Domain names—background, registration and dispute resolution

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Practice notes

Domain names—background, registration and dispute resolution

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Francesca Allport of Wedlake Bell

Practice notes
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This Practice Note discussed the background to domain names, the process for registration and the practical and legal steps that can be taken to resolve Disputes regarding domain names. It covers:

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    What is a domain name?

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    ICANN’s New Generic Top Level Domain Program

  3. •

    The domain name supply chain

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    Domain name registration strategy—getting in first

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    Dispute resolution

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    Protection afforded by domain name registration

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    Common disputes regarding domain names

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    Practical measures for the resolution of domain name disputes

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    Resolution of dispute—UDRP, Nominet, EURid adjudication and litigation

What is a domain name?

Computers existed long before the internet. During the 1960s and 1970s, the US government funded research into how to connect up computers and enable people to communicate across different networks. The resulting technology enabled systems that were quite different from one another to be connected through very lightweight technologies: internet naming and addressing. This structure allows for advances in Infrastructure (for example, moving from copper wire to fibre optic cable, wired connections to wireless), and

Francesca Allport
Francesca Allport

Solicitor, Wedlake Bell

Francesca is a Solicitor with a wide range of disputes experience both as part of private practice and acting as part of inhouse counsel. She has advised on matters ranging from design right infringement to general commercial disputes. Francesca has been involved in a number of large litigation cases and has a good background in IP litigation. Francesca has previously been involved in multiple disputes involving large retail companies dealing with areas of law such as design right, copyright and trade marks.
 
Prior to joining Wedlake Bell, Francesca worked on secondment as part of the content litigation team at a well-known online social network service. 

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