Tag Archives: Reverse domain name hijacking

Mon 6th December 2010
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Telepathy Wins Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge Against 3-D Company - Company goes after domain name registered several years before it created its brand. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. has successfully won a charge of reverse domain name hijacking against X6D Limited, which owns the XPAND brand of 3-D glasses. X6D filed the complaint over the domain name xpand.com. Telepathy, represented by domain name attorney Ari Goldberger, noted that it’s common to eliminate the ‘e’ in words that start with ‘ex’. The panel agreed, arguing ... read more ...
Wed 25th August 2010
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VirtualExpo.com Virtually Reverse Hijacked - French company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for VirtualExpo.com. A French company has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking of the domain VirtualExpo.com. M. Corentin Benoit Thiercelin, who claims to run a company called VirtualExpo, filed the complaint with WIPO to get the domain name. The domain was registered in 1996, well before the complainant filed trademarks on the name. The earliest of the trademarks was registered in 2005. The ... read more ...
Mon 2nd August 2010
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Panelist Blasts Credit Europe Bank for “Flagrant Abuse” of UDRP - Lawyer states that his client’s interests are more important than domain owner’s, so they should get the domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization domain arbitration panelist has some harsh words for Credit Europe Bank and lawyer Novagraaf Nederland after it brought a case against the owner of CreditEurope.com. The registrant of CreditEurope.com got the domain name in 2003, several years before Credit Europe Bank started trading under the Credit ... read more ...
Mon 14th June 2010
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Payment Processor is No Free Bird, Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Panelist calls out company for trying to breaking “spirit” of UDRP. Tulsa, Oklahoma payment processor Blue Financial Corporation — which runs Bluefin Payment Systems — has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a WIPO UDRP panel. This case was particularly egregious. Blue Financial has a trademark for “Freebird” for “Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in electronic authorization, processing and management ... read more ...
Mon 1st March 2010
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Baby Products Company Loses Battle Against Bisexual Web Site - Baby products company loses fight with bisexual dating site. UPDATED: Lamprecht AG, which owns the bibi brand of childrens products, has lost its attempt to get the domain name bibibaby.com. What makes this even more interesting is that the domain name was originally registered for a bisexual dating site. The owner of the domain name stated that she registered the domain name because “‘bibibaby is in fact a word play in English referring both to bisexuality ... read more ...
Fri 26th February 2010
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If You’re Stupid, Domain Hijacking Clause Doesn’t Apply to You - Apparently ignorant people can’t be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. One of the more controversial aspects of Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH). A domain owner can ask the UDRP panel to find that the complainant filed a case in bad faith or harassing manner, and the panel can then find that the complainant was trying to reverse hijack the domain name. (Technically, the respondent doesn’t ... read more ...
Tue 16th February 2010
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Kevin Ham Wins Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge - Famous domain investor wins UDRP and RDNH charge. Kevin Ham’s company Vertical Axis has won a charge for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) against The Realty Alliance, Inc. The Realty Alliance, Inc. filed a UDRP case against Vertical Axis for the domain name RealtyAlliance.com. In its case, Reality Alliance claimed it had trademark rights in “Realty Alliance” because it was incorporated in Delaware in 1997 and registered with Texas Secretary of State in ... read more ...
Fri 5th February 2010
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Eyeglass Company Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Eyewear company’s dates don’t add up. Zenni Optical, LLC, a retailer of eyeglasses, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a World Intellectual Property Organization arbitrator. Zenni Optical filed the complaint to get the domain name Zenni.com. But its dates didn’t add up. Zenni.com was registered in May 2002. But Zenni Optical didn’t register trademarks in Zenni and Zenni Optical until 2008 and 2009 respectively. That’s where things ... read more ...
