Tag Archives: RDNH

Fri 5th September 2014
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Clearwater Systems, Inc Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Domain Holder Asking - A one member UDRP panel has found that Clearwater Systems, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, represented by Walker Jocke, is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name clearwatersystems.net The decision is unusually because the domain holder, Glenn Johnson of Clearwater, Florida, / Clear Water Systems of Remington, Inc. of Remington, Indiana (“CWSRI”), didn’t even ask the panel for a finding of RDNH, Richard G. Lyon the sole panelist made a finding of RNDH on his own initiative Here ... read more ...
Thu 21st August 2014
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Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, Germany Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Beiersdorf AG, which is located in Hamburg, Germany has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name BeiersdorfChina.com They were represented by in-house counsel In this case the Respondent is Beiersdorf (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd., which is located in Tianjin, China. The decision was issued in Chinese and I used Google translate to turn it into broken English “”The complainant is a company registered in Germany, mainly engaged in the production and ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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Citybankonline.com Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - CITY BANK (not CitiBank) whose site is CityBankOnline.com and CityBankTexas.com, represented by Kristi Dent of Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, Texas, USA was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain in question was CityBank.com. The three member panel UDRP panel of Fernando Triana, Esq, James A. Carmodym, and Dennis A. Foster, Esq said on the issue of RDNH: “”In the present case, the disputed domain name was registered in 1995, with a business model based on pay-per-click ... read more ...
Tue 1st July 2014
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Personal Communication Systems, Inc Gulity Of RDNH On Healthwave.com - Personal Communication Systems, Inc. of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, represented by Bell, Davis Pitt, P.A. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name healthwave.com. The Complainant registered a trademark on the term HEALTHWAVE in October 2012. The domain holder registered the domain in 2002 The one member panel of Andrew D. S. Lothian wrote: “The Respondent in the present case has requested that the Panel make a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ... read more ...
Thu 12th June 2014
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UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On BigBang.com - Javier Zetter Casillas of Guadalajara, Mexico, represented by  AN-KI, Mexico,  has  been found guilty of Reverse  Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH) on the domain name BigBang.com,  which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by ESQwire.com PC. Mr Casillas brought his case based on trademarks in the United States , Canada and Mexico based on registered trademarks for the term “Big Bang Identidad Enmpresarial” the earliest of which was filed in Mexico on June 9, 2006 and ... read more ...
Tue 29th April 2014
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FICEP SPA guilty of retreat domain name hijacking in unwashed UDRP case - This case is particularly dirty. Italian machine tool manufacturing company FICEP SPA has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for FICEP.com. Czech Arbitration Court panelist Jane Seager got the call right as this is a very clear cut case of reverse domain name hijacking. It was a pretty dirty filing. FICEP SPA filed a case against respondent FICEP in October. It was a clear-cut case that it lost. Although FICEP SPA has been around for decades, ... read more ...
Mon 7th April 2014
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Inbay Limited of London Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Inbay Limited of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”), represented by Keystone Law, United Kingdom has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name inbay.com which was registered back on December 11, 1998. The trademark which inBay Limited of London based their claim on wasn’t filed until 2012. Here are the RDNH findings by the three member panel of Nicholas Smith Nick J. Gardner, and Diane Cabell: This is a Complaint ... read more ...
 
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UDRP complainant shoots self in feet with supplemental filing - Company effectively admits its original complaint was destined to fail when it makes supplemental filing. Inbay Limited of the United Kingdom has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for Inbay.com. The three person panel found that Inbay should have known its complaint would fail from the outset. Perhaps more importantly, it should have known it would fail after receiving the domain owner’s response — yet it decided to file a supplemental ... read more ...
Thu 3rd April 2014
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HugeDomains sues medical organisation to keep domain and claims RDNH - HugeDomains claims Austin medical group provided false statements in UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP for AustinPain.com and how I thought the panel got it wrong. Now HugeDomains, which was on the losing end of the case, has filed suit to halt the transfer and is asking to recover damages under Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The suit was filed against Austin Pain Associates in U.S. District Court in Colorado yesterday. In the suit, HugeDomains ... read more ...
Thu 23rd January 2014
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Cobb International Of South Africa; Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Cobb International (Pty) Limited of Wynberg, Sandton, South Africa, represented by DM Kisch Inc., South Africa. has been found  Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain names cobbamerica.com and cobbq.com The Complainant contends that the Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant’s registered trade marks, that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Names and that the Domain Names are being used in bad faith within ... read more ...
Mon 13th January 2014
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RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai, India, represented by Anand Anand, India has just been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain RpgLife.com by a one member UDRP Panel. The domain name was registered back  on October 28, 2005 Despite generating some $47 Million in revenue in 2012-2013 the company tried to grab the domain name away from its owner without compensation. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant operates a pharmaceuticals ... read more ...
 
