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Domain Name Services

Monday, January 4th, 2010

People often ask us the following questions: What approach or course of action do you recommend we follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to us? What are my chances or what is the likelihood of success? What will it cost me? Answering these questions is ...

Outsource your domain name disputes to South Africa

Friday, November 6th, 2009

There are two things you should do when it comes to allocating legal work most effectively.  The first is that of decomposing legal work and the second is the sourcing of the most appropriate resource to provide the legal service. A great example is the way in which a domain name ...

Is your domain name being registered in China?

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Perhaps you have also received the email, or perhaps you will.  It is an email from the "department of registration service in China", along the lines of: "... We formally received an application on [date]. One company "[name of the company]" are applying to register "[your company or trade name]" as an internet ...

Information relevant to .uk domain disputes

Friday, November 6th, 2009

General Nominet UK is the organization that administers the <.uk> domain name registry and is also the <.uk> dispute resolution service provider. <.uk> domain name disputes are determined under the Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) arbitration procedure.  Nominet UK has developed the Nominet DRS Policy and Procedure for this purpose. Although the ...

Information relevant to Top Level domain disputes

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) performs the administrative functions relating to generic top level domain (gTLD) names.  gTLD disputes are determined by the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution ("Rules").  ICANN, amongst all its other functions, supervises and ...

Information relevant to a <.za> domain dispute

Friday, November 6th, 2009

People often contact us saying they want a specific <.za> domain name.  We have set out what we consider to be the best approach in these matters (based on our previous experience) in an article entitled I want that domain name.  Please read that article before reading this article. So, if ...

Estimated costs of resolving domain disputes

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The costs are made up of costs or expenses that are payable to third parties and our fees.  Our fees are provided on the basis that we have given you an opinion regarding the domain dispute.   The reason for this is that as part of giving you the opinion, the ...

Reducing legal costs in domain name disputes

Friday, November 6th, 2009

[private]There are various different approaches or courses of action that you can follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to you. Each one has its own cost implications. We always try to ensure that our clients are aware of all possible costs at ...

Possible approaches to resolving domain disputes

Friday, November 6th, 2009

There are various different approaches or courses of action that you can follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to you.  Each one has its own cost implications. The different approaches Send the registrant a friendly letter asking them to transfer it.  If ...

I want that domain name

Friday, November 6th, 2009

People often ask us the following questions: What approach or course of action do you recommend we follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to us? What are my chances or what is the likelihood of success? What will it cost me? This seems to be ...