Consolidating multiple domain names into a single complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) can be an incredibly efficient way for a trademark owner to tackle cybersquatters -- but this video discusses a case that makes clear why this practice is not always the right choice and needs to be taken seriously. Here, Doug Isenberg discusses why a UDRP panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) rejected a trademark owner's attempt to include 14 domain names in one complaint, forcing the trademark owner to expend additional time and money filing multiple complaints.

Only halfway through the year, the number of domain name disputes at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has already surpassed the full-year totals we were accustomed to seeing until recently. The 2023 total is on track to more than double the 3,074 domain name cases that WIPO handled in 2017, which, at the time, was already a record.

After an interruption in service due to the war in Ukraine, WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, is once again accepting complaints under the .ua domain name dispute policy — though there are a few important changes that went into effect as of July 1, 2023.

I had the privilege of serving with Scott Donahey for many years as a domain name panelist at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), until Scott’s recent retirement. In this interview, I talk with him about his groundbreaking role in writing the decision for the very first case ever filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), in 1999.

Using ChatGPT — and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Google's Bard and Bing AI — can be ineffective and dangerous for trying to resolve domain name disputes, especially under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). In my experiment, these services provided inaccurate information that might cause a trademark owner to lose a cybersquatting case.

A domain name dispute brought by the American Farm Bureau shows that -- at least under the right circumstances -- a trademark owner may be able to win a proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) even if its trademark rights arose after the disputed domain name was registered if the trademark owner previously registered and used an almost identical domain name. This decision, if followed by other panelists, could greatly expand the ability of trademark owners to prevail in UDRP proceedings.

Artificial intelligence is one of the most talked-about and controversial topics these days, so it’s no surprise that it’s having an impact on domain names and domain name disputes. This video focuses in particular on the dot-ai top-level domain, which is seeing an increase in both registrations and disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

The nine-year increase in domain name disputes being filed by trademark owners shows no slowdown in the first quarter of 2023, with the number of reported decisions up more than 18 percent under the UDRP, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

Cybersquatters sometimes use domain names that look like trademarks -- for example, by using two letter v's in place of the letter w; the letters r and n instead of the letter m; or the number 0 instead of the letter o. In this video, attorney Doug Isenberg discusses three recent cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in which trademark owners filed -- and won -- complaints for these so-called homoglyphs, or lookalike domain names.

“Cocaine Bear” is not just the title of a 2023 movie — it’s also a domain name dispute. A company that apparently operates a mall in Kentucky featuring (maybe) the bear on which the movie is based filed — and lost — a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name <cocainebear.com>.