FAQ: Someone has registered my domain name - how do I go about domain name recovery?

What you do or don’t do right at the start can affect the prospects of domain name recovery.

Things not to do include phoning the "cybersquatter" or firing off an angry email. One reason for this is that if you later need to undertake domain name dispute arbitration to recover your domain name, you will need certain evidence in support of your case. And, as any domain name lawyer knows, key information is often changed once a registrant knows that a domain name is in dispute. So it’s important that the important evidence is preserved before any other domain name recovery steps are taken.

And once you have the evidence, then the communications to the registrant have to be correctly worded. If so, they can become important building blocks in your domain name recovery case.

Phone us first. We would say that, wouldn’t we! But too often clients have approached us after they have had a go themselves. Usually we’ll get the domain name back in the end but the domain name recovery may have become more complicated than it needs to be. And we don’t charge for an initial chat on the telephone. Call Adam Taylor on +44 207 317 8404 or email.

Other FAQs:

What is domain name law?
What exactly are domain name disputes?
What is cybersquatting?
What is the relationship between a domain name and a registered / unregistered trademark?
What does your domain name audit involve?
What should I look for in a UK domain name lawyer / solicitor?