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RPG Life Sciences Ltd guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Company filed dispute against domain name clearly being used for another legitimate purpose. Pharmaceuticals and biotech business RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a domain name dispute. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Nicholas Weston found that RPG Life Sciences had filed a UDRP in bad faith in an attempt to get the domain name RPGlife.com. The domain name is owned by a Wisconsin man who ... read more ...
Mon 9th December 2013
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Aero Club of New Delhi, India Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on 14 Year Old Woodland.com - Aero Club of New Delhi, India, represented by Lall Sethi Advocates, India was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one person UDRP WIPO panel on the generic domain name Woodland.com Aero Club operates under the domain name woodlandworldwide.com which they registered in 2002 and tried to grab the shorter Woodland.com domain which was registered on November 26, 1999 “The Complainant is an Indian partnership, which commenced business with two retail outlets in New Delhi in 1992. ... read more ...
Thu 14th November 2013
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Timbermate Products Pty Ltd Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Timbermate Products Pty Ltd of Nunawading, Victoria, Australia, represented by K L Gates LLP, Australia has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Timbermate.com The one member panel of Tony Willoughby gives an excellent recap of UDRP decisions where RDNH was found and the basis for finding RDNH. Here are the relevant facts and findings by Mr. Willoughby: The Complainant has owned its domain name timbermate.com.au since at least December 7, 1998. The Domain ... read more ...
 
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Timbermate Products guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Company never alleged domain was registered in bad faith…just use in bad faith. Timbermate Products Pty Ltd of Nunawading, Australia, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The company, which uses the domain name timbermate.com.au, filed a UDRP against the domain name timbermate.com. The owner of Timbermate.com was, at one point, a distributor for Timbermate in the United States. After the distributorship ... read more ...
Thu 7th November 2013
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Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Queensland, Australia, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) - Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, represented by McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Australia has been found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on two domain names owned by two different owners; cairnsairportparking.com.au (first domain name) and airportparkingcairns.net.au (second domain name) “Paragraph 15(e) of the Rules provides that, if “after considering the submissions the Panel finds that the complaint was brought in bad faith, for example in an attempt at Reverse ... read more ...
Wed 18th September 2013
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Bergzeit GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Bergzeit GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany  has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Bergzeit.com by a one member WIPO panel. Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German. The UDRP decision was published in German. The complainant is the owner of the domain name bergzeit.de and offers in this since 2000 , among other equipment and clothing for mountain sports and outdoor activities. The complainant ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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Indian wiring tradesman Croma guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Croma went after a domain registered a decade before its existence. Infiniti Retail Ltd., a TaTa company that runs the Indian electronics chain Croma, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which operates at CromaRetail.com, filed a UDRP to get the domain name Croma.com. It didn’t start using the Croma brand until 2006, which is a full decade after the owner of Croma.com registered the domain name. Croma.com had been in use to promote ... read more ...
Mon 2nd September 2013
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Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon India, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon, India has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the UDRP it filed on the domain name corediagnostics.com by a one member WIPO panel. Core Diangostics was represented by in-house council. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant first started business in 2011. It registered its trademarks in 2012. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name in 2001 and has been using it since then to promote various ... read more ...
Fri 9th August 2013
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Consuela, LLC Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Consuela, LLC  of Austin Texas, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted grab of the domain name Consuela.com Consuela, LLC site is:  consuelastyle.com Consuela, LLC was  represented by Erik Paul Belt of McCarter English, LLP, of Massachusetts The domain holder Alberta Hot Rods (“Respondent”), represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com As for the case’s fact pretty typical, company registers domain years before trademark holder, then trademark holder ... read more ...
Mon 8th April 2013
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Horizon Publishing Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Opulence.com - Horizon Publishing, LLC which is based in Ft Lauderdale, has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Opulence.com How bad was Horizon’s case? Consider that the domain holder didn’t even file a response and the panel on its own initiative found RDNH. Here is what the one member panel Paul M. DeCicco, said in part on the issue of RDNH: “In bringing its Complaint and as discussed above, Complainant overtly disregards facts and law which should have been ... read more ...
Fri 18th January 2013
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Finally A UDRP Panel Gets The Domain Aftermarket Finding RDNH On ColdFront.com - Mr Schwartz feel free to add Personally Cool Inc. of New York, USA to your list of companies found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name ColdFront.com The domain, as indicted in the title to the post, is owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. which was as always represented by John Berryhill, Pennsylvania, USA. Here are the only two takeaways you need to know from this case. Personally Cool, Inc, get a trademark in 2009, Name Administration registers the ... read more ...
Fri 3rd August 2012
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Nat Cohen wins retreat domain name hijacking assign opposite sauna for SHA.com - Spanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Wellness Clinic was guilty of attempting reverse domain name hijacking. I’ve got to say, this was a no brainer for the three person panel. First, SHA’s attorney said the resort had been “operating in the market for 15 years”. ... read more ...
Thu 8th December 2011
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Frank Schilling and John Berryhill group adult to get RDNH decision - Company files dispute for UDRP in bad faith. Frank Schilling, with the help of attorney John Berryhill, has convinced a UDRP panel that AINS, INC is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over eCase.com. AINS, Inc has a trademark for “ecase” for its software for workflow and case management. It claimed a first use in commerce date of 2009 on its trademark application. Schilling acquired the domain name eCase.com in 2002, so the case had no chance ... read more ...
Fri 14th August 2009
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Mirabella Beauty Products Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Panel not impressed with beauty company’s claims. California beauty products company Mirabella Beauty Products, LLC has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a three person arbitration panel. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum for the domain name Mirabella.com, but had some major holes in its argument. In its decision, the panel wrote: Here, the Respondent urges a declaration of reverse domain name hijacking on the ground ... read more ...