URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)

The URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension) is an ICANN-mandated dispute mechanism designed to handle the most clear-cut cases of trademark infringement faster and more cheaply than the full UDRP process. Rather than transferring a domain to the complainant, a successful URS action suspends the domain for the remainder of its registration term — nameservers are redirected to an ICANN-controlled landing page, effectively neutralizing the harm. To prevail, the trademark owner must show that the domain is identical or confusingly similar to their mark, that the registrant has no legitimate rights, and that the domain was registered and is being used in bad faith — the same three elements as the UDRP, but evaluated at a summary level. URS was introduced alongside new gTLD launches to help brand owners manage potential cybersquatting at scale across hundreds of new extensions. For tokenized domains on Namefi, a URS suspension is enforced at the registry level; the on-chain token itself is not destroyed, but the domain's DNS resolves to the suspension page, underscoring that blockchain ownership and DNS operation remain two distinct layers. Source: ICANN, Uniform Rapid Suspension System.