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Eric Macramalla is a partner in Gowlings' Ottawa office. His practice focuses on trade-mark litigation and prosecution, domain name enforcement and portfolio management, and Internet-related legal issues, such as sponsored link advertisements, take-down requests and terms of use.

Eric has extensive experience in the field of trade-marks, managing trade-mark portfolios, litigation and advising clients on their rights in Canada as well as abroad.

Eric is also an arbitrator for dot-ca domain name disputes decided pursuant to the CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

Eric’s background and experience regarding domain names is extensive. Mr. Macramalla has authored a comprehensive chapter on Canadian law for the Oxford University Press publication, Domain Name Law and Practice: An International Handbook (2005).

Eric teaches at IPIC/McGill’s course, The Trade-marks Practitioner, An Advanced Course. He also teaches University of Ottawa law students and master’s students.

Eric is the creator and operator of the Gowlings Internet portal located at www.GowlingsOnDomains.com, which provides a thorough review of all relevant Canadian Internet Court and arbitration cases relating to trade-marks and domain names, while also providing a comparative review of UDRP and U.S. law. His experience and familiarity with the domain name landscape in both North America and internationally has allowed him to assist clients in developing cost effective and commercially practical domain name strategies.

Eric has represented numerous clients in domain name Court actions, as well as arbitration proceedings pursuant to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and CIRA’s Dispute Resolution Policy. Most recently, Mr. Macramalla successfully represented complainant trade-mark owners in the following cases:

• Research In Motion Limited v. Alon Banay,WIPO Case No. D2009-0151 (blackberry-store.com)
• Blockbuster Inc. v. DomainProtect LLC - Whois privacy services/WWWServer Ltd., WIPO Case No. D2008-1108 (blockbusterathome.com)
• NAV CANADA v. Robert Mcain, WIPO Case No. D2008-1526 (navcanada.com)
• The Diller Corporation c/o Formica Corporation Lorenzo Salvalaggio, Case No. 00092 (formica.ca)
• Yamaha Corporation and Yamaha Motor Canada Inc. v. Jim Yoon, Case No. 00089 (yamahamotors.ca)
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Daniel Mullen, Case No. 00083 (westinghouse.ca)
• The Black and Decker Corporation v. J. Chapnik Trust - (100%), Case No. 00069 (blackanddecker.ca)
• Bank of Montreal v. Chris Bartello, Case No. 00094 (bmofield.ca)
• The Diller Corporation c/o Formica Corporation v. Texas International Property Associations, Case No. D2008-0628 (formicastone.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Peter Ballantine, WIPO Case No. D2008-1975 (blackberryapplicationstorefront.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc./Animesh Srivastava, WIPO Case No. D2008-1943 (onblackberry.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Mark Norris,Solutrix LLC, WIPO Case No. D2008-1932 (bestblackberryapps.com,etc.)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Zag Media Corp., WIPO Case No. D2008-0848 (blackberryguru.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. International Domain Names Inc./Moniker Privacy Services, WIPO Case No. D2008-0780 (allblackberryaccessories.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Nicholas Stewart,WIPO Case No. D2008-0262 (blackberrytunes.com)
• Research in Motion Limited v. Olivier Mullie, Case No. 00101 (planetblackberry.ca, blackberryshop.ca, shopblackberry.ca, shopcrackberry.ca, blackberrystore.ca, blackberrysource.ca, blackberrycentral.ca, bberry.ca, blackberryacccessories.ca)
• Choice Hotels International, Inc. and Choice Hotels Canada Inc. v. Daniel Cox, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00061(choicehotels.ca)
• Choice Hotels International, Inc. v. Daniel Montanbault, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00062 (comfort-inn.ca)
• Allergan Inc. v Hiebert Net Inc., British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00062 (combigan.ca)
• Allergan Inc. v. candrug, WIPO Case No. D2006-0836 (combigan.com)
• Viacom International Inc. v. Harvey Ross Enterprises, Ltd., British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00015 (mtv.ca)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Quon, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00006 (radiocanada.ca)
• Glaxo Group Limited v. Defining Presence Marketing Group Inc. (Manitoba), British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00020(zyban.ca)
• General Motors Corporation and General Motors of Canada Limited v. Andre Rheaume, WIPO Case No. D2004-0664 (gmagent.com)
• General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. Bob Woods, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00051(gmacmortgages.ca)
• RGIS Inventory Specialists v. AccuTrak Inventory, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, CIRA Dispute No. 00053(rgis.ca)
• Sutton Group Financial Services Ltd. v. GeorgeGeorge.com o/a George Georgopoulos, WIPO, Case No. D2004-0335 (suttonpreferred.com, suttonagent.com, suttoncalgary.com)
• Sutton Group Financial Services Ltd. and Sutton Group Realty Services, Inc. v. Bill Rodger, WIPO Case No. D2005-0126 (suttonpromo.com)
• Stokes Seeds, Ltd. v. Peter Carrington, WIPO Case No. D2004-0526 (stokeseeds.com)
• DINOFLEX Manufacturing Ltd. v. Recreational Technology Industries Ltd., NAF Case No. FA292846 playtile.com)

   

• Viacom International Inc. v. Torontoseeker, WIPO Case No. D2005-0232(mtvdesi.com)