Tag Archives: National Arbitration Forum

Fri 6th March 2009
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Ghosts Can’t Tap Taps.com Domain Name - Paranormal society fails to win case for Taps.com. An arbitration panel — presumably made up of humans and not ghosts — has ruled that the The Atlantic Paranormal Society has no rights to the domain name Taps.com. The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) operates under the web address the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com, so it’s no surprise that the organization is seeking a better domain name. TAPS has a number of trademarks for the term, but the panel was not ... read more ...
Tue 3rd March 2009
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Ari Goldberger Defends PropellerHead.com - Domain attorney helps registrant keep domain name in UDRP. When you think of “propeller head”, what comes to mind? I think of those beanie hats with a propeller on them. You know, the type that nerds wear. Pilots might think of the plane part. But a software company thought it should have rights to PropellerHead.com. Unfortunately for Propellerhead Holding AB, it couldn’t convince a three person panel at National Arbitration Forum. The registrant of PropellerHead.com ... read more ...
Tue 10th February 2009
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Peaches.com Successfully Defended - Domain owner wins arbitration case. Not so sweet. With the help of attorney John Berryhill, 24-7 Outdoors Inc. has successfully defended its domain name Peaches.com. Domain Name Wire first wrote about this case in December. The complainant, Peaches Uniforms, sells style-conscious scrubs and uniforms to medical practitioners. The panel decided to only look at the “registration in bad faith” clause because it was obvious the complainant couldn’t meet its burden ... read more ...
Thu 15th January 2009
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Ari Goldberger Gets Win for FullTerm.com - Domain lawyer Ari Goldberger gets another win, but the panel creates a tough hurdle for reverse domain name hijacking. Domain lawyer Ari Goldberger successfully defended FullTerm.com in a UDRP dispute at National Arbitration Forum. The case pitted Hologic Inc, maker of a device to determine if a woman is likely to give birth before full term, against domain owner Vertical Axis Inc. Hologic didn’t apply for a trademark to the term “FullTerm” until 2006, claiming ... read more ...
Mon 5th January 2009
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Dough! Mrs. Fields Loses 1800cookies.com Case - Cookie and gift seller loses arbitration for domain 1800cookies.com. Cookie and gift company Mrs. Fields has lost an arbitration case at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name 1800cookies.com. Mrs. Fields has a trademark for 1-800-Cookies, which is its primary phone number for ordering. It also uses the web address 800cookies.com. But the arbitration panel found that the owner of the domain registered it before Mrs. Fields had rights to the trademark. This ... read more ...
Wed 31st December 2008
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Peaches Uniforms Wants a Bite Out Of Peaches.com - Uniform company files arbitration to get Peaches.com domain. Peaches.com wouldbe sweeter. Peaches Uniforms, a seller of fashion uniforms and scrubs to women in the medical industry, has filed an arbitration request with National Arbitration Forum to gain control of the domain name Peaches.com. Peaches Uniforms, founded in 1987, filed for a trademark on the term Peaches for medical uniforms in 2006. The trademark was granted in April 2007. Peaches.com was originally ... read more ...
Fri 21st November 2008
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UDRP Watch: Ping.me, GoldenGlobes.com, and NameJet Typo - A review of recently filed domain name arbitration cases. Here’s a quick look at recently filed arbitration cases at WIPO and National Arbitration Forum. Check back for updates as the cases are decided. Ping.me: Although the domain owner won’t talk, my guess is Ping Golf filed this case. They’ve been aggressive in the past trying to get Ping.net and other domains. GoldenGlobe(s).com: Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globe Awards, ... read more ...
Wed 19th November 2008
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Big Companies Get Benefit of Doubt in UDRP Decisions - A recent UDRP decision begs the question, do big companies get the benefit of doubt in UDRP? Most UDRP arbitration filings are against small time domain owners. So a recent case caught my eye because the respondent was a major media company, Scripps Networks. Scripps networks owns HGTV, Food Network, and DIY network among others. The case was brought by Automotive Networks Corporation over the domain names WheelsTV.com and MyWheelsTV.com. Scripps won because the ... read more ...
