Domain Name Law
Guiding you through the Internet since 1999 — UDRP and CDRP disputes, reverse domain name hijacking defence, and domain transactions.
Landmark cases →A boutique business & IP law firm — Toronto, Canada
Domain name, business & trademark law — from the lawyer who helped write its first chapter.
The Muscovitch Law Firm is a boutique business, domain name, and trademark law firm in Toronto, Canada. Its principal, Zak Muscovitch, has practised international domain name law since 1999 and serves as General Counsel of the Internet Commerce Association. Our clients appreciate our personalized attention and customized solutions.
- Practising Internet law since
- 1999
- Precedent-setting domain cases
- 10+
- Countries with represented clients
- 10
- .biz RDNH case · CDRP defence · CIRA RDNH costs order
- 1st
Practice areas
Business Law
From start-ups to acquisition and everything in between — incorporations, contracts, and mergers & acquisitions, turned around cost-effectively.
How we help →Trademark Law
Protect your brand online and offline. Flat-rate trademark services from a registered CIPO trademark agent, starting with a free preliminary search.
The process & costs →A record of firsts in domain name law
Full case history →- 2000
Toronto.com
Successfully defended against one of the first attempts in Federal Court to obtain an interlocutory injunction against a domain name registrant.
- 2001
Sweetsuccess.com
Defence counsel in one of the first decisions to establish the convenient forum for international domain name disputes.
- 2002
Technodome.com
Instructing counsel for the registrant in the first in rem decision under the United States Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).
- 2002
Canadian.biz (Molson)
Counsel in one of the first court cases overturning an ICANN UDRP decision, commenced by Molson.
- 2002
Shoes.biz
Represented the registrant in the first “.biz” Reverse Domain Name Hijacking case.
- 2003
Cheaptickets.ca (CDRP)
Represented the registrant in the first ever successful defence of a CIRA CDRP complaint.
Not just any business lawyer — an Internet business lawyer
If you have an Internet business, you need a lawyer who is an expert in Internet business issues. The firm advises start-up and established online businesses alike — Internet advertisers and marketing companies, domain name portfolio owners, website developers, online communities, e-commerce companies, software developers, ISPs, and domain name registrars.
Zak Muscovitch is General Counsel of the Internet Commerce Association, a registered trademark agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, author of “Taxation of Internet Commerce” (1996) — the first published legal treatise on the subject — and a consultant to CIRA on revising the Canadian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
About the firm →Industries served
- Advertising
- Software Development
- Hospitality
- Travel
- E-Commerce
- Healthcare
- Retail
- Distribution
- Transportation
- Telecommunications
Tell us about your matter.
Personalized attention and customized solutions — from a quick question to a precedent-setting dispute.