Nominet 2014 DRS summary

AssetDomains · Jul 8, 2015

Nominet have published a summary of the 2014 DRS numbers

http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/late...rish-councillors-2014-uk-domain-name-disputes

I cant believe chemist4u went to the trouble of getting a trademark to try and hijack such a name

Skinner · Jul 8, 2015

This has to be 1 person in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The year saw cases bought by complainants from 35 different countries, led by the UK (549) followed by the US (64), Germany (15) and Lichtenstein (13). Respondents were even more widely dispersed, coming from 51 different countries. Again the UK leads with 545 respondents, but Saint Kitts and Nevis is in second place with 26.

Adam H · Jul 8, 2015

What does the average DRS cost the complainant ?

AssetDomains · Jul 8, 2015

AdamH said:
What does the average DRS cost the complainant ?

If you submit it personally just its your time at the first stage if the respondent contests the complaint then I think its £750 to get an expert decision if it cant be sorted out via mediation

larger companies tend to get solicitors to draft the complaint then it gets expensive

accelerator · Jul 11, 2015

The sussexmotorbikes.co.uk case is an interesting one. I'd like to have seen the websites involved to see how much "passing off" was going on.

AssetDomains · Jul 12, 2015

accelerator said:
The sussexmotorbikes.co.uk case is an interesting one. I'd like to have seen the websites involved to see how much "passing off" was going on.

I can't link directly because I'm on the tablet mate but that case was published as it went to the expert search for case D00014293

http://www.nominet.org.uk/disputes/resolving-domain-disputes/how-it-works/decisions-search

accelerator · Jul 12, 2015

SussexMotorcycles.co.uk is an interesting case, because according to the Nominet expert, you can build up a trading reputation, and then have a right to a "[County] + [Business Type]" domain. That's interesting, because I would regard "[County] + [Business Type]" as fully generic, and not suitable for Trademark purposes.