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Jane Lambert   In 2016 I launched NIPC Branding  for entrepreneurs, business owners, angel investors and others who needed to know about trade marks , passing off , domain names  and other aspects of branding law  in everyday language. One of my most popular articles was introductions to English and EU trade mark law called "Auntie Jane's Trade Mark Tips". These were intended for non-lawyers but several lawyers told me that they had read and enjoyed them. The original series covered the following topics some of which I updated yesterday: "The Very Basics" - 8 June 2017 "EU and British Trade Marks" 9 June 2017 (updated 23 May 2022) "Where to find the Law " 10 June 2017 (updated 23 May 2022) " What is a Trade Mark" 12 June 2017 (Updated 23 May 2022) "How do I register a Trade Mark"  13 June 2017 " Some of the Things that can go wrong " 15 June 2017 " Some more Things that can go wrong " 27 July 2017 ...

WIPO head office, Geneva Author Melatron Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence Source Wikipedia Jane Lambert In my experience as a domain name dispute resolution panellist for the WIPO as well as a member of the Bar who has advised and settled pleadings for both complainants and respondents, most domain name disputes are straightforward. Moreover, most complaints are decided in favour of the complainant.  Of all the cases that have been referred to WIPO since 1999, some 21,399 or nearly 86.0% have resulted in a transfer to the complainant and 407 or 1.6% in a cancellation. A complaint has been denied in only 3,086 cases making 12.4% of the total (see  Case Outcome (Consolidated): All Years   on the WIPO website). Those figures are hardly surprising as it is rare for a complaint to be defended and even rarer for a response to disclose any merit. It can therefore be said with some confidence that most panellists' decisions are likel...