Nominet What it means to be a DRS Expert – and why now’s the best time to join

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Nominet’s DRS Expert Panel brings together legally minded professionals to resolve disputes over domain names. In this interview, Nick Gardner – Chair of the Expert Panel – shares why it’s such an engaging role, what Experts do, and why now is a great time to apply. When the internet first began to commercialise in the […]

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Applications closed on 24 September, so this is the buyer side of the same piece.

Gardner’s point that matters after the WIPO handover: the cases are no longer just a brand pointed at a rival site. Monetisation is now part of the fact pattern, and the panel still writes to the DRS policy, not to UDRP.

The practical bit for anyone checking a .uk before they buy is the decision archive he mentions. That stayed on Nominet when the filing desk moved. A name with a past DRS is a different purchase from a name that only has a high DR.