Tag Archives: UDRP

Fri 19th December 2014
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WIPO row denies UDRP on WUP.com - Complainant probably didn’t exist when domain name was registered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP attempt on the three letter domain name WUP.com. The complaint was filed by Wengenroth Partner, an German SEO and online marketing firm. It appears the company didn’t even exist when the respondent register the domain name in 2008. The single member panel found that the complainant did not prove a lack of rights or legitimate interests, ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2014
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UDRP Round Up: iWantValium.com; Viagra.Ninja; Minnesota.Life; Landshark.Beer; Playstation.co - A few UDRP/URS case caught my eye over the last day or so. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG the makers of Valium filed a UDRP on iwantvalium.com Doesn’t everyone? The domain name was just registered back in June Pfizer Inc just won two separate UDRP on the domain names ViagraNinja.com and Viagra.Ninja Now that those are great domains. The .com was registered a year ago, however I have no idea of how Pfizer which has a market cap of almost $200 Billion failed to register Viagra.Ninja, a domain they could ... read more ...
 
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Union Bank loses cases opposite dispute websites - Former customer registered ten domain names to air grievances about the bank. Union Bank has lost three domain name arbitration cases involving an upset former customer. The bank filed three separate actions covering UnionBank.me, unionbancal.co, unionbank.cc, union-bank.co, mufgunionbankna.com, unionbancalcorp.com, unionbancal.net, unionbancal.org, unionbankna.com and unionbanks.net. The domain names were all registered by William Bookout. At one point, his company ... read more ...
Mon 15th December 2014
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Guess we Was Wrong There Is A Lot Of Cybersquatting Going On In The New gTLD’s: 15X As Much? - Well it seems as the trademark lobby predicted there isa lot of cybersquatting going on in the new gTLD space, a lot more than I thought we would ever see. I was one who thought there would be a negligible amount of trademark infringing domain names registered in the new gTLD space due to the high cost of registration and the small probability of any type in traffic. However just looking at the most recent 400 UDRP/URS cases filed or decided, 69 concerned new gTLD’s domain names (multiple domains ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel Gives EasyGroup Rights To The Word “Easy”? Awards Domain It Let Expire In 2009 - A one member UDRP panel, of William R. Towns seemingly granted EasyGroup Limited of London, the right to all domain names that start with the word “easy” that the company has or will trademark in the future. EasyGroup is the owner of a Community trademark (“CTM”) for EASYTRAIN in connection with transportation services, which is was registered on October 21, 2011. I get why the domain holder lost the case. He didn’t respond. He parked the domain and had links to travel on the page. But ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2014
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Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Ever: Asia Charts Of Singapore Guilty & 1st For Asian UDRP Provider - The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) has returned what we believe is that providers first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling on the domain name AsiaCharts.com, and its on the exact type of case that we have been complaining about, one in which the complainant did not have a trademark. Even worse the domain name was registered 4 years before the Complainant was even formed. The three member Panel of Mr.D.Saravanan, Mr.Michael Soo and Honorable Neil Brown QC found ... read more ...
Thu 11th December 2014
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16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not a Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate - TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is troubling as is the failure of the panel to even consider or discuss the legal concept of latches due to the 16 year delay in taking action. The Complainant is the TVB, Television Broadcasts Limited (listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ... read more ...
 
