ICANN Domain Dispute Resolution Policy

Under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and accompanying guidelines issued by ICANN, the requirements for resolving domain name disputes include the following:
1. The Respondent is required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding when all three conditions below are met:

a. The domain name registered by the Respondent is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; and

b. The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and

c. The domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.

The Complainant must submit evidence proving all three conditions above in the complaint filing.

2. Evidence of registration and use of a domain name in bad faith includes, but is not limited to, the following circumstances:

a. The Respondent registered, acquired, or uses the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the Complainant, the trademark or service mark owner, or to a competitor of the Complainant for valuable consideration in excess of the Respondent’s documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or

b. The Respondent registered the domain name to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, or did so with such intent; or

c. The Respondent registered the domain name primarily to disrupt the business of a competitor; or

d. By using the domain name, the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website or other online location by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the Respondent’s website or of a product or service on the Respondent’s website.

3. Evidence of the Respondent’s rights or legitimate interests in the domain name includes, but is not limited to:

a. Before any notice of the dispute, the Respondent used, or made demonstrable preparations to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or

b. The Respondent has been commonly known by the domain name, even if it has acquired no trademark or service mark rights; or

c. The Respondent is making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial gain to divert consumers misleadingly or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.

You can find the ICANN organizations list authorized by ICANN to administer domain-name dispute resolution services in here.