Service Overview
Domain names are also now an important commercial asset for identification of a business, akin to trademarks. When a third party registers a confusingly similar domain, misuses your brand online, or impersonates your business, the impact is immediate—customers are misled, reputations are damaged, and commercial harm can escalate quickly.
Across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, domain name disputes often intersect with broader issues such as fraud, identity theft, unfair competition, and cybercrime. Our teams combine legal expertise with on-ground enforcement capabilities to resolve these matters swiftly and decisively.
Our Capabilities
We advise clients on the full spectrum of domain name disputes, including:
- Cybersquatting and domain hijacking
- Unauthorised use of trademarks in domain names
- Website impersonation and phishing schemes
- Passing off, unfair competition, and online brand misuse
- UDRP complaints before WIPO
- Enforcement through local authorities, including electronic crimes units
- Website and domain takedowns
- Evidence gathering, monitoring, and online investigations
Our approach blends the efficiency of international administrative procedures with the practical realities of enforcement in the region.
Representative Matters
- Secured the blocking of a fraudulent domain and impersonating website for a regional hospitality group following a coordinated complaint with cybercrime authorities.
- Recovered a domain incorporating a client’s international brand name in South Asia after establishing bad-faith registration and unauthorised commercial use.
- Acted for a global travel services provider in ongoing proceedings to transfer a deceptively similar domain used to divert customer traffic.
- Handled an infringement matter involving the misuse of a renowned Ivy League educational institution’s brand name through websites and social media accounts, where unauthorised courses were offered under the false claim of affiliation with the institution.
- Acted for a major real estate developer in a domain name impersonation matter involving a cloned website and fraudulent job offers, coordinating with the Dubai Police E-Crimes Department to secure takedown of the infringing domain and halt further misuse.
Service Overview
Domain names are also now an important commercial asset for identification of a business, akin to trademarks. When a third party registers a confusingly similar domain, misuses your brand online, or impersonates your business, the impact is immediate—customers are misled, reputations are damaged, and commercial harm can escalate quickly.
Across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, domain name disputes often intersect with broader issues such as fraud, identity theft, unfair competition, and cybercrime. Our teams combine legal expertise with on-ground enforcement capabilities to resolve these matters swiftly and decisively.
Our Capabilities
We advise clients on the full spectrum of domain name disputes, including:
- Cybersquatting and domain hijacking
- Unauthorised use of trademarks in domain names
- Website impersonation and phishing schemes
- Passing off, unfair competition, and online brand misuse
- UDRP complaints before WIPO
- Enforcement through local authorities, including electronic crimes units
- Website and domain takedowns
- Evidence gathering, monitoring, and online investigations
Our approach blends the efficiency of international administrative procedures with the practical realities of enforcement in the region.
Representative Matters
- Secured the blocking of a fraudulent domain and impersonating website for a regional hospitality group following a coordinated complaint with cybercrime authorities.
- Recovered a domain incorporating a client’s international brand name in South Asia after establishing bad-faith registration and unauthorised commercial use.
- Acted for a global travel services provider in ongoing proceedings to transfer a deceptively similar domain used to divert customer traffic.
- Handled an infringement matter involving the misuse of a renowned Ivy League educational institution’s brand name through websites and social media accounts, where unauthorised courses were offered under the false claim of affiliation with the institution.
- Acted for a major real estate developer in a domain name impersonation matter involving a cloned website and fraudulent job offers, coordinating with the Dubai Police E-Crimes Department to secure takedown of the infringing domain and halt further misuse.
