The UDRP Opinion Guide summarizes opininion of the UDRP panelists on various issues. In addition to questions about procedures, the Guide looks at elements necessary to establish trademark rights, ...

Scams involving domain names, resulting in unauthorized access to a company’s computer network and online fraud, have increased during the pandemic. These scams involve an entity registering a domain ...

Cybersquatters often exploit brand owners by demanding a large payment for a domain name that is similar to the brand owner’s trademark. Cybersquatters may also seek to profit from rerouting internet ...

Gerald M. Levine is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes ...

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is intended to provide trade mark owners with a relatively quick and inexpensive way to resolve a dispute regarding a third party's ...

"It is in my mind a paradigm shift," says Matthew Harris of Waterfront Solicitors about the so-called Octogen line, a reinterpretation of one limb of the uniform domain-name dispute policy (UDRP) in ...

After a URDP panel orders a domain name transferred from respondent to complainant, the respondent's registrar is obliged to do so. However, practitioners report that this process sometimes proceeds ...

Online brand owners face increasingly sophisticated, multifaceted threats to their digital presence. The ongoing AI boom and low bar to domain name registration mean that it is easier than ever for ...

IP expert calls for “healthy and even-handed debate” over key UDRP principles Discussion urged over what constitutes bad faith in domain disputes Urges brands not to use UDRP as alternative to court ...

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The Trimount Company, Inc DBA StinkySocks Hockey (“Complainant”), of Massachusetts, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name stinkysocks.com in a UDRP rather than just pay the domain holder the ...