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By Steve Levy If you own a trademark, you’re already familiar with the topic of cybersquatting — the practice where someone registers a domain name similar to your ...

By Steve Levy For those who may be learning about this for the first time, or just want a quick refresher, the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) is ...

By Steve Levy Those who are familiar with the UDRP know that par. 4(a)(i) requires a brand owner to prove that a disputed “domain name is identical or ...

By Steve Levy A defense to a UDRP complaint, under par. 4(a)(ii), is for a domain name owner to prove that it has rights or legitimate interests in ...

By Steve Levy As with general trademark law, the concept of fair use is incorporated into the UDRP in paragraph 4(c)(iii) which says that a domain name owner ...

By Steve Levy I just decided a case that involved the combination of a typosquatted domain name and a separate email hacking incident. While this may be the first of ...

By Steve Levy Does your company have a website and social media posts? Of course, it does. Do you own the copyrights in that content? Of course, you ...

By Steve Levy I only started handling UDRP cases after a couple of decades of dealing with other trademark disputes through a combination of demand letters and litigation. ...

By Steve Levy On June 3, 2024, I wrote a piece titled Falsified Evidence In The Age Of AI. Well, it’s happened again. Only this time, the forger is a ...

By Steve Levy The reality of the UDRP is that nearly 90% of cases involve no-show Respondents (a “default” case). This is for a number of reasons, the ...

By Steve Levy Before my career took a sharp turn into the world of domain name disputes, I was in-house intellectual property counsel for The Home Depot. My ...

By Steve Levy Not all domain name disputes are suited for resolution through the UDRP. In a July 24, 2024 comment, it was highlighted that other business disputes (contracts, ...