Mon 3rd November 2008
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DomainFight Searches UDRP Arbitration Cases - Search tool scans both NAF and WIPO cases. One of the frustrations I encounter when researching UDRP arbitration cases is that there are two primary databases to search. Most decisions that matter are handled by National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and World Intellectual Property Organizations (WIPO). If I want to look for cases involving a particular person, I have to navigate between both sites to search. This also annoyed the guys at USpeakWeType Technologies, LLC, ... read more ...
Wed 29th October 2008
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Texas Domainer Wins Case Against California Agency - Attorney and domain investor wins case brought by California train service. Texas attorney, lobbyist, and domain investor Ramiro Canales has successfully defended an attack on one of his company’s domain names, CapitolCorridor.com. Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, which manages a Northern California train service, filed the complaint under UDRP. The train service has a web presence at CapitolCorridor.org. “California is in a financial mess, but it somehow ... read more ...
Mon 29th September 2008
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“We The People, In Order to Acquire a More Perfect Domain Name…” - Legal services company tries to lay claim to WeThePeople.com. A legal document company that operates at the domain name WeThePeopleUSA.com has lost its attempt to secure the generic domain name WeThePeople.com through UDRP arbitration. In a case decided at National Arbitration Forum, the panel found by a narrow margin that We The People, L.L.C. didn’t have a trademark in the term “We the People”, but only in the term in addition to a drawing. This is not ... read more ...
Tue 23rd September 2008
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Chad Wright Defends a South Pole(.com) - Follow up: Panel finds against clothing manufacturer. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Here’s a follow up to Domain Name Wire’s story in July about Wicked Fashions filing a UDRP for SouthPole.com. Wicked Fashions manufacturers a line of clothing called SouthPole. Domain owner Chad Wright has won the dispute (full decision from National Arbitration Forum). The panel found that the domain wasn’t registered in bad faith and that the respondent had legitimate interest ... read more ...
Thu 18th September 2008
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Nike and Wells Fargo Join CADNA - Companies join associations representing trademark interests. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, an organization of mostly Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it has two new members and is concerned about changes at ICANN. Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) have joined the organization. These companies are no strangers to the domain and trademark world. Both companies have filed dozens of UDRPs dating back to 2000. Nike’s most recent victory ... read more ...
Mon 8th September 2008
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Arbitrators Define DeepThroat.com - Arbitration panel finds in favor of domain registrant in DeepThroat.com case. “Honey, I’m just doing some homework for a legal case I’m working on.” That’s what the three panelists in a recent UDRP arbitration through National Arbitration Forum must have told their spouses as they decided the fate of DeepThroat.com. The panel found in favor of the domain owner, who was represented by John Berryhill. The complainant, Arrow Productions, owns the rights to ... read more ...
Thu 28th August 2008
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Domain Arbitration Inconsistency: FoodEmporium.com/.net/.org - Think UDRP panels are inconsistent? Here’s proof. If you think UDRP panel decisions are inconsistent, look no further than three cases involving New York grocer The Food Emporium. It filed three separate actions under UDRP for FoodEmporium.com, FoodEmporium.net, and FoodEmporium.org. It won .org but lost the other two. There are reasons for the differences, including the registrant of .org not responding to the complaint. But if you read the decisions you’ll ... read more ...
Fri 22nd August 2008
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Big Companies Go After .Mobi Domain Names - This stems from this commentary and many you have posted in the past. No matter what the occasion, no matter what little ray of good news there is about .mobi, you have to place your own biased slant on .mobi. It is clear, very clear, that you don’t like it, have no use for it, and don’t care to hear about about it. Yet, it is good for the confrontations and good for the controversies it stirs up therefore good for the rankings. Previously, I also had to ask or remind you to look ... read more ...
Thu 21st August 2008
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Arbitrator: Fired.com Complainant “Sorely Misguided” - World2Work Corporation loses Fired.com claim; panel has harsh words for company and lawyer. A one person panel has found in favor of the owner of Fired.com in a bizarre UDRP case. World2Work Corporation and founder Scott R. Sargis, which runs the web site Fired.tv, filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name Fired.com. This is despite not registering the trademark “Fired” until five years after Fired.com was registered. After questioning ... read more ...
