In episode number 8 of GigaLaw’s YouTube masterclass on Domain Name Disputes, attorney Doug Isenberg discusses the "bad faith" requirement under the third part of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy's (UDRP) three-part test.

In episode number 7 of my YouTube masterclass on Domain Name Disputes, Doug Isenberg discusses the "rights or legitimate interests" requirement under the second part of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy's (UDRP) three-part test.

In episode number 6 of my YouTube masterclass on Domain Name Disputes, I discuss the "identical or confusingly similar" requirement of the first part of the three-part test under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). This requires a complainant to prove that the domain name at issue is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which it has rights.

The fifth episode of Doug Isenberg’s masterclass on domain name disputes discusses trademark rights under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and answers the question, “What type of trademark is required to file a UDRP complaint?”

The third episode of Doug Isenberg’s masterclass on domain name disputes talks about financial issues under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and answers the question, “How much does the UDRP cost?” As the video explains, a UDRP complaint includes two costs: the filing fee and the legal fee.

The third episode of Doug Isenberg’s masterclass on domain name disputes talks about timing issues under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and answers the question, “How long does the UDRP take?” As explained in the video, the typical UDRP process lasts about two months from filing a complaint until reaching a decision and includes the seven stages.

“Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass” is Doug Isenberg’s new YouTube video series that provides basic and advanced information about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and other topics helpful to trademark owners fighting cybersquatters.

The second quarterly issue of GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest (Q2 2020), greatly expands upon the inaugural issue published earlier this year by adding data from three additional providers of services under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion on trademark rights for the domain name <booking.com> has obviously generated a lot of discussion about the use of generic words in domain names, but one footnote from the Court that has attracted little attention is especially interesting: “Sometimes adding a generic term to a generic top-level domain results in wordplay (for example, ‘tennis.net’).”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion about the domain name <booking.com> resolved only a very narrow issue: Whether a domain name that consists of a generic word can be registered as a trademark if the domain name as a whole has obtained “acquired distinctiveness” or “secondary meaning” in the minds of the public.