Domain names

Here are my recent publications on domain name dispute resolution – you can download a copy by clicking on the title.

“The Evolution of Precedent in Mandatory Arbitration – Lessons from a Decade of Domain Name Dispute Resolution” The Arbitrator and Mediator, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2011). This paper explores why and how, exactly, the ICANN UDRP system for mandatory arbitration of domain name disputes has evolved a comprehensive and largely non-controversial body of precedent, despite the absence of an appellate body and a doctrine of stare decisis.

“The ICANN Domain Name Dispute Resolution System as a Model for Resolving other Intellectual Property Disputes on the Internet” Journal of World Intellectual Property, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2002). This article explains the reasons for the effectiveness of the ICANN UDRP system for resolving domain name disputes, and how that system could be used to resolve disputes about misuse of other IP on the Internet.