Venner Shipley on Domain Names

Domain names are becoming more and more important to businesses as their need for an internet presence increases. They are usually aligned with trade marks and now form an important part of any intellectual property portfolio. Cybersquatting is a high profile problem which can be encountered.

Experience

At Venner Shipley we regularly handle complaints filed under both ICANN and Nominet’s dispute resolution systems.  This has successfully resulted in transfers of “cybersquatting” domain names for a number of our clients.

Our attorneys also assist in domain name registration, whether for new top level domains in sunrise periods or for existing ones. They can also advise on issues such as amendments required to a domain name, and on claims made against our clients relating to their use or registration of a domain name.

Expertise

The management of domain names is often integrated with a trade mark strategy in order to attain the full commercial benefit. All of the members of our domain names team are trade mark specialists and so can draw on the skills and knowledge they have in that field to great advantage.