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By Steve Levy We often see UDRP decisions published online, laying out the details of who did what and why. But what happens when the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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...

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...

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...

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...