersquatting
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Mar
Mar
CITMA lecture – Domain name update
Demys’ Tim Brown will be speaking at the CITMA Glasgow lecture in June. In an ever-evolving digital environment, the threats facing brand owners online have never been as varied as they are now. From stopping third parties selling counterfeit goods to protecting customers from financial scams, the online world is
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Oct
Oct
Forthcoming sunrise periods
The new gTLD program continues apace and forthcoming sunrise periods include the following new spaces: zuerich > 04-Apr-17 baby > 02-Nov-16 家電 > 01-Nov-16 ストア > 01-Nov-16 セール > 01-Nov-16 食品 > 01-Nov-16 ファッション > 01-Nov-16 クラウド > 01-Nov-16 書籍 > 01-Nov-16 goog > 11-Oct-16 cam > 06-Oct-16 If you
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Jun
Jun
New gTLD .shop launch
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Demys are pleased to announce the launch of a new top level domain which we perceive to be one of the first to have widespread appeal and importance (as opposed to more typical niche interest) to most of our client base. .shop will begin their Sunrise registration phase from 30
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