One of the first tasks the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) faced was how to deal with the dilemma of registering domain names to those that first claim them while ...

The pandemic has accelerated society’s reliance on online services and businesses depend more heavily than ever on their domain names to provide a safe destination for their customers. This mass shift ...

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 ...

ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce ...

Recalling the principal elements of the UDRP process, in order to obtain the transfer or cancellation of a domain name, a complaint must establish three elements: (1) that the domain name is identical ...

The accessibility and affordability of the UDRP process have been key factors in its success. While the policy allows for brand owners to recover infringing domain names without the need for ...

As DomainNameWire.com just reminded me I have noted in past UDRP decisions that panels have been reluctant to allow domain holders to recoup ownership of their domain name through the UDRP process.

The UDRP process, set up 10 years ago, saves businesses time and money by getting offending sites down relatively quickly and without lengthy lawsuits. But it hasn’t deterred cybersquatters, who lay ...

Applicable Disputes. You are required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding in the event that a third Party (a "Complainant") asserts to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the ...

In an effort to provide less costly and more streamlined resolutions to cybersquatting cases, ICANN - the entity that is now responsible for governing the domain name system - has adopted a new ...