Domain names and website and digital content
Content
Your website is often your major presence in the digital realm. Choosing the right domain name and maintaining a defensive domain name portfolio is an essential commercial and reputational tool. Also, the content on your website and in apps and mobile devices can be the difference between profit and loss. See how we can help to protect you and help enhance your business.
How our intellectual property lawyers can help you
Every domain name has to be unique. And with thousands of domain names being registered every week it is unsurprising that there will be issues over who owns what and who has a right to use what. Cyber-squatters deliberately target domain names to try to extort some kind of commercial benefit – perhaps large sums of money for its sale or by directing traffic to their content instead of that of a competitor.
We can help you with all aspects of domain name selection and management, domain name disputes and website content disputes
Digital content generally is crucial whether on websites or apps. We can help draft development agreements and resolve issues with provenance and clearance.
Our intellectual property team consists of specialist staff at all levels. You’ll work with commercially aware people who have deep knowledge of the issues involved in information technology law, digital media and the telecommunications sector and are able to explain those concepts clearly.
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Our clients
We work closely with:
- big brands
- large sporting teams
- large businesses
Our significant clients include: Coats PLC, Boodle & Dunthorne, Coffee Republic Retail, Rayware, Elstree Film Studios, Goop.
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Our experience
- Acted for Princes Ltd against the appeal raised by Etablissements Paul Paulet relating to the previous revocation of a patent in 26 European jurisdictions by the European Patent Office.
- Acting for our client, a cruise line, before Nominet in connection with the cancellation of a third party’s domain name registration, being used as a channel to exploit members of the public and causing detriment to our client’s brand.
- Preparing and negotiating a domain licence agreement in support of a corporate transaction.
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FAQs
How can you help us with domain name selection and management?
Our domain name selection and management services include:
- checking availability and avoiding issues with trade mark complications
- helping you to find and ensuring you are free to use a new brand and domain name
- advising on and helping you to develop filing and management strategies for your domain names both in the UK and internationally
- looking at your current domain names and advising you on how to protect and defend them, now and in the future
- providing ‘watching services’ of your competitors’ activity worldwide in respect of registered and unregistered rights, including company name and domain name registrations
How can you help us with domain name disputes?
Domain name disputes can cause serious detriment to your online presence. We can assist you by acting for you before Nominet or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) whether you are defending or asserting your rights under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure.
How can you help us with disputes over digital content?
Disputes over website content can require legal advice – whichever side of the dispute you are on. We can work with to you to put the best case forward to protect your rights or to defend your actions.
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