Domain Name Law
Let us guide you through the Internet.
Zak Muscovitch has practised international domain name law since 1999 and, in addition to his law practice, is General Counsel of the Internet Commerce Association. He has represented clients from all over the world in numerous ICANN domain name disputes, and was lead counsel in numerous precedent-setting court cases.
What we do
- ICANN UDRP complaints and defences
- CIRA CDRP (.ca) disputes
- Reverse domain name hijacking cases
- Domain name lease agreements
- Domain name purchase and sale agreements
- Domain name joint venture & development agreements (revenue share)
Zak has served as a consultant to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) on updating and revising the Canadian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, is the author of “A Guide to ICANN Procedure and Policy” (2000), and is frequently consulted by the media on Internet-related legal issues, including by Wired magazine.
Landmark cases
- 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.
- 2008
CheapTickets.ca
Defended a descriptive domain name by successfully obtaining the cancellation of the plaintiff's “Cheap Tickets” trademark.
- 2009
Forsale.ca
Represented the registrant in the first CIRA Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding and costs order.
- —
Groovle.com v. Google
Successfully defended Groovle.com in a case brought by Google, and resisted two additional Google attempts to obtain domain names through the UDRP.
- —
長江.com (LongRiver.com)
Represented the respondent in the first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking case in an IDN (Chinese-language) dispute, brought by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing at the ADNDRC and then at WIPO.
Clients represented in: Canada, United States, China, England, Australia, Brazil, Turkey, Belgium, South Africa, Korea.
Facing a domain name dispute?
UDRP, CDRP, or a demand letter over your domain — get counsel who has argued the precedent-setting cases on both sides of the policy.