Doug Isenberg to Facilitate CIIDRC's Conference and Workshop on UDRP

Doug Isenberg will serve as one of three facilitators for a conference and workshop on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) organized by the Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC) on November 20, 2025.

The online event is free and open to those interested in domain name disputes, especially trademark owners, attorneys who represent parties in cybersquatting matters, and panelists for any of the five ICANN-approved UDRP service providers.

The three-hour conference is titled “UDRP in Focus: Trends, Challenges and Best Practices.” It will be followed by a two-hour workshop for panelists only, titled “Sharpening Panelist Skills: Drafting UDRP Decisions.”

For details, see the ad below, contact Doug Isenberg, or register online.

Doug Isenberg Recognized by 'Best Lawyers' for Technology Law

Doug Isenberg, attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm, has been been recognized by his peers in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for what the publications call his “high caliber work in Technology Law.”

Best Lawyers says that inclusion “is based on a rigorous peer-review survey” and that, “for more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has been regarded — by both the profession and the public — as the most credible measure of legal integrity and distinction. As such, recognition by Best Lawyers symbolizes excellence in practice.”

Doug Isenberg to Speak About 'State of the UDRP' at Georgia IP Conference

Doug Isenberg will speak about "State of the UDRP: Where Domain Name Disputes Stand After 25 Years” at the State Bar of Georgia's annual conference for the Intellectual Property Law Section on June 13, 2025, in Atlanta.

The all-day conference offers a total of 6 CLE hours.

For details or to register, click here.

Doug Isenberg to Speak at WIPO Conference on UDRP's 25th Anniversary

Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm will speak at the upcoming WIPO Conference in Geneva to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

According to WIPO, the daylong event, on April 23, 2025, “will bring together Internet stakeholders to share and exchange their inputs and experiences” and “will include a retrospective on the UDRP, taking stock of jurisprudential trends and looking ahead to the planned review of the UDRP by ICANN.”

Doug’s session, titled “The UDRP in Numbers,” will be moderated by Leena Ballard, WIPO’s senior legal officer for its Internet Dispute Resolution Section, and will also include Deanna Wong of DeLab Consulting in Hong Kong.

As a longtime UDRP panelist for WIPO (and also a panelist for all of the ICANN-approved UDRP service providers), Doug has written hundreds of domain name dispute decisions over the past 20+ years. At the WIPO conference, he will speak about some of the trends he has seen during this time and will also draw on his experience as a frequent representative of parties in UDRP proceedings as well as publisher of “GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest,” a quarterly report about domain name dispute statistics.

Doug Isenberg Speaks at Arizona Bar IP Event

Doug Isenberg spoke on March 6, 2025, at the State Bar of Arizona’s 11th annual “CLE in the Garden” event for intellectual property law attorneys.

The title of Doug’s presentation was “An Insider’s View About Domain Name Disputes Under the UDRP.” He provided an overview of how the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) works, discussed common mistakes in filing UDRP complaints, reviewed current trends in UDRP decisions, and talked about recent interesting and informative UDRP cases.

The all-day continuing legal education event was held at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and featured a number of local and nationally recognized speakers.