Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Policy Adopted: August 26, 1999
Implementation Documents Approved: October 24,
General Information
All registrars in the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains follow
the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (often referred to
as the "UDRP"). Under the policy, most types of trademark-based
domain-name disputes must be resolved by agreement, court action, or
arbitration before a registrar will cancel, suspend, or transfer a domain
name.
Disputes alleged to arise from abusive registrations of domain names
(for example, cybersquatting) may be addressed by expedited administrative
proceedings that the holder of trademark rights initiates by filing
a complaint with an approved dispute-resolution service provider.
To invoke the policy, a trademark owner should either (a) file a complaint
in a court of proper jurisdiction against the domain-name holder (or
where appropriate an in-rem action concerning the domain name) or (b)
in cases of abusive registration submit a complaint to an approved dispute-resolution
service provider (see below for a list and links).
Principal Documents
The following documents provide details:
Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy -- This policy is followed
by all registrars.
Rules for
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy -- These rules are
followed by all dispute-resolution service providers, with supplementation
by each provider's supplemental rules.
List of Approved
Dispute-Resolution Service Providers
Information
Concerning Approval Process for Dispute-Resolution Service Providers
Information on Proceedings Commenced Under the Policy
List of Proceedings
Arranged by Commencement Date
List
of Proceedings Arranged by Proceeding Number
List of
Proceedings Arranged by Domain Name
Search Tool for
UDRP Proceedings
Statistical
Summary of Proceedings
Historical Documents Concerning the Policy
Chronology
Timeline for
Development and Implementation of the Policy and Rules
Staff Reports
Staff
Report on Implementation Documents for the Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy (29 September 1999)
Second
Staff Report on Implementation Documents for the Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy (24 October 1999)
Proposed Implementation Documents (form posted for public
comment September 29, 1999)
Draft
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (29 September 1999)
Draft Rules
for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (29 September
1999)
Public Comments Submitted (comment period September 29-October
13, 1999)
Public
Comment Archive
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