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TM Holder Of Beauty Lab Loses URDP Bid The Grab The Domain MyBeautyLab.com: Too Generic - The owner of the trademark for BeautyLab just lost its attempt to grab the domain name TheBeautyLab.com The sole UDRP panelist Brigitte Joppich bascially found that although the Complainant had valid trademarks registered before the domain name, including in the country where the domain holder operates, the term Beauty Lab was too generic to enjoy any protection in the UDRP process. Here are the relevant facts and findings: “”The Complainant operates a beauty and cosmetics business distributing ... read more ...
Tue 9th December 2014
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Another No Trademark UDRP Claim Denied Without Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - In yet what is becoming a long line of cases, a UDRP panel summarily dismissed a case against the owner of the domain name RockGaming.com which was registered over 10 years ago back on November 18, 2004 The complaint was brought by Rock Gaming LLC of Michigan who alleged in its complaint that it had “trademark rights in ROCK GAMING” However on this issue the one member panel of Debrett G. Lyons determined “the critical question in this case is whether Complainant has trademark rights in ROCK ... read more ...
Mon 1st December 2014
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Frank Schilling Wins UDRP On TableForTwo.com; Complainant Didn’t Like The 89K Price - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration won a UDRP on the domain name TableforTwo.com who was defended as usual by John Berryhill. The complaint was brought by Julie Wampler of Washington, D.C. back on September 15th who runs a blog at TableForTwoBlog.com and got a trademark on the term TABLE FOR TWO on March 13, 2013. The Domain Name TableForTwo..com was registered on September 8, 2004. The Complainant argued that Name Administration’s asking $89,000 for the domain name was proof of  bad faith ... read more ...
Sat 29th November 2014
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After 6 Years, AlJazeera Wins Contorol of Aljazeera.Tv -             AlJazeera Media Network of Doha, Qatar, was awarded the domain name Aljazeera.tv by a one member UDRP panel of Assen Alexiev The domain holder did not respond to the UDRP, nor did the domain seem to be in use in the 6+ years since it was registered. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member: The domain name Aljazeera.tv was registered over 6 years ago on January 22, 2008. The Complainant is the global media corporation broadcasted in Arabic well known as a new ... read more ...
Wed 26th November 2014
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MDon-line.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab The Domain MDonline.com - MD On-line, Inc. of Parsippany, New Jersey, just lost its bid to grab the domain name mdonline.com through a UDRP. The Sole panelist was Christopher S. Gibson Complainant provides background that it was founded in 1995 as a health care technology company working closely with providers, payers and others in the health care industry to increase electronic healthcare transactions between respective groups using Complainant’s suite of products. Complainant registered the domain name mdon-line.com on ... read more ...
Mon 24th November 2014
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UDRP Panel Throws Case Out But Doesn’t Find RDNH On Domain Registered 9 Years Before TM - Jobetty LLC, dba Mudpuppy’s Tub Scrub lost its attempt to grab the domain name mudpuppies.com The three member panel of Nathalie Dreyfus, Sandra J. Franklin and Diane Thilly Cabell basically threw the case out finding the Complainant’s trademark was filed some 9 years after the domain name was registered. However on the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking the panel found: “Respondent submits that the Complainant has abused the UDRP proceeding by filing the claim and that “Reverse Domain ... read more ...
Fri 21st November 2014
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UDRP Panel Passes On Reverse Domain Name Hijacking: It Was Complainant & Lawyers 1st Case - A one member UDRP panel passed on making a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DateLikeaGrownUp.com in large part because; “fact that this appears to be the first time this Complainant or its representative has brought a proceeding.” Happy as Clams, Inc. of Long Beach, California brought the UDRP. Here are the relevant facts and findings: 4. Factual Background Since 2009 the Complainant has operated a website at at which its principal Bobbi Palmer offers dating ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2014
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UDRP filed ON 3 minute domain RVK.com -                     A UDRP was filed today on the three letter domain name RVK.com The domain is owned by domain name investor Gregory Ricks The domain name was registered under privacy for many years. R.V. Kuhns Associates, Inc is the Complainant who filed for a trademark on the term back on August 20, 2003 for “Investment consulting services, namely, investment reviews, analysis, asset allocation advice, reporting and advisory services” and is now know as simply RVK. The page is ... read more ...
 
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Nirvana gets domain names from Australian male who demanded $1.5 million - Panels say it Smells Like B.S. Nirvana LLC — the company that owns the intellectual property from the late grunge band Nirvana — has won control of five domain names registered by an Australian man. The company filed UDRP and aUDRP disputes against Darren Wilcox (Willcox) for the domain names nirvanadrums.com.au, nirvanadrums.net.au, nirvanadrums.com, nirvanadrumsfilm.com and nirvanadrums.net. Wilcox argued that he registered the domain names because of the concept ... read more ...
Tue 18th November 2014
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UDRP order changes entrance subsequent year to frustrate “Cyberflight” - Registrars will be required to lock domain names prior to registrant finding out about UDRP case. ICANN has announced a July 31, 2015 implementation date for amended rules under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The new rules were designed to thwart a practice of “cyberflight”, in which the owner of a domain name subject to a UDRP transfers the domain to another registrar to evade the policy. Under the amended rules, registrars will have ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2014
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Bids.com UDRP Denied As Being Outside The Scope Of UDRP Panel Decision - Insolvency Services Group, Inc., which is the Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of BIDZ.COM, INC. just won the UDRP on the domain name Bids.com which is currently in an bankruptcy auction with several other domains including Bidz.com The sole panelist Sandra J. Franklin denied the UDRP finding the dispute is outside those cases that should be decided by the UDRP system. As the domain name is currently one domain in a lot of domain name being auctioned off by Hilco Streambank (actually bids for ... read more ...
 
