Tag Archives: National Arbitration Forum

Sun 24th April 2011
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Absolut Vodka Can Now Get Into a Marijuana Business - New York photographer must give up domain name with spoof Absolut Vodka ad. A joint with your Absolut Vodka? VS Vin Sprit Aktiebolag, the company behind Absolut Vodka and its iconic advertising campaigns, has won the transfer of the domain name AbsolutCannabis.com from a New York photographer. Brantley Carroll registered the domain name and published a mock Absolut ad on the site for Absolut Cannabis. He apparently offered copies of the mock ad for sale through the ... read more ...
Thu 7th April 2011
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National Arbitration Forum Gets The Headline Right - UDRP filings up. That doesn’t mean cybersquatting is increasing. Today National Arbitration Forum released statistics about its UDRP caseload from 2010. It was up 24% from 2009 to 2,177 cases. The group’s press release headline is: National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010 This is an accurate and factual statement. Compare this to World Intellectual Property Forum’s headline when it released numbers last ... read more ...
Sat 5th March 2011
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National Arbitration Forum Now Taking .Co Disputes - Two largest UDRP administrators now handling .co domain name disputes. [Update: Apparently NAF started offering .co disputes last fall. This is the first time I’ve seen a .co dispute there.] National Arbitration Forum has joined World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in offering dispute resolution services for .co domain name. When .co relaunched last year the only authorized UDRP provider was WIPO. Some companies were behind the ball and didn’t get ... read more ...
Wed 9th February 2011
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UDRP Cases Spike in 2010 - Number of cases filed in 2010 increases thanks largely to brand protection services. The number of Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)cases filed at the two largest arbitration providers increased over 25% in 2010 compared to 2009, a Domain Name Wire analysis shows. However, the rate of filing defined as the number of cases divided by the number of registered domains remains near an all time low. World Intellectual Property Forum handled 2,696 cases ... read more ...
Wed 19th January 2011
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Is “Rip-Off Report” a Same as “Report a Rip Off”? One UDRP Panelist Thinks So. - The never ending stretch of confusing similarity. National Arbitration Forum panelist Jonas Gulliksson has determined that the “Report a rip off” is confusingly similar to “Rip-Off Report”, and has ordered ReportaRipoff.net transferred to the owner of RipoffReport.com. Now, if what the complainant in this case states is true, it’s clear that the registrant of ReportaRipoff.net crossed some bounds that were sure to land him in hot water. But I have a hard ... read more ...
Thu 30th December 2010
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Microsoft Goes After Kinect Domain Names - Company files arbitration cases to get domain names. If you registered domain names with “Kinect” in them with plans to develop sites related to the XBox Kinect system, you better watch out. Microsoft has filed 7 UDRP cases at National Arbitration Forum since Christmas, all targeting domain names with “Kinect” in them. Among the domains targeted: MicrosoftKinect.com, KinectWorld.com, KinectPro.com, and KinectReviews.us. Most of the domain names being challenged ... read more ...
Wed 22nd December 2010
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Minnesota Company Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - 3DCafe, Inc. found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has called out 3DCafe, Inc. for attempted reverse domain name hijacking in a case over 3DCafe.com. The complainant argued that it had rights from its “predecessor in interest” for the term 3DCafe dating back to 1991. But the domain name owner, with the help of attorney Ari Goldberger, poked holes in the complainant’s arguments. The panel determined that ... read more ...
Mon 22nd November 2010
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Fox Loses Free Speech Trademark Battle with DISH Network - Fox may be back on the error, but DISH can keep its Fox domain names. Dish Network and News Corporation’s Fox Networks may have settled their contract dispute, but there was still an outstanding issue over some domain names. In this battle, DISH Network won. After Fox pulled some of its channels from DISH Network this fall, DISH registered a number of domain names to bring attention to the issue: foxshakedowndish.com weofferedfoxafairdeal.com foxrefused.com jointhefightagainstfox.com Fox ... read more ...
