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Domain Names

BETTINGER SCHNEIDER SCHRAMM assists you with its comprehensive know-how in all questions of domain name law.

 

Our partner Dr. Torsten Bettinger is a preeminent lawyer in this field. He is a member of the legal advisory board of the German Registry for .de-Domains, DENIC e.G., and serves as Panelist for the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and the Czech Arbitration Court. He is the editor and principal author of the Manual "Domain Name Law and Practice: An International Handbook". Our activities in this sector comprise in particular:

 

Representation at trial and in alternative dispute settlement proceedings

  • Strategic enforcement of trademarks and trade name rights against the unlawful registration and use of domain names; Defence of your domain name against unjustified claims by third parties
  • Representation of our clients at trial and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organisation (UDRP) and the Czech Arbitration Court (Alternative Dispute Resolutin for .EU)
  • Consulting on the enforcement of rights in other national alternative dispute settlement proceedings in the field of the ccTLDs
  • legal support for Registars/ISPs

 

Domain contracts

  • Drafting of domain name licence contracts, domain name transfer agreements, domain name sharing contracts and other domain name use contracts
  • Advice on the purchase and sale of domain names

 

Liquidation and valuation of domain names

  • Consulting on the liquidation and the  of domain names
  • Consulting on the in-company valuation of domain names, due diligence proceedings and company transfer agreements

 

Consulting on the application for of new top-level domains

  • consulting on the application for new generic  Top-Level Domains with ICANN 
  • drafting of the registration provisions and rules for alternative dispute resolution proceedings in connection with applications for new top-level domains to ICANN

 

Domain Name Registration and Portfolio Management

  • world-wide registration and administration of domain names in the field of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top level domains (ccTLDs)
  • domainnName recovery for brand owners
  • monitoring the renewals of domain name and payment of the registration fees
  • domain name searches
  • monitoring of trademarks and tradenames for conflicting domain name registrations