domain name law and dispute resolution services from Weblaw

Weblaw is the e-commerce division of Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP solicitors, which deals with domain name disputes and all aspects of IT law and e-commerce law. They have acted for clients such as the owners of post-office.co.uk, kcts.com, the claimant of the hollyvallance.com domain name, domainregistry.biz and many others. We can help you with Nominet DRS disputes for generic, descriptive and trade mark domains and advise and assist on such domain name disputes arising under ICANN's UDRP.

Simon Halberstam, head of  Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP's Weblaw  group  is one of the UK's leading legal authorities on domain name law and disputes, having written the definitive  UK guide focusing soley on domain name law.

Weblaw has enormous experience  and expertise in acting for both claimants and domain name registrants in domain name disputes   under the Dispute Resolution Procedures provided by the different registries. Click here for examples of past cases

We have acted in many Nominet .co.uk disputes as well as .com, .info and .org cases falling under ICANNs Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution UDRP cases . We have represented both people disputing domain name ownership and those defending a claim against their registration under UDRP  or Nominet's policy.

This section of the website focuses on aspects of domain name law and disputes including:

1. Domain Name Dispute Services. This page features an introduction to this topic and outlines the various stages of the process. It also includes a link to our free domain name dispute outline assessment form.

2.  An introduction to Domain Name Law  looking at  typical domain name dispute scenarios

3. A look at Past Cases and the types of clients we have represented and the circumstances  in which we have represented them.

4. We have written many articles on domain name law and disputes including:

• An article on Passing off and Domain Names -  Use of similar or identical domain names by competitors. 
• Someone has registered similar domain names to mine and is diverting business away
• Domain Names - Use them or lose them
• Archived articles on the Post Office and domains and Domain Names and Trademarks

Domain Name Dispute Fact Sheet

For free fact sheet, contact Simon Halberstam at simonh@sghlaw.com

ADVICE on

Trade Marks and Domain Name Services

We have developed 2 versions of a template agreement for domain name sales; the first is drafted from the vendor's perspective and the second from the buyer's. For further details, please contact Simon Halberstam on 020 7544 5555.

domain name services | domain name law | UK Guide to Domain Law | Past Cases |
domain name disputes | dispute assessment form | 7 key issues
Passing off and Domain Names | Diverting domains away | Domains - use or lose them