Mon 25th October 2010
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Another Strange UDRP Decision: MovieInsider.com - Panelist’s decision doesn’t add up. A recent National Arbitration Forum decision for MovieInsider.com has me scratching my head. Is it another case of a cut-and-paste panelist? You decide. The complainant owns TheMovieInsider.com and successfully won MovieInsider.com. The complainant argued (in panelist’s words): Complainant claims that it has used the THEMOVIEINSIDER.COM mark since July 2, 1999. Complainant registered the themovieinsider.com domain name ... read more ...
Thu 14th October 2010
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AOL Owns Patch.com, But Can’t Win wwwPatch.com UDRP - AOL’s lawyers didn’t provide enough evidence of common law rights. AOL owns the web site Patch.com, yet it has failed to obtain the typo wwwPatch.com through a National Arbitration Forum proceeding. How is this possible? It seems that AOL’s lawyers may have taken this case for granted and not supplied enough evidence. The panel found that wwwPatch.com is confusingly similar to AOL’s PATCH mark, and that the respondent doesn’t have any rights or legitimate ... read more ...
Fri 24th September 2010
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Two New Cases Show What’s Wrong with UDRP - Two cases show why we need UDRP reform. National Arbitration Forum has handed down two recent domain name decisions that show what’s wrong with UDRP. This isn’t an attack on National Arbitration Forum, as its panelists got both of these cases right. In both cases they found that the registrant had rights or legitimate interests in the domain names and that they weren’t registered in bad faith. What’s wrong about these cases is that the respondents even had ... read more ...
Mon 13th September 2010
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Man Chastises Disney’s Club Penguin, Gets to Keep Domain Name - Calling Club Penguin’s membership base “minuscule”, domain owner convince arbitration panel to let him keep domain name. Calling Disney’s Club Penguin and its 2.6 million registered users in 2006 a “minuscule and insignificant number”, a Florida man has convinced an arbitrator to let him keep the domain name ClubPenguin.mobi. The domain name’s owner, Pedro Sierra, told a National Arbitration Panel that he registered the domain name to “market images ... read more ...
 
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Worst UDRP of 2010? Testosterone.com Awarded to Complainant - All I can say is “wow”. We have a new candidate for worst UDRP decision of 2010: Testosterone.com. National Arbitration Forum panelist Fernando Triana Esq. awarded the domain name to Monsterops, LLC, despite the respondent having registered the generic name three years prior to Monsterops’ using the trademark in commerce. The registrant of the domain name registered it way back in 1995, yet somehow Monsterops was able to snag this generic from him 16 years ... read more ...
Mon 6th September 2010
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George Soros’ Open Society Institute Loses Domain Dispute - Foundation backed by George Soros loses arbitration for domain name. Open Society Institute, a think tank and foundation founded by billionaire George Soros, has lost a domain name dispute over the domain OpenSociety.org. The majority of the three person National Arbitration Forum found that the domain name wasn’t registered and used in bad faith. Two of the panelists found that the domain was confusingly similar to the Open Society Institute mark and that the ... read more ...
Tue 31st August 2010
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MyHealth.com Saved during National Arbitration Forum - Case over generic domain name denied. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has rejected a company’s claim to the domain name MyHealth.com. My Health, Inc registered its mark for “My Health” in 2009. But the registrant of the domain name acquired it prior to that (in 2007) for $150,000. Making matters worse, when My Health, Inc filed its complaint it thought that the respondent had owned the domain name since way back in 1995. Regardless of which date you ... read more ...
Thu 22nd July 2010
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GrubHub Gets It All Backwards in Domain Dispute - A battle for foodies. Online food delivery portal GrubHub.com has lost a domain name dispute against the owner of HubGrub.com, with a National Arbitration Forum panelist finding against GrubHub.com on all counts. It’s an interesting case for a few reasons. First, it points out there might be confusion of word order when you use a two word domain name. This is something for entrepreneurs to think about; they might want to get both versions of their domain name. Second, ... read more ...
Mon 14th June 2010
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Mrs Jello Beats Big Company in Domain Name Dispute - Panel not convinced that West Corporation should get Entrado.com domain name. Well-known domain name investor Mrs Jello, LLC, commonly known as “Mrs Jello”, has successfully defended against a UDRP case brought by West Corporation. West Corporation (which has a good domain name West.com) has a subsidiary called Intrado (which has a bad domain name Intrado.com that is easy to misspell and doesn’t even resolve without the www in front of it). It appears that ... read more ...
