New Disputes Won Over UDRP Domain Names by Attorney Steven Rinehart
Summary
Rinehart handles a wide variety of intellectual property matters, including preparation, prosecution and litigation matters such as filing utility patent and trademark applications, opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), reexamination proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), patent and trademark lawsuits in US district courts, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) lawsuits, trade dress litigation, as well as UDRP URL disputes before the NAF and WIPO.Rhinehart’s recent UDRP domain name wins required both impressive legal skill, and experience.Rinehart represents clients in domain name disputes involving gTLDs before the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Rinehart handles a wide variety of intellectual property matters, including preparation, prosecution and litigation matters such as filing utility patent and trademark applications, opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), reexamination proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), patent and trademark lawsuits in US district courts, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) lawsuits, trade dress litigation, as well as UDRP URL disputes before the NAF and WIPO.Because losses in UDRP domain name disputes must usually be appealed in the jurisdiction of the top-level domain registry, most UDRP appeals take place in the Eastern District of Virginia where VeriSign is located.If you are a party to a UDRP case which must be appealed, or an attorney representing a party having lost a UDRP case, Rinehart can help you protect your rights in Virginia’s Eastern US District Court.Rinehart commonly handles UDRP matters as well as ACPA matters involving typosquatting, domain names which have accidentally expired, domain names involving registered and common law trademarks, and domain name incorporating other forms of brand protection.