Recovery
What to do if your domain is stolen
A hijacked domain takes your store, your email and your password resets with it. The first hours, who can reverse the transfer, and how to stop it happening again.
Blindside··9 min
Writer
The Journal is written by the practice. It covers copycat domains, lookalike abuse, and the procedures brands use to recover what is theirs: plain explanations of UDRP, URS and takedowns, written for the founders, operators and in-house counsel who have to deal with them. Matters are not discussed, and no client is named.
Posts by Blindside
Recovery
Reverse domain name hijacking: when a complaint backfires
A UDRP complaint that should never have been filed can end with a public finding of bad faith against the brand. What triggers it, and how to check before you file.
Blindside··9 min
Threats
How to get fake ads using your brand removed
Copycat stores buy ads on your name to reach your customers first. Which complaint fits which ad, what the platforms will and will not remove, and the order to act.
Blindside··9 min
Playbooks
Which domains should a brand register defensively?
You cannot buy every variation of your name, and you should not try. Which defensive registrations earn their cost, which ones do not, and what to do instead.
Blindside··9 min
Playbooks
How to find out who is behind a copycat domain
Public WHOIS is mostly redacted now. Where the registrant's identity still surfaces, from RDAP and RDRS to the UDRP itself, and when you do not need a name at all.
Blindside··9 min
Recovery
How a domain gets recovered: UDRP in plain English
The UDRP is how most copycat domains are taken back from the people who registered them. Here is what it proves, what it costs, how long it takes, and what it cannot do.
Blindside··7 min
Threats
What counts as a copycat domain
Typosquats, homographs, TLD swaps, combosquats. The lookalike domains that steal your customers come in a handful of recognisable shapes. Here is how to read them.
Blindside··6 min
Playbooks
How to take down an impostor storefront
A fake store using your name and product photos has more than one weak point. Hitting several at once, in the right order, is what makes it disappear and stay gone.
Blindside··7 min
Recovery
UDRP, URS, or ACPA: which path fits your matter
Three different tools recover or neutralise a copycat domain, and they are not interchangeable. One transfers, one suspends, one can award damages. Here is how to choose.
Blindside··6 min
Playbooks
Catch a copycat domain before it goes live
The window between a lookalike being registered and being weaponised is days, sometimes hours. Watching the right signals turns that window into a head start.
Blindside··6 min