The Freename Forum

... rights infringed by the domain breitling.com.de and - although it is a .de domain - took the matter to The Forum to conduct dispute resolution proceedings. And rightly so. There is no dispute resolution procedure like the UDRP for the German country code extension .de. From the point of view ...

... freedom of expression. Lockheed Martin Corporation saw its trademark rights infringed by the domain fucklockheedmartin.com and initiated UDRP proceedings before The Forum. The company argued that the domain directs to a site where the domain owner and opponent expresses political views but ...

... domain is made “in bad faith”; the UDRP requires both cumulatively. WIPO is currently the only arbitration court that offers out-of-court dispute proceedings for .ht domains. Source: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/news/2025/news_0003.html

... not meet his expectations. Berryhill is surprised that none of the owners of one of the 47 registered “WT” trademarks in the USA have started UDRP proceedings for the domain wt.com. The situation was different with lh.com, for example, which was the subject of several different proceedings, most ...

After discussing a very successful UDRP procedure of a German company last week, we briefly show two German companies that recently failed in UDRP proceedings. hydacservice.com - (WIPO Case No. D2024-4947) HYDAC Technology GmbH, founded in 1963, brought UDRP proceedings before WIPO against the ...

The .eu registry EURid has announced that it will reduce the fees for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings for another year. In order to continue to support the interests of trademark rights holders, EURid has extended the discount on the .eu ADR procedure fee until ...

Ernsting's family GmbH & Co. KG has won 32 fake shop domains in extensive UDRP proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The opponents remained silent. The German textile retailer Ernsting's family GmbH & Co. KG saw its trademarks ...

Domain name lawyer Doug Isenberg presents his statistical report on UDRP decisions for the year and the fourth quarter of 2024. The number of UDRP proceedings continues to rise. “Gigalaw's Domain Dispute Digest Fourth Quarter, 2024” is a 16-page report on the development of UDRP proceedings in ...

... resulting from its dictionary meaning. Mr. Stein from Germany considered his name right to be infringed by the domain stein.eu and initiated ADR proceedings for .eu domains before the WIPO. Unlike the UDRP, the ADR procedure for .eu domains also allows name rights to be asserted as part of the ...

WIPO recently presented its latest “WIPO Domain Name Report 2024” and announced that the number of proceedings remains high. However, it actually recorded a few fewer procedures than in the previous year 2023. The report, which is short, concise and clearly laid out, includes ...