Dispute
Resolution Bodies
under gTLDs Sometimes
'squatting' (people robbing your name without authorization) occurs on the domain
linked to your name, surname or trademark: no
worries ! There
are quick and cost-effective ways of having back illegally-occupied domains ? Procedures
have purposely been set up to get rid of cybersquatting-linked phenomena connected
to gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains) domains. The help of legal experts provides
an effective means of defeating the chaos created by this problem. View
the complete Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
General Information
All registrars in the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains
follow the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (often referred to as
the "UDRP"). Under the policy, most types of trademark-based domain-name
disputes must be resolved by agreement, court action, or arbitration before a
registrar will cancel, suspend, or transfer a domain name. Disputes alleged to
arise from abusive registrations of domain names (for example, cybersquatting)
may be addressed by expedited administrative proceedings that the holder of trademark
rights initiates by filing a complaint with an approved dispute-resolution service
provider. To invoke the policy, a trademark owner
should either (a) file a complaint in a court of proper jurisdiction against the
domain-name holder (or where appropriate an in-rem action concerning the domain
name) or (b) in cases of abusive registration submit a complaint to an approved
dispute-resolution service provider (see below for a list and links).
Principal
Documents The following documents
provide details:
Information on Proceedings
Commenced Under the Policy
Historical
Documents Concerning the Policy Chronology
Staff Reports Proposed
Implementation Documents (form posted for public comment September 29,
1999)
Public Comments Submitted
(comment period September 29-October 13,
1999)
Approved
Providers for
Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy The
uniform
dispute resolution policy is now in effect. See the implementation
schedule for details. Complaints
under the policy may be submitted to any approved dispute-resolution service provider
listed below. Each provider follows the Rules
for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy as well as its own supplemental
rules.
To go to the web site of a provider, click on its name below:
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