Domain name has enormous commercial value at the network economy era, so various kinds of domain name disputes arise. How to protect the domain name effectively, prevent and resolve the domain name dispute has become the new problem that we must face. This paper focuses on how to resolve the domain name dispute through the law. Firstly, this paper shows the related concept and role of the domain name and then introduces two mainstream theories about the domain name which leads the “intellectual property rights doctrine” that the author is in favor of. Secondly, this paper compares the relevant laws and regulations for the protection of the domain name right in the entire world through the analysis of a typical case of domain name disputes, and introduces its current status in China. Finally, this paper tries to put forward the right policy for the legal protection of the domain name right.