DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES

Romana Hofmannová

Romana Hofmannová, an enthusiast for intellectual property law, is responsible at the law firm ŠTAIDL LEŠKA ADVOKÁTI s.r.o. for, amongst other things, matters relating to all types of domains, their registration and transfer, and in particular disputes concerning the cancellation or transfer of domains.

The law firm has many years’ experience in representing large Czech and foreign companies, as well as smaller businesses operating on the Czech market, in dozens of domain name disputes. If someone’s domain and its content infringe upon another party’s rights – for example, rights to a trade mark or an unregistered designation – the cancellation of such a domain can be a highly effective tool for protecting reputation and goodwill, including the interests of customers who may be deceived or otherwise harmed through the domain, for example by the dissemination of various forms of malware. In such cases, it is possible to seek protection not only through the Czech courts, but, provided certain conditions are met, it is also possible to use out-of-court dispute resolution, such as online proceedings before the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Czech Bar Association, or online proceedings before WIPO. Such out-of-court proceedings are generally very swift, with a decision being issued within two to five months of the application being filed. The law firm ŠTAIDL LEŠKA ADVOKÁTI s.r.o. represents clients both during the proceedings and during their enforcement, when it takes over representation before domain registrars to ensure the cancellation or transfer of the domain.

You can instruct us to represent you in your domain dispute very quickly and easily via our specialised platform for domain disputes: , www.domenovespory.cz and , which enables the online provision of legal services in domain name disputes.

References:

Avast Software s.r.o., Gen Digital, File Hippo s.r.o., Piriform Limited, MOVIE s.r.o., successful representation of the owner of the domain narodnidivadlo.cz in a dispute with the National Theatre