For the first time in 23 years of decisions under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), a panel has redacted the actual domain name from a published decision. This means that when you read the decision, it's impossible to know what domain name was in dispute. The complainant requested redaction because of privacy and safety concerns related to what she called "obscene content on the website in question."

The newest issue of GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest (for the third quarter of 2022) shows that trademark owners are continue to file a record number of complaints under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). I expect this trend to continue, which would result in a ninth-consecutive year of growth in cybersquatting and the largest number of domain name dispute complaints ever filed in a single year.

Melinda Gates is a billionaire and one of the world’s most powerful women, according to Forbes, but she lost a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name <melindagates.com>. In a new video, Doug Isenberg explains why she lost and what lessons other trademark owners – women, men, and companies of every size – can learn from this case.

Trademark owners and business owners of all sizes may be be confused when they receive notices that look like invoices for domain name renewals -- but, in fact, they're for nothing more than a domain name "listing" service and can typically be safely ignored.

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) may be the best and most popular way for trademark owners to fight cybersquatters – but it’s not the only option. In fact, a domain name dispute filed by a large law firm on its own behalf provides a good lesson about the pros and cons of going to court instead of filing a UDRP complaint.

Cancellation has always been a very unpopular remedy under the UDRP, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, and my analysis of last year’s cancelled domain names shows why I think trademark owners should never pursue this result.

In the second quarter 2022 edition of GigaLaw's Domain Dispute Digest, something unusual happen: A significant spike in the number of decisions not only under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) — but also under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). However, while the number of URS cases was up, trademark owners didn't fare so well, winning only only 69.1 percent of URS cases in the quarter, as compared with a more than 95 percent success rate under the UDRP.

Getting a winning decision in a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) case is obviously what every trademark owner wants when it files a complaint — but the decision itself is not the end of the process. Instead, an order to transfer a domain name simply kicks off what should be the last stage of the dispute, but still, every trademark owner needs to be aware of at least three important issues to ensure that the domain name is actually transferred.

Why does Doug Isenberg publish videos about domain name disputes for his GigaLaw website — and how does he create them? Doug answers those questions (and provides a lot of other behind-the-scenes details about his legal practice) in this documentary, a highly personal project where viewers can see what Doug looks like and what he does “off camera.”

Cybersquatters sometimes redirect domain names to a variety of different websites in an effort to see what type of activity will net them the most profit at the expense of trademark owners, as a recent decision demonstrates.