Tag Archives: National Arbitration Forum

Thu 30th August 2012
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UDRP cybersquatting complaints boost in initial half of 2012 - Two largest UDRP services saw increased activity in first half of the year. The number of cybersquatting complaints filed in the first half of 2012 was up 9% compared to the first half of 2011. That’s according to data provided by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and National Arbitration Forum (NAF), the two largest arbitration services for the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP). WIPO received 1,764 cases in the first half of this ... read more ...
Tue 28th August 2012
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National Arbitration Forum continues to palm infancy of cases to name panelists - Seven panelists hear nearly half of all NAF UDRP cases. Zak Muscovitch has updated his National Arbitration Forum (NAF) panelist study originally released in 2010. The results published on DNAttorney.com have basically the same conclusion as his original report: the National Arbitration Forum hands most of its caseload to a select group of panelists. Just seven American panelists heard nearly half of all of NAF’s caseload from March 5, 2010 – July 4, 2012. It’s ... read more ...
Mon 20th August 2012
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UDRP panelists don’t do their pursuit determining retreat domain name hijacking - Panelists don’t always consider RDNH when asked, and both WIPO and NAF don’t seem to care. On Friday I wrote about the UDRP decision for AboutDotMed.com et al. This morning I read the decision for J-brand.com. In both cases the respondents won. In both cases the respondents asked for reverse domain name hijacking. But in neither case did the panelist make a decision (either way) about reverse domain name hijacking. Yet the World Intellectual Property Organization ... read more ...
Fri 10th August 2012
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Wow: Craigslist loses Craigslists.com domain dispute - UDRP panel doesn’t understand that page is just an automated parked page. Online classifieds site Craigslist has lost a case against one Craig Solomon for the domain name CraigsLists.com (note the extra ‘s’ at the end). The National Arbitration Forum panel relied heavily on laches — Craigslist’s delay in filing the dispute — in coming to its determination. Although that’s great news for domain investors, at the end of the day I think the panel was duped. The ... read more ...
Tue 31st July 2012
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff loses domain name quarrel with Democrats - Jack Abramoff fails in arbitration over domain name. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) can keep the domain name JackAbramoff.com, a National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff filed the complaint arguing that the DCCC was using the domain name to disrupt his business, which includes speaking engagements and selling books. The democrats forward the domain name to a page on its web site blasting Abramoff and his connection ... read more ...
Tue 12th June 2012
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High trade Google typo oogle.com strike with UDRP - Complaint filed against domain that sends traffic to survey and adult sites. A complaint has been filed with National Arbitration Forum over the high traffic domain name oogle.com. National Arbitration Forum does not disclose the name of complainants until a case is decided, but you can bet good money that Google filed the dispute. A poster on domain forum DNForum in April claimed that the site received 450,000+ unique visitors a month, undoubtedly from people who ... read more ...
Mon 30th April 2012
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This could have been retreat domain hijacking had a domain owners responded… - Your comadre wouldn’t approve. The National Arbitration Forum has found against Texas company Comadre Commerce, LLC in arbitration over the domain name Comadre.com. This is despite the owner of the domain name not responding. Had the owner responded, this case could have been an easy case of reverse domain name hijacking. First things first, comadre is a generic term meaning “godmother” in Spanish. Second, Comadre Commerce said it had a trademark registration ... read more ...
Thu 5th January 2012
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EA loses domain brawl for SSX.com for arriving SSX launch - Video game maker unsuccessful in challenge to SSX.com domain name. Electronic Arts releases a reinvention of the SSX snowboarding video game next month, but it has failed to convince an arbitration panel that it deserves the domain name SSX.com. The domain name was purchased by Abstract Holdings International LTD as part of a $200,000 domain name portfolio purchase last October. For a brief period of time the domain name was parked with ads related to video games. EA ... read more ...
