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
editMotsnyi’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
editMotsnyi participates regularly in ICANN meetings and Internet-governance events. He is a member of the GNSO’s Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC).
Publications & Projects
editHe 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- Presented on Free Speech and UDRP disputes at the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) Panelists’ Meeting, Prague, 2024
Representative Work (Selected)
edit- 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
editICANNWiki resources: Special Pages | Content Guide | Documentation | Development || Maintenance: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion || Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library