Tag Archives: gregory ricks

Thu 17th April 2014
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Panelist digs adult pivotal fact in Massy.com UDRP - Intent-to-use trademark does in complainant. Neal Massy Holdings, a business conglomerate operating in the Carribean, has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Massy.com. Massy.com is owned by domain investor Gregory Ricks. Ricks defended himself without counsel in the UDRP. He made a good defense, pointing out that the domain name is a dictionary word that he registered 14 years ago. He overlooked one key thing, though. Panelist Paul M. DeCicco found this ... read more ...
Fri 14th November 2008
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BMEzine Files Response to BME.com Lawsuit - An update to the ongoing saga over BME.com. BMEzine.com’s home page. BMEzine has filed a response to Gregory Ricks’ lawsuit over the domain name BME.com. Here’s a quick history: -In August, Gregory Ricks lost the domain name BME.com in a WIPO decision under UDRP. Although it is a generic three character domain name, he had a picture and ads related to tattoos and body modification. There is a popular web site called BMEzine.com about tattoos, body modification, ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2008
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Gregory Ricks Loses LTI.com; Doesn’t Respond to Complaint - Rewe Touristik Hotels Investment GmbH picks up domain at arbitration. Here’s an interesting UDRP in which the respondent didn’t file his response on a three character domain. Domainer Gregory Ricks just lost the three character domain name LTI.com to a hotel company after failing to respond the the UDRP at World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO). Something is certainly fishy here, since Ricks has gone out of his way to protect three character domain ... read more ...
Fri 3rd October 2008
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Top 5 Domain Name News Stories Sep 2008 - A look back at the past 30 days in domain news. As the world’s economies made headlines, the domain industry chugged along. Here are the top 5 news stories on Domain Name Wire for September, ranked by views. 1. Dell: “We’re F’d” – Dell is either creating a new line of highly interactive computers or is making defensive domain registrations. Within minutes of this article going up, the traffic from Dell HQ in Round Rock, Texas started hitting Domain Name ... read more ...
Tue 24th June 2008
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BerryHill Gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge Against Italian Company - Lawyer defends Gregory Ricks on Decal.com, wins RDNH charge. Domain name lawyer John Berryhill has successfully defended famed domainer Gregory Rick’s Decal.com domain name, as well as getting a charge of reverse domain name hijacking against Italian company Decal (Depositi Costieri Calliope). The decision, handed down on June 11 and just posted online, details an egregious attempt by the Italian company to steal a generic domain name that wasn’t used in an infringing ... read more ...