Practice Areas
Dr. Dimov works in the field of intellectual property law (e.g., domain names, trademarks, and patents), alternative dispute resolution, privacy, and contract law. He is a licensed attorney in California, Belgium, and Bulgaria.
Professional Experience
Dr. Daniel Dimov is a licensed attorney-at-law admitted to the California Bar (US), the Brussels Bar (NOAB / EU List), and the Bulgarian Bar. Daniel is a fellow of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Society (ISOC) as well as an arbiter with the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He did traineeships with the European Commission (Brussels), European Digital Rights (Brussels), and the Institute for EU and International law “T.M.C. Asser Institute” (The Hague). Dr. Dimov received a PhD in law from the Center for Law in the Information Society at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
He has (i) a Master’s Degree in European law (The Netherlands), (ii) a Master’s Degree in Law (Bulgaria), (iii) a certificate in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International law, and (iv) a certificate of completion of International Finance: Policy, Regulation, and Transactions program from Harvard Law School. Daniel has authored several peer-reviewed publications in the area of alternative dispute resolution. He presented his articles at conferences in Cyprus, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Arbitration Experience
Acting as an arbiter:
https://www.adndrc.org/uploads/decisions/udrp/udrp_2020011401393497.pdf
Examples of UDRP cases won by my clients with my assistance:
https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/2087242.htm
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=697ce123ccf03eb03b0ac664
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=66aa07a1e64f54c31b06b200
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=63b3ee945f36ecc41b0cca90
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62ffbd7f29e5896ce60fa10e
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62facf9fbfe30f8f4e0cdfdf
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62face99bfe30f8f4e0cdfbc
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62facc14bfe30f8f4e0cdf64
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62fada6c285f4a1fec0e6a1c
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62fabf6bbfe30f8f4e0cdd70
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62fac739bfe30f8f4e0cdeb1
I also have extensive experience in non-UDRP related arbitration and have won many non-UDRP related arbitration cases.
Also, there some UDRP cases which we unfortunately did not win and they are not published above.
Professional and Other Activities
Dr. Daniel Dimov is the founder of Dimov Internet Law Consulting, a law firm that handles U.S., EU, and international law matters in the field of technology, privacy, and intellectual property law.
We have advised hundreds of clients across multiple jurisdictions and have successfully represented clients in trademark opposition, cancellation, and UDRP proceedings.
Our past clients include multinational companies, governmental agencies, and a leading law firm in the Middle East.
Publications
Dimov, D., ‘ Strategies for Dealing with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking’, Journal of Internet Law Vol. 27(3), October 2023.
Dimov, D., ‘The need for blockchain crowdsourced online dispute resolution (BCODR)’, Nederlands-Vlaams tijdschrift voor Mediation en conflictmanagement, 1 December 2022. Available at: https://www.boomportaal.nl/tijdschrift/TMD/TMD_1386-3878_2022_026_003_007.
Van den Herik, J., Dimov, D.V., ‘Towards Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution’, Law Across Nations: Governance, Policy & Statutes, Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Kierkegaard, P. (Assoc. Ed.), International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), 19 September 2011, pp. 244 – 257. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1933392.
Van den Herik, J., Dimov, D.V., ‘Can eBay’s Community Review Forum fairly resolve disputes?’, BNAIC proceedings, the 23rd Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2011), 3 November 2011.
Van den Herik, J., Dimov, D.V., ‘Een Crowdsourcing Model voor eBay’, in ‘Samen Slimmer: Hoe de ‘wisdom of crowds’ onze samenleving zal veranderen’, Kreijveld, M. (Ed.), Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek, April 2012.
Van den Herik, J., Dimov, D.V., ‘Geschilbeslechting door crowdsourcing’, Tijdschrift conflicthantering, 11 October 2012.
Van den Herik, J., Levy, D., Plaat, A., Dimov, D.V., ‘Plagiarism in Game Programming Competitions’, Entertainment Computing, Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2014. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952114000093.
Dimov, D.V., ‘Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution’, E.M. Meijers Instituut, 2017.
Dimov, D.V., Ast, F., van den Herik, H.J., ‘The role of CODR in future smart contracts’, Boom juridish, 2019.
See also the list of publications available at: https://dimov.pro/press/
Academic Qualifications
Universiteit Leiden
PhD, Information Technology Law (2010 – 2017)
Harvard Law School Executive Education
Certificate of Completion, International Finance: Policy, Regulation, and
Transactions (November 2025)
The Hague Academy of International Law – Académie de droit international de La Haye
Certificate, Public International Law (2010 – 2010)
Radboud Univeristy, the Netherlands
Master of Laws (LL.M.), European law (2008 – 2009)
University of Ruse, Bulgaria
Master’s Degree, Law (2002 – 2008)