Nominet rules prevent findings of abusive domain name registrations being re-heard in court

 

Toth v Emirates

 

[2012] EWHC 517

 

Article by Out-Law.com

 

Those registering '.uk' domain names are not entitled to a fresh hearing in court to assess whether they have abusively registered those domains if the issue has already been determined through an industry dispute resolution service, the High Court has ruled.

 

Nominet is the body responsible for .uk addresses and it operates a dispute resolution service. Mr Justice Mann said that the wording of the dispute resolution service policy and procedural rules meant that decisions reached through Nominet's system could not be re-tried in court…

 

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