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• Domain name dispute lawyer wins UDRP defence in unanimous three-person panel decision over TVNSPORTS.COM Read the decision. (May, 2010)
  
  
• UDRP lawyer Zak Muscovitch defeats WIPO UDRP Complaint over PAPERSNOWFLAKE.COM Read the decision. (February, 2010)
  
  
• UDRP Lawyer Zak Muscovitch Beats Google in Domain Name Dispute Over Groovle.com Read the decision. (December, 2009) - Read the Press Release here...
  
  
• Cybersquatting Lawyer Zak Muscovitch obtains Brazilian trademarked domain name from cybersquatter in domain name dispute arbitration at National Arbitration Forum on behalf of client in Brazil Read the decision here. (December, 2009)
  
  
• Domain Name Dispute Lawyer Defends Turkish language descriptive domain name in WIPO UDRP and domain name owner from Turkey keeps domain name Read the decision. (August, 2009)
  
  
• Zak Muscovitch commences lawsuit to overturn UDRP decision concerning EHOTEL.COM. Many commentators found the UDRP decision (in which the registrant was unrepresented) to have been grossly unfair and unsupportable. Since the domain name was registered at Tucows in Toronto, Canada and the Complainant submitted to the jurisdiction of the location of the registrar, the lawsuit was commenced in Ontario Read the Notice and Claim and Read the Decision
  
  
• Domain Name Dispute Lawyer, Zak Muscovitch, wins ICANN UDRP dispute at WIPO over ARMOURGAMES.COM (September, 2009)
  
  
• Internet law expert Zak Muscovitch appears on CBC Television's The National to comment on court Order exposing anonymous bloggers (August 20, 2009)
  
  
• Domain Name Dispute expert, Zak Muscovitch, wins International Domain Name (IDN) case brought by Billionaire Li Ka Shing's companies over ("YangtzeRiver.com"). Panel rules that action constituted "Reverse Domain Name Hijacking". Read the case here. (August, 2009)
  
  
• Domain Name Dispute Lawyer Zak Muscovitch wins descriptive domain name case at CIRA in defence of ONTARIOCOLLEGE.CA (May, 2009)
  
  
• First CIRA Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Cost Order from CIRA in the FORSALE.CA Case (Panellists: David Lametti, Jay Josefo, and Eric Macramella) (May 8, 2009)
  
  
• Domain name lawyer Zak Muscovitch applauds CIRA Panel on making first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding in favour of his client in generic domain name dispute over FORSALE.CA; panel also awards costs in Canadian precedent setting decision. - April 15, 2009 - FORSALE.CA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority Decision
  
  
• Internet Lawyer Zak Muscovitch handily defeats attempt to grab descriptive geographic domain name. - February 25, 2009 - CHARLOTTECENTERCITY.COM - National Arbitration Forum Decision
  
  
• Zak Muscovitch wins Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) domain name dispute for Chinese language domain name.- February 9, 2009 - Read the Decision - IDN Decision
  
  
• Domain Name Law Expert Zak Muscovitch beats furniture retail giant in generic domain name dispute. - January 16, 2009 - ASHLEY.COM - National Arbitration Forum Decision
  
  
• Domain Name Lawyer Zak Muscovitch closes $1,000,000 domain name portfolio sale - March, 2009
  
  
• Zak Muscovitch closes single word descriptive domain name sale for US $750,000.00 - February, 2009
  
  
• Zak Muscovitch wins CIRA domain name dispute under the CDRP in defense of Canadian domain name. - July 23, 2008 - CANADAVISA.CA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority Decision
  
  
• Zak Muscovitch Wins Domain Name and Trademark Case at Canada's Federal Court of Appeal - February 8, 2008 - CHEAPTICKETS.CA - Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Decision
  
  
• Article on the CheapTickets.ca case, Important Lessons on the Intersection of Domain Name and Trademark Law (Reprinted with permission of Internet & E-commerce Law in Canada, Butterworths, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch, domain name legal expert, reports massive attempted Domain Name hijacking case to FBI and Secret Service (September, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch, Canadian domain name law expert, attends Frank Michlick's Domainers Dinner in Toronto (September 5, 2007) domainerdinner.com
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• Zak Muscovitch, domain name lawyer, closes multi-year multi-million dollar domain name portfolio monetization deal (July, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch, Canadian domain name law expert, obtains Federal Court Order requiring unsuccessful CHEAP TICKETS trademark owner to pay his legal costs (June, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch, domain name lawyer, closes US $300,000 premium generic domain name sale (June 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch, domain name attorney, closes US $250,000 premium generic domain name purchase (April, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch Wins Major Descriptive Domain Name Victory in Federal Court: (March, 2007) [read the decision]. Follows Successful Defense of CHEAPTICKETS.CA at CIRA Arbitration.
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• Zak Muscovitch Cheap Tickets Domain Name Victory article: (March, 2007) Federal Court: "Cheap Tickets" for everyone, no more monopoly.
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• Zak Muscovitch Closes 6-figure multi-year Domain Name Lease Agreement with Revenue Sharing for Major Premium Generic Domain Name Portfolio Owner (January, 2007)
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• Zak Muscovitch Wins ICANN UDRP WIPO Defense of LULUTV.COM, in Complaint Launched by LULU.COM (November, 2006)
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• Zak Muscovitch Scores Unanimous ICANN UDRP NAF Victory and Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision in Defense of Registrant of ZOUNDS.COM in Complaint launched by Zzounds.com
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• Zak Muscovitch Closes US $5,000,000.00 Sale of Major Domain Name Portfolio to Major US Domain Name Company. (October, 2006)
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• Zak Muscovitch Closes US $650,000.00 Purchase of Premium dot-com Domain Name and With Online Community. (October, 2006)
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• Zak Muscovitch Closes Ground-Breaking $2,500,000.00 Sale of Premium Generic .CA Domain Name Portfolio to Yellow Pages Group on Behalf of Montreal-Based, Emall.ca Inc. (May, 2006)