Domain Disputes

The UDRP  is supposed to be an expedient, less expensive and fair substitute to traditional litigation for cybersquatting cases designed to quickly address clear-cut types of cybersquatting, thereby ensuring a more secure Internet.  It is an administrative proceeding that is...

This article looks at some recent UDRP decisions that ruled against parties trying to sell domain names to rights holders via unsolicited email. Often, our clients contact the team at brandsec about being approached by unknown third parties who are attempting to sell domain...

Reverse domain name hijacking Reverse domain name hijacking is no joke.  IP owners often wrongly assume that because they hold a trademark, they have rights to the corresponding domain name. There are many examples of brands taking an aggressive stance defending their...

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, also known as the UDRP is a policy every Registrant agrees to when purchasing a domain name and defines how domain name disputes are managed and decided. The UDRP process applies to top-level domains such as .biz, .com,...

A very interesting article on the issue of proving bad faith in domain name disputes was recently published by Domain Name Wire.  The World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby wrote a decision that reflects a key requirement of UDRP: that a domain has...

Reported in  Domain Wire, Green Roads of Florida, LLC a US based company that produces hemp based products by experienced pharmacist paid a extremely high price for a failed domain name dispute for the domain name greenroads.com. The company filed a UDRP with World...