Igor Motsnyi
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Igor Motsnyi (also known as Mocni) is a Serbia-based Intellectual Property (IP) lawyer, UDRP panelist, and UDRP scholar. He has lived and worked in five countries.
Career
[edit | edit source]Motsnyi’s practice focuses on international trademarks, domain names, brand protection, and domain-name disputes. He worked as in-house counsel at software companies and at large law firms before founding his IP consultancy, Motsnyi IP (also referred to as Motsnyi Legal), in December 2010.
He serves as a UDRP Panelist and URS Examiner, and also represents both complainants and respondents in domain-name disputes.
He also organized the international conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Protection of IP in Digital Environment
ICANN & Community Involvement
[edit | edit source]Motsnyi participates regularly in ICANN meetings and Internet-governance events. He is a member of the GNSO’s Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC).
Publications & Projects
[edit | edit source]He co-authored with Zak Muscovitch UDRP Perspectives on Recent Jurisprudence, a curated, regularly updated collection of notable decisions and commentary across all five UDRP providers
He was also a guest on the Domain Name Law Show (DNL Show) to discuss recent UDRP cases, including matters in which he served as counsel
Speaking
[edit | edit source]- Presented on Free Speech and UDRP disputes at the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) Panelists’ Meeting, Prague, 2024
Representative Work (Selected)
[edit | edit source]- As counsel for Complainants
- Global FinTech company in multiple UDRP cases, including:
- Swiss-based international organization in a .io case:
- International chain of pizza restaurants in the very first .cy dispute:
- WIPO Case No. DCY2022-0001
- As counsel for Respondent
- WIPO Case No. D2024-0098 [4]
- WIPO Case No. D2024-4353 [5]
- Forum FA2504002149648 [6]
- Forum FA2506002163520 [7]
- WIPO Case No. D2025-2493 [8]
- WIPO Case No. D2025-3081 [9]
- WIPO Case No. D2025-4517
References
[edit | edit source]ICANNWiki resources: Special Pages | Content Guide | Documentation | Development || Maintenance: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion || Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library