Thu 15th September 2011
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Verizon Gets CitiBank Trademark Domain? - Cut and past error shows Verizon Trademark Services winning CityCard.com UDRP. We’ve seen a number of UDRP decisions that fall victim to cut-and-paste mistakes. The latest comes courtesy of a National Arbitration Forum panelist who copied the header from his previous UDRP case into the new one. The new case is Citigroup Inc. v. Yongki over CityCard.com. Citigroup won the case, but you would know it from the header. The header says the case was Verizon Trademark ... read more ...
Thu 8th September 2011
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Vampires Fight Over Upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn Movie Domain - Domain names an issue for upcoming movie release. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is coming to theaters this November. But before vampires duke it out on screen, a fight has already broken out over the film’s domain name: the creators have filed a complaint against the owner of BreakingDawnTheMovie.com in an effort to get the domain name. The complaint was filed with National Arbitration Forum. Movie studios often add “themovie” to the end of titles ... read more ...
 
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NameMedia Sends “School Webmasters” Back to School - Arizona company loses domain name dispute over SchoolWebmaster.com. NameMedia, which runs domain name marketplaces Afternic and BuyDomains, has taught the owner of SchoolWebmasters.com a lesson. ScribeWrite, LLC operates as School Webmasters (schoolwebmasters.com), which provides web site services to schools and teachers. It filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum in July, asking for it to award the domain name SchoolWebmaster.com (singular) to it. NameMedia ... read more ...
Tue 6th September 2011
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Ready to Scream? After 14 Years, Guy Loses Screams.com in UDRP - Haunted house owner must transfer domain name to competitor. The owner of screams.com has lost his domain name thanks to a ruling by a National Arbitration Forum panelist. The owner of Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas registered Screams.com all the way back in 1997. The complainant has operated the Screams Halloween Theme Park, located in nearby Waxahachie, Texas, since 1996. Even though “screams” is generic, I can certainly understand how the ... read more ...
Tue 23rd August 2011
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Google Wants to Take Down Goggle.com Web Site - Google goes after another “survey” site. Google has filed a complaint with National Arbitration forum to get a hold of Goggle.com, Goggle.net, and Goggle.org. While the domain names could be considered “generic” for the term Google, it’s the use of the domain names that has the company up in arms. Similar to another recent complaint over YouTube.ph, these domains forward to a survey page that then entices users to complete a number of offers. The current ... read more ...
Thu 4th August 2011
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Ari Goldberger Wins A Short But Sweet UDRP - A very short but spot on UDRP decision. I’m often critical of UDRP panelists for shirking their duties. But I’m not going to complain about the decision on a recent case defended by Ari Goldberger. Goldberger defended the domain name OrganizedPlay.com, which was registered by Blue Sandbox when it expired. The complainant, OrganizedPlay Corporation, said it owned the domain name before it accidentally let it expire. A three member National Arbitration Forum wrote ... read more ...
Sat 30th July 2011
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HP Loses First Round of HP Pre Battle - Company stunningly loses a domain arbitration case over HPPre.com. With the HP Pre 3 getting ready to hit the market, HP filed a domain name dispute with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name HPPre.com. Here’s what happened: -The day after HP announced its acquisition of Palm (maker of the Pre), the registrant registered the domain name -The registrant created a splog at the domain name that grabbed stories about Palm products from sites such as Engadget -The ... read more ...
Wed 20th July 2011
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Power Tools Company Loses IXO.com Complaint - Three letter domain name saved by National Arbitration Forum. Here’s a follow up to a domain name dispute I wrote about last month regarding a three letter domain name. A National Arbitration Forum panel has denied the complaint for IXO.com brought by Robert Bosch GmbH, which has a line of power tools called IXO. The decision is in German, so I’m relying on Google’s translator here. But essentially the panel ruled: 1. The owner has a legitimate interest in ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
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Domain Owner Can Keep ChrisFarley.com (For Now) - Company that says it has rights to the Chris Farley name loses domain name dispute. A company claiming to own the intellectual property rights to the late comedian Chris Farley’s likeness has bombed in an effort to get the domain name ChrisFarley.com. Make Him Smile, Inc., claims that Chris Farley’s family granted it intellectual property rights to Chris Farley’s name upon his death. It filed a complaint with Nation Arbitration Forum to get the corresponding ... read more ...
