São Paulo · Brazil
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Trademarks, brands & counterfeiting
Recover a domain name or social media handle
Someone has our brand as a domain or social account. Can we get it back?
WONE Global uses domain dispute procedures, complaints to registries and social media companies, or court action, choosing the fastest route that works.
Countries in the typical case United Arab Emirates · Germany
The situation
What is happening
Someone holds a domain, app name or social handle using your brand and is diverting customers or demanding payment.
What is at stake
Customers are diverted, defrauded or confused while the other party holds your name.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Mid-sized companies
- Founders and growing companies
- Private clients and families
- Sport and entertainment
A scenario
Hotel groupCorporation · from United Arab Emirates · in Germany
Its brand name with the German country domain is parked by a stranger and offered back for a large fee, while guests land on look-alike booking pages.
Where it ends The domain back without paying the squatter.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Cybersquatter holding our domain”“Fake account using our brand name”“A domain name resembling our brand is being used for fraud”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global uses domain dispute procedures, complaints to registries and social media companies, or court action, choosing the fastest route that works.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Technology, Data & Cyber and Disputes & Resolution.
Step by step, in the scenario
- First daysOwnership and bad-faith evidence gathered.
- Week 1Complaint filed under the registry’s dispute procedure.
- Weeks 4-8Decision and transfer.
- ThenWatch service on new look-alike domains.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Whether a domain dispute procedure, marketplace complaint or court action fits
- 02What evidence of rights and bad faith you need
- 03Whether buying it back quietly is cheaper
Outcomes
What you receive
- Evidence pack and complaint filed
- Domain or handle transferred or suspended
- Monitoring for new infringing registrations
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Tel Aviv · IsraelWONE Global Partner · Israel
Karin Horev
Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…
Palermo · ArgentinaWONE Global Partner · Argentina
Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari
She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation\'s judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid care…
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- UAE ↔ Europe · researched journeyA UAE company sets up a GmbH in GermanyRead the journey →
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