DRS meaning

In this issue: Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&A Energy efficiency and buildings The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued its 2025 post‑implementation review (PIR) of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1643). Using Phase 3 compliance notifications from the Environment Agency, together with unpublished interim data from Phase 3 action plans, and building on the 2020 PIR, it recommends holding off any major amendments to the ESOS Regulations until a full evaluation ends in May 2026, after which a comprehensive PIR will be completed. The research evaluates how energy audits and reporting identify and deliver energy efficiency savings across organisations. See: LNB News 14/08/2025 6...

In this issue: Property management Insurance Transferring property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property insolvency Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q&As Property management RICS Consultation on Service Charges in Commercial Property The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is seeking views on a second edition of its Professional Standard for Service Charges in Commercial Property. RICS confirms that the updated standard, scheduled for release in summer 2025, is intended to tackle key challenges in administering service charges, including the timely issue and prompt circulation of budgets and year-end certificates, and aims to reduce the causes of disputes between landlords and tenants, providing clearer guidance on resolution where there are disputes and related disagreements between parties. RICS also confirms it will support the negotiation, drafting, interpretation and day-to-day operation of leases, ensuring they adhere to recognised industry best practice...

In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments OEP submits advice to UK government on strengthening Planning and Infrastructure Bill The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has provided guidance to the UK government aimed at reinforcing environmental safeguards in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. While acknowledging the intention to deliver better outcomes for development and the natural environment, the OEP cautions that the Bill, as presently framed, may erode protections embedded in existing environmental law. Its advice highlights priority improvements, including fortifying the ‘overall improvement test’ and embedding safeguards across the full network of protected sites. See: LNB News 01/01/0001 3141....

This Practice Note offers an introduction to cybersquatting. It involves registering a domain name that incorporates another business’s trade mark with the purpose (or consequence) of taking unfair advantage of that mark. It also encompasses typosquatting, being the registration of a domain name featuring a misspelt version of another party’s trade mark. There are several avenues to pursue action against cybersquatters, including Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) and the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)... What is cybersquatting? Also referred to as domain name squatting, it is the bad-faith registration of a domain name that matches or is confusingly similar to a trade mark or name, with the intention of profiting from the goodwill attached to that mark or name. The practice exploits the trade marks of businesses, individuals, or other entities, aiming to secure commercial benefit for the ‘squatter’ and/or to interfere with legitimate activities... Evolution and key characteristics of cybersquatting The phenomenon took hold in the 1990s during the early phase of internet...

This Practice Note sets out an overview of the URS, a rights protection mechanism closely modelled on, yet distinct from, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and elements of the .uk Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). The URS provides a fast‑track, lower‑cost route for the most clear‑cut instances of cybersquatting. This Practice Note does not cover the UDRP or the DRS. For more on those, see the following Practice Notes: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) process Preparing a UDRP complaint—before you start Nominet dispute resolution service (DRS) Application and purpose of the URS The URS applies to: all new generic Top Level Domain Names (new gTLDs) some of the so‑called legacy gTLDs (namely .asia, .biz, .cat, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .org, .pro, .tel, .travel, .xxx) some country code top level domains (eg .pw for Micronesia) The URS was adopted in 2013 as part of a suite of strengthened rights...

This Practice Note is a practical ‘how to’ resource for businesses addressing cybersquatting. It outlines what cybersquatting involves, ways to prevent it, and actions to take if it happens. It proceeds on the basis that the infringing domain is UK-based, eg .co.uk, .uk, or .org.uk. What is cybersquatting? Cybersquatting occurs where a party registers and/or uses a domain name in bad faith to exploit, or cause detriment to, another party’s rights. A domain name is a unique identifier for a particular internet resource or one or more IP addresses, eg a website. For information, see: Domain names—overview. For example, an individual might register a domain containing a well-known brand name and trade mark, intending to sell it back to the brand owner at an inflated price, or use that domain to redirect genuine customers of the brand to another site, perhaps offering a competitor’s goods. Cybersquatting is not defined by legislation or by the courts. Instead, it is treated as a set of different behaviours...

1 Rights in the domain name Relying on [ a WHOIS enquiry undertaken on [ date of Nominet WHOIS search ] OR Nominet’s reply to a data release request as enclosed as [ insert details of attachment ] ], the domain name [ insert domain name ] (Domain Name) is shown as registered to the Respondent. The outcome of that enquiry is enclosed as [ insert details of attachment ] with this Complaint. The Complainant is the proprietor of [ insert details of trade marks, domain names, brand names, contractual rights, personal names etc ] (Rights). Additional information regarding these Rights is set out below...