Dispute and Recovery Solutions
Dispute and recovery solutions to counter domain infringements including DRP, UDRP, URS, and more.
Domain-based brand, intellectual property (IP), and trademark infringements are significant threats to business. Domain names are crucial brand assets, and domain infringements can have costly repercussions like revenue loss and reputation damage due to consumer confusion as a result of brand abuse. To minimize damage to your brand, it’s important to identify and address domain infringements as quickly as possible.
CSC offers a range of avenues that can be taken to recover domains, or dispute their ownership, including dispute resolution policy (DRP), uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP), and uniform rapid suspension (URS) procedures. If these are not suitable, we also offer domain acquisition services.
Why use CSC’s Dispute and Recovery solutions?
Choosing the right method
When you’re experiencing domain infringements against your brand or trademarks, and wish to recover, suspend, dispute ownership of, or otherwise acquire the domains, CSC’s expert teams can assess these options with you to choose the most effective methods to achieve your goals.
Enterprise-class brand protection
CSC is an enterprise-class domain registrar and trusted provider to some of the world’s largest brands. We’re experts in domain recovery and dispute processes and can take approved enforcement actions on your behalf.
A customized approach
As part of our multi-layered suite of enforcement solutions, CSC’s dispute and recovery options include:
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UDRP – For straightforward cases of domain infringements, UDRPs cover all generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and some country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and offer domain recovery or cancellation.
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DRP – For domain infringements on ccTLDs (except certain ccTLDs where there aren’t adequate polices or channels in place for dispute claims) offering domain transfer.
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URS – For clear-cut domain infringements on certain gTLDs, for the temporary suspension of the domain.
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Domain acquisition – If, after our initial investigation, an acquisition route is the best option, we pass cases on to our Domain Brokerage Team to acquire the disputed domain.
We can create a fully customized enforcement program for you, pairing our Dispute and Recovery services with our suite of takedown actions for the most effective solution.
Why CSC?
We offer the widest range of brand enforcement approaches on the market. By partnering with CSC, your company can benefit from our expertise in delivering results for complex enforcement actions. We are the top UDRP complaint filer with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with a 99% success rate.
FAQs
UDRP is a legal framework established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to resolve disputes over domain names that may infringe on trademarks. UDRP applies to gTLDs and some ccTLDs that have been registered in bad faith, are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark, and in which the registrant has no legitimate rights to use the domain. After a trademark owner files a UDRP complaint with an ICANN-approved UDRP provider, a panel of experts reviews the complaint and decides whether the domain registrant acted in bad faith. Where it’s found that they have, the domain recovered to the complainant or be cancelled.
A DRP applies to domain name conflicts involving ccTLDs, and where a domain violates local trademark law or is being used for fraudulent activities. Unlike UDRPs governed by ICANN, countries have their own mechanisms for resolving DRPs, and the process to submit a claim and prove trademark infringement, cybersquatting, or other brand abuse is country specific.
The URS system was introduced by ICANN to quickly suspend domain names that clearly infringe on trademarks and that have been registered in bad faith. URS applies to new gTLDs like .shop, .app, and others.
