Of two parties equally entitled to a domain name, even though one has a registered trademark and the other does not, the first to register has a superior rig ...

There is developing case authority on registration by proxy and through privacy services. They are, as the Panel notes in Divex Limited v. ZJ, Sam Chang and Tim NG ...

Granting, authorizing or acquiescing in another’s use of one’s trademark as a domain name is generally fatal to a claim for a UDRP remedy to recapture it.&n ...

There have been a number of recent cases involving two to five letter domain names accused of violating the Policy. The history is mixed, but t ...

A complaint in a UDRP proceeding is a procedure that combines a pleading with a motion for summary judgment. Whatever evidence a party has in s ...

The UDRP does not provide for an administrative appeal from an adverse order. Rather, recourse must be a de novo law suit under national ...

Lapses happen, and when they do the consequences range from loss to recapture. In

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Except where a registrant is the first to register and has a legitimate claim to the disputed domain name, it is settled that registration of the do ...

Brand-jacking is becoming a bigger and bigger thorn in the side of brand owners, and they don’t have many options for removing the thorn. Think of the internet as a big house and the bran ...