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.Sucks to Be You?

By Dickerson M. Downing & Preetha Chakrabarti on March 31, 2015
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Caveat Brand Owner: We are in the beginning of a two-month “sunrise period” for trademark owners to register their marks as second level domain names in “.sucks.” While the purported purpose of the “.sucks” domain name is to provide a forum for customers to voice constructive criticism, trademark owners may disagree.  The hefty price tag associated with the sunrise period, along with the uncertainty of how much protection owning a “.sucks” domain actually provides, leaves brand owners with a lot to consider.  For further details, please click here.

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Dickerson M. Downing is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group in New York, with over 25 years of experience in trademark, copyright and trade secret law as well as other areas of intellectual property law. He has successfully brought and defended…

Dickerson M. Downing is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group in New York, with over 25 years of experience in trademark, copyright and trade secret law as well as other areas of intellectual property law. He has successfully brought and defended cases for trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement, false advertising, trade secret violations and related causes of action in courts throughout the United States for a variety of corporate clients. He has been involved in the seizure of infringing goods, the detainment of infringing goods by the United States Customs Office and in the successful action to prevent the sale of imported “gray market” goods in the United States.

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  • Blog:
    Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
  • Organization:
    Crowell & Moring LLP
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