February 27th, 2008
Cybersquatting Remedies Under The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy
The current Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) offers a relatively quick and cost effective mechanism to independently resolve disputes that arise from the abusive registration of trademarks as domain names. Under the UDRP, a complainant must show that the domain name in dispute is identical or confusingly similar to its trademark, that the respondent does not have a right or legitimate interest in the domain name, and that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.