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Robert Downey Jr. Wins Rights to The Domain Name RobertDowneyJr.Actor - Robert Downey Jr. won the rights to the domain name  RobertDowneyJr.actor in a one member UDRP panel handed down by the National Arbitration Forum. Although the domain in question was a new gTLD Mr. Downey filed the Complainant as a UDRP The registrant who lives in India, Shashank Agarwal, first said he was “publicly known by ‘Robert Downey Jr’ as a screen name in order to pursue his career in the Indian  cinema more popularly known as ‘Bollywood’…Respondent purchased robertdowneyjr.actor… ... read more ...
Fri 14th November 2014
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Bespoke.com saved in UDRP, though no RDNH and unimaginable dissent - Domain bought for $18,805 earlier this year saved in UDRP, but it was closer than it should have been. In September, I wrote about the domain name Bespoke.com being hit with a UDRP after the buyer paid $18,805 to buy it in an expired domain name auction. A three person WIPO panel has denied the UDRP, but one panelist dissented and the panel did not find reverse domain name hijacking. I find the dissent appalling. Originally, it appeared that the complainant may have ... read more ...
Tue 11th November 2014
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UDRP Panel Rules That The Word “Club” Is Generic - A one member UDRP panel has found that the word “club” is generic The disputed domain names were clubsail.com; clubyachting.com and clubyachting.org however in the case of clubsail.com the domain holder agreed to transfer the domain leaving only the other two domains at issue Here are the relevant facts and finding: The Complainant operates a marine leisure business based in Tenerife. She is the owner of the following registered trademarks: The disputed domain names clubyachting.com and clubyachting.org ... read more ...
Thu 6th November 2014
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cyclingtips.com.au Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Cyclingtips.com - Wallace Media Pty Ltd of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, which owns the domain cyclingtips.com.au, and was represented by Holding Redlich, Australia has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name cyclingtips.com The domain holder is CyclingTips CA of Quebec, Canada, was represented by ESQwire.com PC The three member panel of Luca Barbero, Andrew F. Christie and The Hon Neil Brown Q.C. The domain name cyclingtips.com.au was registered on April 19, 2009 The disputed ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2014
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CyclingTips.com.au owners guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Company went after CyclingTips.com. Law firm ESQwire.com has scored yet another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking victory on behalf of a client. Wallace Media Pty Ltd, which operates the cycling website CyclingTips.com.au, filed the case against the owner of CyclingTips.com. Wallace Media complained that people looking for its site often leave off the .au, leading them to the respondent’s domain name. There were a lot of issues at play in this case, including when ... read more ...
Tue 4th November 2014
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John Berryhill fills Noah’s Ark, gets another retreat domain name hijacking win - Domain attorney defends owner of Squirrels.com in his latest animal-related UDRP. Domain name attorney John Berryhill is either Noah, busily filling up his ark, or he has a fetish with animals. He’s successfully defended UDRP filings against Pig.com, Elephant.com, Ant.com and Elk.com. Now you can add Squirrels.com to the list. World Intellectual Property Organization has just handed down a decision in Squirrels LLC vs. Giorgio Uzonian for the domain name Squirrels.com. As ... read more ...
Wed 29th October 2014
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UDRP Panelist Screws Up Name Of TM 3 Times Transfering 7 Domain Names - A UDRP was decided by a one member panel of the the National Arbitration Forum on the domain names: highrollerdates.com highrollerwheelweddings.com highrollerweddingslv.com highrollerdate.com highrollerdatelv.com winfreehighrollertickets.com highrollerride.com Awarding all of them to Caesars License Company, LLC Eduardo Magalhães Machado, the sole Panelist seemed to be confused on the trademark at issue which is “High Roller”. The panelist referred to the trademark as High Holler no less than ... read more ...