How much a lawyer would charge for WIPO defense?

[DanB]

Hi,
I'd like to have an idea of how much a laywer charges to prepare my defense for WIPO. I'm not looking for an exact price, but just an average to have an idea if it's worth defend myself versus hire a laywer to do all the job.
Thank you -

 

[jberryhill]

The more important question is whether the proceeding is worth defending - i.e. whether you have a reasonable likelihood of success. If your position has no merit, then spending money on a defense is simply a waste of money.

Normally, I review a complaint, or at least discuss the apparent merits with the respondent, prior to providing a reliable estimate.

Some defenses are simpler than others. As noted in the thread about frontrunners.com, I may have to do a lot of work, or it may be a matter of simply slapping around Pedro the comatose midget to crank out a response, if the case turns on a relatively simple issue.

Because these things are fact specific, ranges of numbers are not helpful to what this particular dispute might involve. But I have gone anywhere from "SOB never paid his bill" to several thousand dollars. A significant component of that is whether to pay $2000 to WIPO in order to obtain a three member panel, which I strongly recommend for a variety of reasons, particularly if the case is something other than a simple common-fact-pattern defense.

 

[Gerry]

simply slapping around Pedro the comatose midget

Is he still your front man?

He must relish the abuse.

 

[marcorandazza]

slapping around Pedro the comatose midget

That's so freakin funny on so many different levels.

 

[jberryhill]

That's so freakin funny on so many different levels.

Get your mind out of the gutter, son.

It's a reference to a discussion in another thread.

 

[DanB]

Thank you John for your reply. Actually, I was asking because I know I will need to defend one of my names at WIPO soon, and for the first time. How I know it? The other party told me that they were going to WIPO if I didn't transfer the domain, and of course I won't.
The other party is a Fortune 500, but I have among my clients some Fortune 500 too, so I'm used to deal with the big guys, but as I said it's the first time I need to defend a domain and I don't personnaly know a lawyer specialized in UDRP cases.
Anyways, I will wait to see the complaint (if they really go ahead with this) to decide what to do.
But thanks again for the information.
Dan.

 

[jberryhill]

The other party told me that they were going to WIPO if I didn't transfer the domain

Don't be disappointed if they don't follow through. Threats are easy.

Now would be a good time for you to review your situation to make sure you are in a defensible position.

 

[Soofi]

John, that's defi helpful bit

The more important question is whether the proceeding is worth defending - i.e. whether you have a reasonable likelihood of success. If your position has no merit, then spending money on a defense is simply a waste of money.

Normally, I review a complaint, or at least discuss the apparent merits with the respondent, prior to providing a reliable estimate.

Some defenses are simpler than others. As noted in the thread about frontrunners.com, I may have to do a lot of work, or it may be a matter of simply slapping around Pedro the comatose midget to crank out a response, if the case turns on a relatively simple issue.

Because these things are fact specific, ranges of numbers are not helpful to what this particular dispute might involve. But I have gone anywhere from "SOB never paid his bill" to several thousand dollars. A significant component of that is whether to pay $2000 to WIPO in order to obtain a three member panel, which I strongly recommend for a variety of reasons, particularly if the case is something other than a simple common-fact-pattern defense.

 

[Theo]

Found a record of the WIPO and Pedro the midget. It was painful.