Uniform Domain Name Dispute Registration Policy - This presentation covers when you can file a UDRP complaint for a domain name dispute, such as in the case of domain name "hijackers", or misusers of your business intellectual property. Lawyer Ari Good, JD LL.M. explains the processes, the applicable standards and your likelihood of success in your UDRP claim.

1. UDRP Domain Name Disputes
Preventing Cybersquatting On The
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2. What Is The UDRP?
• Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy
• Created and managed by ICANN
• Administrative proceeding that complements
or replaces court litigation over trademarks in
domain names

3. Who Needs the UDRP?
• You have a domain name that represents your
brand, slogan or title
• Someone copies that word or words and
registers them as a domain name in a
“confusingly similar” manner
• Uses that domain name in “bad faith”
• Loss of traffic, damage to your goodwill, loss
of business

4. What Do I Have To Prove In My
UDRP Complaint?
• Confusingly similar domain to a trademark in
which you have “rights”
• Lack of rights or legitimate interests
• Bad faith
• Elements are interrelated

5. What Are Some Examples?
• Typosquatting – Missing a character, adding a
character, substituting a character – e.g.
“Walgreen”, “C0merica”, “Schnieder”,
“Twitter” (with Turkish “i”)
• Adding words to a brand – “Linkedinjobs”,
“mycvs”
• Copying a campaign – “Oprahsfarm”,
“Financemalta”

6. What Are The
Procedures?
• Complainant and Respondent
• Single round of pleadings
• Assignment of a one or three person “Panel”
• Remedies: Transfer or cancellation
• Fees start at $1,500 for up to 5 disputed
domains
• Do you need a lawyer? Legal fees.
• Reverse domain name hijacking

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