Thu 14th January 2010
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Ardyss Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Going After Distributor - Arbitrator says company tried to deceive panel. Wellness and undergarment company Ardyss International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a National Arbitration Forum panel. Ardyss filed a complaint for the domain name ArdyssBodyMagicShop.com, claiming that the owner of the domain was not a contracted distributor for Ardyss and was selling counterfeit Ardyss goods on its web site. Ardyss included an affidavit from the company’s CFO stating ... read more ...
Wed 2nd December 2009
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Dubai Law Firm Nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Law firm found guilty of abusing UDRP. It’s bad enough when anyone tries “reverse domain name hijacking” through domain arbitration. It’s worse when the culprit is a law firm. But Bin Shabib Associates of Dubai tried just such a stunt, filing a case for BSA.com. A three person National Arbitration Forum didn’t buy it. Bin Shabib Associates argued that it had rights to the term BSA on the basis that it has filed a trademark application in the United Arab ... read more ...
Tue 10th November 2009
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MediaWhiz Nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Online advertising company loses case and is reprimanded by arbitrator. New York based online advertising company MediaWhiz has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking of the MediaWiz.biz domain name. MediaWhiz’s arbitration case was doomed from the start based on the date of its trademark and when the MediaWiz.biz domain was registered. The company was awarded a trademark in 2006, claiming first use in 2002. Not only was it for only a graphical ... read more ...
Thu 10th September 2009
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NameMedia Wins Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge - NameMedia wins charge against marketing firm. NameMedia, parent company of BuyDomains, has successfully won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against online marketing firm SpinSix. SpinSix filed for domain arbitration for the domain Lincs.com. SpinSix offers a product called LINCS. According to the complaint, NameMedia alleged that SpinSix manufactured evidence that the parked domain at lincs.com included links that were competitive to it. Although it’s ... read more ...
Tue 25th August 2009
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USU.com Saved, But Panel Doesn’t Consider Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Software company fails to snag USU.com domain. But where’s the beef? A three person panel at WIPO has ruled in favor of the current registrant of USU.com in a domain dispute. However, in a brief opinion, it failed to consider the issue of reverse domain name hijacking. The domain name arbitration case was brought by software company USU AG of Germany, which was represented by Hössle Kudlek Partner, Patentanwälte, Germany. The respondent was represented ... read more ...
Fri 21st August 2009
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Non-Profit Urban Logic Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Arbitrator faults non-profit for harassing domain owner. Palo Alto-based non-profit Urban Logic, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a domain dispute at World Intellectual Property Organization. The non-profit uses UrbanLogic.org. But, as you might expect, a number of people looking for the non-profit or sending an email actually type in UrbanLogic.com. UrbanLogic.com is owned by Peter Holland, who ran a consulting business at the domain ... 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 ...
Mon 13th July 2009
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An Arbitrator’s View of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - How a UDRP panellist approaches the issues of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking and abuse of process. by The Hon Neil Brown QC [Editor’s note: in this exclusive guest article, The Hon. Neil Brown explains how he approaches the question of reverse domain name hijacking in UDRP decisions. Brown is an arbitrator and has heard dozens of cases at National Arbitration Forum and WIPO. He recently wrote a detailed finding of RDNH in a case for Shoeland.com. You can read ... read more ...
Wed 15th April 2009
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Financial Firm Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Arbitrator finds Versa Capital Management guilty of misusing UDRP proceedings. Lately it seems that UDRP arbitration panels are ignoring the question of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH), which broadly defines when I company misuses or abuses the UDRP proceedings process. Panels aren’t required to consider RDNH, and many have decided to skip the issue altogether. (There are no penalties for committing RDNH.) But I guess it takes a particularly egregious and ... read more ...
Thu 7th August 2008
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State Fund Insurance Nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Workers compensation company fails at attempt to steal SFM.com domain name. [Please note that there is more than one company that goes by the name “State Fund Insurance”. This article refers to the company that provides workers’ compensation insurance in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota.] State Fund Mutual Insurance, a company providing workers’ compensation insurance in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota, has been found guilty of reverse domain ... 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 ...