The TrademarkClearing House ("TMCH") now allows trademark owners that have been successful in a UDRP or court case to add the recovered domain name as a label to its verified trademark. The TMCH calls this service Abused DNL.
By way of example, if you recovered the domain name mymarque.mobi via the UDRP based on the trademark MY MARK you can add the term mymarque as a label to your verified trademark at the TMCH.
The Abused DNL will not allow the trademark owner to register a domain name such as mymarque.africa during a Sunrise period but it will allow them to benefit from the Trademark claims notifications. This means that if a person registers a domain name within a new gTLD 60-90 days after the close of the Sunrise period, the trademark owner will be notified of that registration.
The maximum amount of Abused DNLs that can be linked to a verified trademark is 50.
Fees
UDRP
Verification of case £50
Adding an Abused DNL £1 per label per year.
Court Case
Verification of case £150
Adding an Abused DNL £1 per label per year.
Email brandprotection@lexsynergy.com to submit your Abused DNL.
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