Thu 3rd June 2010
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Panel Rules Used Steinway Seller Can Keep His Domain Name - Steinway hits the wrong note in domain name dispute. Piano manufacturer Steinway, Inc. has lost a case for the domain name American-Steinway.com against a company that deals in used Steinway pianos. The case pitted the company against Carey Simon and his business partner Robert Friedman, who has been in the business of buying, restoring and reselling Steinway pianos for more than 35 years, according to the response. The decision by a three member National Arbitration ... read more ...
Wed 2nd June 2010
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MyBizHomepage is Confusingly Similar to MyBizOffice? Really? - This really shouldn’t be that confusing of an issue. The bar has just been lowered for showing confusing similarity in UDRP decisions, courtesy of a decision at National Arbitration Forum. At issue are the domain names MyBizHomepage.com and MyBizDashboard.com. The complainant in the case, MBO Partners, Inc, operates MyBizOffice.com and has a trademark for “MyBizOffice”. Note that MBO Partners does not have a trademark for “MyBiz”, which is a very common ... read more ...
Tue 18th May 2010
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Jaegermeister Bombs Shot Cup Seller - Company shuts down web site of specialized “shot cup” seller. You can say goodbye to Jager Bomb Shot Cups. Well, at least you’ll no longer be able to buy them at Jager-Bomb.com. Mast-Jaegermeister AG, known for its strong liqueur, filed a complaint against the owner of Jager-Bomb.com with National Arbitration Forum. As it turns out, Jaegermesiter has trademarks for the term “Jager Bomb”. As early as 2002, consumers began to mix a cocktail drink called ... read more ...
Wed 5th May 2010
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Rachael Ray Wants to Fry Some Typosquatters - Celebrity chef files claims to get two typo domain names. Celebrity chef Rachael Ray has filed two separate domain name disputes with National Arbitration Forum for typos of her domain name. Rachelray.com, which omits the second ‘a’ in her first name, and Rachealray.com, which transposes the ‘e’ and ‘a’, both redirect to freegifster.com. Visitors to the landing page at freegifster.com are offered a “free” 14 piece cookset. The landing page also shows ... read more ...
Thu 29th April 2010
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Manny Ramirez Asks Arbitrator for His (Domain) Name - Former agent let domain name expire, now Manny Ramirez wants it back. Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum in an effort to get the domain name MannyRamirez.com. It appears the domain name was registered in his former agent’s name and expired after he fired that agent. In early 2009 it was registered to Legacy Sports Group, LLC. But Ramirez had fired his agent at Legacy Sports Group in 2008. Robert ... read more ...
Wed 28th April 2010
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New York Times Wins Case Against Typosquatter - Media company wins four typo domain names through arbitration. The New York Times Company has won a National Arbitration Forum case for four domain name typos of its NewYorkTimes.com web address. The company filed the case in March to get the domain names newyourktimes.com, newyortimes.com, neyyorktimes.com, and newyoktimes.com. Although the domain names showed different owners, a previous case brought by Microsoft against the same person tied the identity of all ... read more ...
Wed 21st April 2010
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Barbara Kingsolver Wins Domain Fight, Loser Not Happy - Loser in arbitration case makes his case — publicly. Author Barbara Kingsolver has won a case at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name Kingsolver.com. The soon-to-be-former owner of the domain name is none too pleased. He has posted a tirade about the case at Kingsolver.com (warning: explicit), which will exist until his registrar has to hand the domain name over to Kingsolver on April 29. Kingsolver’s agent forgot to renew the domain name and it was ... read more ...
Fri 9th April 2010
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MIA.com Saved in Arbitration, But Who’s This Lazy Panelist? - MIA panelist is MIA. The owner of MIA.com has successfully defended her domain name from an attack by Mosaic International, LLC. But the panelist in the case seemed more eager to submit an answer and get his check than to pay attention to the issues. Mosaic International has a line of hair accessories and appliances marketed under the MIA brand. It started using the brand in 2004 and filed a trademark application for MIA in 2007. The owner of MIA.com registered ... read more ...