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What does Dispute resolution mean? Dispute resolution describes the processes used by lawyers and clients to resolve legal disagreements—by agreement, determination or adjudication—inside or outside court. It is a descriptive, cross‑practice term rather than a single statutory definition; particular mechanisms are set by procedure and sector legislation. In pensions practice, disputes between members, employers and trustees are commonly handled through internal dispute resolution procedures (IDRP/IDR), ombudsman schemes, alternative dispute resolution (mediation or arbitration), and litigation. In the UK, The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) offers an Early Resolution Service and formal determinations; TPAS’s dispute‑handling functions have transferred to TPO, with general guidance now provided by...

Domain names: legal and practical guide to registration strategy and dispute resolution (UDRP, Nominet, EURid, litigation), including ICANN and new gTLDs

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This Practice Note covered the background to domain names, how registrations are obtained, and the practical and legal avenues and steps available for resolving domain name Disputes.

What is a domain name?

Computers were around long before the internet. In the 1960s and 1970s, the US government financed work on linking computers and allowing people to communicate across different networks. The outcome was technology that enabled systems that were markedly unlike one another to connect through very lightweight mechanisms—namely, internet naming and addressing.

Over time, that architecture has underpinned ongoing advances in both Infrastructure, including, for instance, a shift from copper wire to fibre optic cable, and from wired connections to wireless, and in applications, moving from static web pages to rich media and on to voice-over IP telephony, many of which developments were never even imagined by the internet’s original designers.

A domain name forms part of the internet’s transport layer; it is the internet’s naming and addressing system. Every computer or device that is connected to the internet is identified by an Internet Protocol (IP) address, for example 69.63.176.13...

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Francesca Allport

Wedlake Bell

Francesca is a Solicitor with a wide range of disputes experience both as part of private practice and acting as part of inhouse counsel. She has advised on matters ranging from design right infringement to general commercial disputes. Francesca has been involved in a number of large litigation cases and has a good background in IP litigation. Francesca has previously been involved in multiple disputes involving large retail companies dealing with areas of law such as design right, copyright and trade marks. Prior to joining Wedlake Bell, Francesca worked on secondment as part of the content litigation team at a well-known online social network service. ...

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