WCNLEGAL & IP MAPRIGHTS & DEFENSE
Legal & IP Protection
How a name
becomes property.
becomes property.
Four fronts — trademark, domains, anti-counterfeit, licensing. The legal perimeter that turns the brand from something we use into something we own and can defend.
28%
LEGAL & IP COVERAGE
5 Secured
9 Filing
20 Exposed
ATrademark & marks→
“WCN” wordmark filing
W³ device mark filing
Nice classes (9 · 35 · 36 · 42)
Jurisdictions · US/EU/CN/Madrid
Trademark watch · opposition
™ / ® usage rules
BDomain & namespace→
wcn.network · primary
Defensive TLDs (.com/.org/.io)
Registrar lock · DNSSEC
Social handle lockdown
Typosquat · ccTLD sweep
Brand redirect map
CAnti-counterfeit→
Brand-abuse monitoring
Phishing · scam-domain takedown
DMCA · platform reporting
Impersonation response
App-store · marketplace policing
Evidence · case log
DFont & asset licensing→
Typeface licenses · all OFL
Web-embedding rights
Icon · illustration rights
Photography · stock rights
Music · sound licensing
License register · seats
EContracts & IP assignment→
Open-source compliance (OFL)
Contributor IP assignment
Vendor · agency work-for-hire
NDA · confidentiality
Photo · model releases
FRegistry & renewals→
IP asset register
Renewal · deadline calendar
Proof-of-use archive
Ownership chain · assignments
Annual IP audit
The enforcement ladder
how the brand answers an abuse
WHO · BRAND OPS
01
Monitor
Automated watch across web, socials, app stores & registries. Logged, dated.
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WHO · BRAND STEWARD
02
Notice
A friendly notice or cease-and-desist first. Most abuse stops right here.
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WHO · LEGAL COUNSEL
03
Takedown
DMCA, registrar abuse, platform & app-store reports. The decisive lever.
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WHO · OUTSIDE COUNSEL
04
Litigate
UDRP or court. The rare last rung — slow, costly, reserved for real harm.
Most abuse stops at the notice. Litigation is the rare last rung — but the ladder only holds because every rung before it is monitored → noticed → recorded. Evidence is the weapon.
The protection principle, in one line
A right you don’t defend is a right you lose.
WCN Legal & IP Map · trademark · domains · anti-counterfeit · licensingRIGHTS & DEFENSE · v1.0