Toth v Emirates
[2012] EWHC 517
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…