Inferring a respondent’s bad faith is required to satisfy the UDRP, which is a crucial tool for trademark holders. While the existence of a domain portfolio is not in itself an indicator of trademark ...

Domain names have become a critical component of business branding, allowing a business’s website and email address to be easily identified by the public. Consequently, issues pertaining to fraudulent ...

If someone has registered a domain name that you feel should belong to you, there are ways to get it back. But be warned; it costs money, and the burden is on you to satisfy an arbitration panel that ...

Many Asian jurisdictions have adopted dispute resolution policies modelled on ICANN's UDRP. But understanding key differences between national and international practices could mean the difference ...

There has recently been a welcome development in relation to domain name dispute resolution in South Africa. The South African co.za domain is not regulated by ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute ...

There was a time when it seemed that powerful trademark holders generally prevailed when they sought the transfer of Internet domain names that contained their trademarks. But recent decisions show ...

The Turkish Court of Cassation has clarified for the first time that it is not possible to request “cancellation” of a WIPO panel’s UDRP decision. A WIPO panel has refused to transfer the domain name ...