Fri 15th July 2011
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Warner Bros Wants HappyFeet2.com Domain Name For Its Upcoming Sequel - Company files for arbitration to get domain name. Warner Bros is planning a sequel to its 2006 hit Happy Feet, and this time around it wants a good domain name for its movie web site. The company has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum against the owner of the HappyFeet2.com domain name. Domain arbitration cases usually take 1-2 months, so they should have the domain name in time for the November theatrical release. The domain name was actually originally ... read more ...
Wed 13th July 2011
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Children’s Book Author Loses Pinkalicious Domain Dispute - Pinkalicious author is red in the face. Victoria Kann, author of the popular children’s book series Pinkalicious, has lost a domain name dispute for Pinkalicious.com. Kann filed the dispute last month with National Arbitration Forum. There was a fatal flaw in her case: the domain name was registered well before she started publishing the book series. Kann argued that she had rights in the “Pinkalicious” mark dating to 2004 when she entered into a contract to ... read more ...
Mon 20th June 2011
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Monkey Says You Can’t Have This Domain Name - Company loses case for MonkeySays.com. A company that sells t-shirts and tote bags emblazoned with the saying “Monkey Says” has lost its attempt to grab the domain name MonkeySays.com through a UDRP case. Monkey-Says, LLC, which owns the domain names monkey-says.com and monkeysays.net tried to upgrade its domain with the help of National Arbitration Forum. But the one person panel denied it. The company clearly knew the owner of MonkeySays.com registered the ... read more ...
Thu 2nd June 2011
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Nationnal.com and Natiional.com – One is a Trademark Typo, a Other Isn’t - Two different panels come to different conclusions in essentially the same case. I’m frequently perplexed by UDRP decisions for similar domain names. Here’s another example. National Arbitration Forum has handed down decisions for nationnal.com and natiional.com literally within days of each other. Both domains are typos of “National”, and both are parked at HitFarm. The cases were brought by Vanguard Trademark Holdings, which owns the National Car Rental ... read more ...
Wed 1st June 2011
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Viking Office Products Tries to Take Sentimental Domain Name from Altavista Inventor’s Widow - Company goes after Viking.org in arbitration only to find out the real reason the owner didn’t want to sell it. Viking Office Products, Inc., an affiliate of Office Depot, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a bizarre case involving Viking.org. The office products company filed for arbitration with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name, and painted registrant Natasha Flaherty as a cybersquatter who would only consider selling the ... read more ...
Tue 10th May 2011
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Incumbents Opposed to UDRP Reform - Two largest UDRP providers opposed to UDRP reform. The two largest UDRP providers — National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — are opposed to reforming the UDRP at this time. Representatives of NAF and WIPO made statements this morning on an ICANN conference call regarding “The State of the UDRP”. WIPO also released a written statement that you can view here. It seems that intellectual property interests are concerned ... read more ...
Thu 5th May 2011
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National Motor Club Hits Jackpot, Wins 3 Letter Domain in UDRP - Group wins 3 letter domain name when owner doesn’t respond. National Motor Club of America, Inc. is the proud new owner of the three letter domain name NMC.com, which it won in a UDRP decision handed down by National Arbitration Forum. The owner of the domain name has used whois privacy at Network Solutions for many years. They didn’t respond the the complaint, and my guess is they didn’t even receive it. Typically a panel will consider handing over a three ... read more ...
Mon 25th April 2011
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Morgan Stanley Sues Cybersquatters and Phishers - Bank sues alleged cybersquatters and phishers. Morgan Stanley already has the domain names — but it wants more than that. The bank has filed a lawsuit against the owners of five domain names that it says were used for cybersquatting and phishing. The company already has possession of four of the five domain names thanks to proceedings at National Arbitration Forum last year. Through UDRP it picked up ms-ae-fund.com, morganstanleyae.us, morganstanleyae.com, and ... read more ...