Tag Archives: domain arbitration

Thu 29th October 2009
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WalMart Goes After PeopleofWalMart.com Typo - Walmart files for domain arbitration, but not against the actual web site. Remember how a couple weeks ago I wondered how long it would be before Walmart would file a domain arbitration case against PeopleofWalmart.com? Well, there was an interesting twist today. Walmart filed a case, not against the actual PeopleofWalmart.com site, but against a typo of it: PeapleofWalmart.com (notice the a instead of o). It should be a slam dunk case for Walmart, given that ... read more ...
Thu 6th August 2009
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Runway Magazine Trips Up Over Domain Name - Fashion magazine loses domain name dispute. Runway Magazine has a domain name issue. The print publication uses the domain name RunwayBeauty.com for its online presence. It also has RunwayMagazine.us. It also registered RunwayMagazine.info/.biz, but neither of those are ideal for a web site. Adding to the complexity, the book and subsequent movie The Devil Wears Prada featured a magazine called Runway magazine. As a result, a lot of traffic is flowing to RunwayMagazine.com. The ... read more ...
Mon 27th July 2009
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LACOSTE Bullies Domain Name Owner, Loses - Designer threatens person with last name LaCoste. Famous designer Lacoste Alligator S.A. has threatened a Massachusetts woman over her company name and domain name, which happens to be the woman’s last name: LaCoste. In October 2008 the designer sent a cease and desist letter to Audrey LaCoste, demanding that she cease using the domain names LaCosteHealingJewelry.com and LaCostJewelry.com for her business. Perhaps scared of the lawyer’s harsh language and threats ... read more ...
Mon 20th July 2009
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Think Tank Loses Hilarious Arbitration for .Com of Its Name - Conservative “think tank” gets mud on its face by not registering .com domain name. Many domain arbitration decisions are dry reads. But I found myself cracking up this morning reading the case of SutherlandInstitute.com. Southerland Institute is a Utah-based conservative group that purports to promote family, limited government, and religion. Its web site is SutherlandInstitute.ORG, and it failed to register the .com version of its name. Nick West registered ... read more ...
Thu 18th June 2009
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No Double Jeopardy for Domain Name Case - Companies loses second attempt to acquire domain name GetMore.com through domain arbitration. I was wrong. In January of this year I wrote an article “Domain Arbitration Doesn’t ‘Get More’ Crazy Than This” about a UDRP case for the domain GetMore.com. The title of the article was wrong, because this case just became even more crazy. The complainant, which lost the case, refiled a case with World Intellectual Property Organization claiming that it has ... read more ...
Thu 26th June 2008
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Arbitration Panel Punts on All.com - All.com domain dispute denied by WIPO panel; forgery claims too much to handle. A three member WIPO panel has denied a complaint for the domain name All.com, saying the case is outside of UDRP’s scope. The case involves an alleged sale of the domain name, to which the “buyer” produced documents showing the sale and transfer of money and the “seller” said he knows nothing about. The complainant purchased the domain name in 2005 when it was registered at GoDaddy. ... read more ...