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• IP Strategies 2003 Seminar. Seminar Summaries of Speakers Nels Lippert and William DiSalvatore of Hale and Dorr LLP. ( November 2003 )
  Nels T. Lippert, Barry J. Hurewitz and William P. Disalvatore of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

  Nels Lippert presented an in-depth discussion on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. William DiSalvatore presented "Identifying and Effectively Protecting Trade Secrets."

• Cybersquatting Ain't What It Used To Be: The Cybersquatter's Day ( May 2003 )
  Judith A Silver of Coollawyer.com

  A trademark holder can hold a domain name which is made up, entirely or in part, of a trademark he owns transferred to him as use of his trademark without a license, otherwise known as trademark infringement.

• Cybersquatters Beware: Filing a UDRP Complaint is Quick and Inexpensive ( March 2003 )
  Vanessa B. Pierce of Parsons Behle & Latimer

  You have spent valuable resources developing and protecting your company's trademark, only to discover that someone (a competitor, disgruntled former employee, cybersquatter) has incorporated it into his domain name, and now your potential customers are being diverted to his website. What is your recourse?

• Is Your Corporate Identity at Risk? ( January 2003 )
  Douglas R. Wolf of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

  As the Internet opens the door to a global economy, your corporate identity is more vulnerable than ever before. With a proactive strategic trademark and domain name plan in place, you can remain a step ahead of would-be infringers, in the US and abroad. Every country has different laws, and to the extent that the theories behind the laws overlap, they are applied differently.

• Spotlight Returns to Corporate Websites ( November 2002 )
  Barry J. Hurewitz of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

  <P>Corporate websites play an important role in many public companiesí investor relations programs. Recognizing this, several recent rules and proposals take advantage of corporate websites to expand investor access to information. </P>

• Low-Budget Legal Tips for High-Tech Companies ( January 2002 )
  Blaine  Kimrey of Lathrop Gage

  In 1994, two Ph.D. students at Stanford-inspired by the Internet's pioneering potential for robust exchange of ideas-created a guide in their free time, directing Internet users to the students' favorite Web sites. Had the students been concerned about legal issues, they probably would have been paralyzed in their tracks, and Yahoo! never would have been born.

• Icann's New Top-Level Domains Pose Problems and Offer Opportunities for Trademark Owners ( February 2001 )
  Joshua M. Marks of Arter & Hadden LLP

  Looks at issues surrounding the new release of top-level domain names.

• The Buzz on .biz and .info ( June 2001 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  A report on the newly released ICANN domain names.

• Intellectual Property Beyond the Frontier ( October 2000 )
  Michael A. Mann of Nexsen Pruet, LLC

  This article reviews how to protect your company's products when those products are taken outside a country's boundaries and if intellectual property protection is available for your company's goods.