Tue 19th August 2008
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Giants Play Ball for GiantsBaseball.com - Major League Baseball continues aggressive campaign for team names. Major League Baseball and the San Francisco Giants want to to get their hands on GiantsBaseball.com. The domain is owned by a Carmel, California man and was registered in 1999, and is subject to arbitration at National Arbitration Forum commenced on August 15. Although the Giants aren’t playing as well as its neighbors the Los Angeles Angels, it should have better luck obtaining this domain ... read more ...
 
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Max Levchin’s Slide Loses Domain Name Challenge - Widget company loses UDRP arbitration for 128 domain names. PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and his internet widget company Slide have lost a UDRP decision to obtain the domain SlideTV.com and 127 other associated domain names. Slide has raised over $50 million to date, and the last round was rumored to have been raised at a valuation north of $500 million. The company provides widgets for use on sites such as Facebook, and some of these widgets include video. The ... read more ...
Thu 14th August 2008
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Guest Article: How Do we Become a UDRP Arbitration Panelist? - A look at the qualifications of UDRP arbitration panelists. [Editor’s note: a few weeks ago a couple readers, who were distraught by a recent domain dispute that seemed to be decided unfairly, asked what it takes to be a UDRP panelist who decides domain disputes. I asked Enrico Schaefer, an attorney with Traverse Legal, PLC, to write an article about the UDRP arbitration qualification process.] Domain name disputes are important matters for both trademark holders ... read more ...
Mon 11th August 2008
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What are Milk Duds? Hershey’s Says It’s Chocolate. - Hershey’s wins MilkDuds.com domain name in National Arbitration Forum decision. When you hear the word “Milk Duds”, what comes to mind? Most people probably think of the milk chocolate covered caramel candy. The owner of MilkDuds.com tried to argue that it had a line of clothing called Milk Duds, with milk referring to cow designs and duds referring to clothing. Hershey, the licensee and manufacturer of the tasty candy, prevailed in arbitration and has won ... read more ...
Thu 31st July 2008
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Wicked Fashions Thinks it Owns The South Pole (.com) - Company files UDRP for generic domain name. Who owns the South Pole?A clothing company thinks it does.Photo from Wikimedia Commons The onslaught of companies trying to steal generic domain names continues. The latest attempt is from Wicked Fashions, Inc., a clothing brand that has a couple trademarks for “SouthPole” for its clothing lines. The company wants to get its hands on SouthPole.com and filed a complaint through Nation Arbitration Forum that commenced ... read more ...
Wed 30th July 2008
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Future Media Architects Prevails Against Equifax for EFX.com - Company wins three character domain dispute. After losing a UDRP for the generic domain name LH.com to airline Lufthansa, Future Media Architects (FMA) has won a case against credit heavyweight Equifax for EFX.com. FMA claimed that Equifax decided to come after the domain name because it saw FMA had lost a couple other acronym domain name cases: Complainant delayed bringing this action for five years and only brought it when it appeared that Respondent had become ... read more ...
Sat 28th June 2008
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.UK Registry Nominet Gets Nominet.com - Registry for United Kingdom domain names gets .com version of its name through UDRP. Nominet, the registry responsible for managing the .uk country code domain name, has won the domain name Nominet.com through arbitration at World Intellectual Property Organization. The company’s official web site is Nominet.org.uk, but it also owns Nominet.co.uk. The respondent in the case was Hansoo Bae of South Korea. The panel’s decision was rendered in Korean. Bae had ... read more ...
Thu 29th May 2008
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UniversityofTexas.com Handed Over to University - After filing UDRP, owner of domain hands it over. Last month I wrote about a UDRP arbitration request by The University of Texas, which was seeking to get the domain name UniversityofTexas.com. After The University of Texas’ Board of Regents filed the UDRP with National Arbitration Forum, owner Global Access decided to hand it over. According to the decision, “Respondent has no desire to retain the domain name or to interfere with Complainant’s asserted mark. ... read more ...