---
id: "passive-holding"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "passive holding"
language: "en"
category: "Rights protection and disputes"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/passive-holding/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/tenencia-pasiva/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/passives-halten/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/detention-passive/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/detenzione-passiva/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/detencao-passiva/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/passivnoe-vladenie/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/xiaoji-chiyou/"
---

# passive holding

Keeping a domain name without using it for a website or email. UDRP panels have held, since the Telstra case in 2000, that not using a domain can still count as bad faith use when all the facts point that way, such as a famous mark and false contact details.

## related terms

- [bad faith](https://tldlog.com/glossary/bad-faith/)
- [UDRP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/udrp/)
- [WIPO Overview](https://tldlog.com/glossary/wipo-overview/)
- [UDRP elements](https://tldlog.com/glossary/udrp-elements/)
- [cybersquatting](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cybersquatting/)