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UDRP

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy: the ICANN process trademark holders use to recover infringing domains without going to court.

UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy) is the binding arbitration policy every ICANN-accredited registrar enforces against its customers. A trademark holder who believes a domain was registered and used in bad faith (the classic case being typosquatting or cybersquatting) can file a UDRP complaint with an approved provider like WIPO or the Forum. If they prove all three required elements (identical or confusingly similar, no legitimate interest, bad faith), the domain is transferred or cancelled within roughly 60 days, without a lawsuit. UDRP does not cover ccTLDs, which run their own dispute procedures.

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