Trademark Law

Domain names can be valuable property to your company or business. If your domain name was stolen today, what impact would that have on your business?   What if you woke up tomorrow and your web site had been converted to a pornography or link site?  Now ask yourself what safeguards you have in place to protect your domain name.

Just because you have registered your domain name does not mean that it is protected.  There are dozens of ways that third parties can steal your domain without your permission or knowledge. Our cybersquatting specialists get calls and emails every day from companies whose domain names are lost through domain registrant administrative oversight, loss of key employees, domain registrant password theft, domain hacking and cyber-piracy.

Our Domain Name Protection Services:

Domain Name Security Audit: Our lawyers will review your domain registration at the registrar and domain host levels. By conducting a thorough domain name registration and technology audit, our lawyers can ensure that you domain name is protected and secure from theft, before something bad happens.

Domain Name Trademark Program: Our domain lawyers will register your brand, company name and/or domain name as a trademark with the USPTO. By registering the words which comprise your domain name as a trademark, you will obtain the leverage you need to stop infringement and protect your domain name.

Victims of Domain Name Theft or Cybersquatting:  If you are a domain name or trademark owner who has been victimized by a cybersquatter or domain thief, our lawyers prepare and file a complaint with WIPO or NAF under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).  Under the UDRP, domain registrars can be ordered to transfer domain names away from cybersquatters and into the name of their rightful owners. Our attorneys can help get you domain back under your control. 

If you don't protect your domain names, who will? Contact a domain name lawyer for a free consultation.