Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm attended a WIPO conference in Geneva celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The conference — on October 21, 2019 — took the place of the annual meeting of WIPO domain name panelists, which Doug attends every year.
For a summary of the conference, see Doug’s blog post, “WIPO Meeting Celebrates 20 Years of the UDRP.”
Doug has written almost 200 decisions as a WIPO domain name panelist.
Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm gave a presentation on “Domain Recovery Trends and Updates” at the MarkMonitor Forum in Boise, Idaho, on September 24, 2019.
In his presentation, Doug provided current statistics about domain name disputes, which indicate an increase of about 5 percent in 2019 for complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). He also discussed trends, including cybersquatting tactics that involve domain names that “span the dot,” look-alike domain names, and the use of puny codes, among many other important issues for trademark owners trying to protect their brands on the Internet.
A domain name attorney and UDRP panelist, Doug was recently included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for technology law.
Best Lawyers, the only purely peer-review guide to the legal profession, announced that Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm has been included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Doug was selected for his work in technology law.
As one of the world’s most active domain name attorneys, Doug regularly represents well-known clients in proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), and other domain name dispute policies. He also serves as a domain name panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva; The Forum (formerly the National Arbitration Forum) in Minneapolis; the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) in Prague; and the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC) in Vancouver.
Lawyers named to The Best Lawyers in America publication were recognized by their peers in the legal industry for their professional excellence in 146 practice areas. For the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 8.3 million votes were analyzed.
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Doug Isenberg of The GigaLaw Firm gave a presentation on “Why Domain Name Disputes Are at an All-Time High” at the MarkMonitor Summit in New York on May 7, 2019.
In his presentation, Doug noted that a record number of complaints were filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2018. Doug also explored other trends under the UDRP and attributed the increased activity to a number of factors, including the rise in overall domain name registrations, the increasing importance of top-level domain names, obstacles created by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the growing domain name industry, and trademark owners’ recognition of the UDRP’s strengths.
Other speakers at the MarkMonitor Summit included representatives from Amazon, Salesforce, eBay, and more. The keynote speaker was Brian Krebs, an independent investigative reporter who writes about cybercrime and is probably best known for breaking stories on high-profile data breaches, including those that hit Target, Home Depot, Michaels, and Ashley Madison.
Doug Isenberg is chair of a workshop in Atlanta on “Fundamentals and Trends in IP and Tech Mediation and Arbitration.” Organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center and the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance, the event will take place on March 19, 2019.
The all-day program features speakers from Atlanta and around the world (including from WIPO’s offices in Geneva) and will be held at modern, state-of-the art facilities at the Georgia State University College of Law’s building, home of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation. Continuing legal education credit (6 CLE hours anticipated) will be provided.
Registration fee includes the all-day workshop plus Georgia CLE, breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and cocktail reception.
For a list of topics, speaker and other information, and to register for the workshop, click here. Discounted registrations are available until February 15, 2019.
Isenberg is a domain name panelist for WIPO, where he issues decisions under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
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