Tag Archives: UDRP

Sun 16th March 2014
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UDRP Filed On 19 Year Old Domain BigBang.com Owned By Vertical Axis - A UDRP has been filed on the domain name BigBang.com by Javier Zetter Casillas The domain name BigBang.com was originally registered back in February 1995 making it 19 years old. The domain name changed hands a few times but has been owned by Vertical Axis, Inc since at least 2006. The domain name is parked Of course the most famous meaning  of the term Big Bang refers to how some believe the universe was created. However there is also a popular television show known as the Big Bang Theory and ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2014
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Namecheap Loses UDRP In a Attempt to Get a Domain Namechap.com - Namecheap, Inc, just lost a UDRP on its attempt to get the domain name namechap.com The domain holder defended the registration of the domain which was just registered in 2013 by saying it was a term in and of itself “Name Chap” Interesting case. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel who found the domain name was NOT confusing or similar to the trademark holder Name Cheap. Complainant was launched in 2000, and is now one of the most prominent domain name registrars ... read more ...
Thu 13th March 2014
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The Late IGal/Mrs Jello Hit With UDRP On Milly.com - A domain name registered to Mrs. Jello, LLC which was the company formed by  the late Igal Lichtman  has been hit with a UDRP. A UDRP has been filed by the Milly LLC on the domain name Milly.com According to Business Week, Milly LLC is a private company which “designs apparel for women worldwide. It offers dresses, tops, bottoms, outerwear, swimwear, handbags, fashion jewelry, and accessories, as well as clothing for children. The company also provides products for cocktails and offices, as ... read more ...
 
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17 Year Old Patient.com Hit With UDRP - Egton Medical Information Systems Limited has filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual  Property Organization (WIPO) against the domain name Patient.com The domain name Patient.com is owned by  Health Axis Group of Tampa, Florida but has a Network Solutions placeholder. Health Axis seems to have acquired the domain in June of 2012. The domain name has according to domain tools an original registration date of 1997. According to Screenshots prior to Health Axis acquisition of the domain it was parked ... read more ...
Tue 11th March 2014
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Fiskars is Stoppable, domain name row rules - Company loses dispute for Unstoppable.com domain name. Fiskars, a company you most likely know for its scissors, has a trademark on “Unstoppable”. But a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panel has ruled that its rights to the term are stoppable. The company filed a cybersquatting complaint under UDRP against the owner of Unstoppable.com. Fiskars lost its case (pdf) despite the domain name owner not responding. The panel ruled that Fiskars did ... read more ...
Mon 10th March 2014
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Purchased For $65K Kiko.com Saved in UDRP - Kiko s.r.l. of Bergamo, Italy just lost its bid to grab the domain name kiko.com in a UDRP The domain holders bought the domain for in 2010 for $65,578.50 to use for a social networking site. Here are the relevant facts and finding by the three member panel The Complainant’s business is the manufacture of cosmetic products. The Complainant is the owner of trademark registrations in Classes 3 and 25 for the word trademark KIKO in a number of countries, including in the United States of America (filed ... read more ...
Sat 8th March 2014
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20 Year Old Graceland.com Lost In UDRP - Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.  (EPE) was awarded the 20 year old domain name graceland.com  by three member UDRP panel. Its an interesting set of facts. The domain was not parked but contained bible verses with Google Adsense which put up ads related to the former home of Elvis Presley which is now a huge tourist attraction. The parties didn’t even agree if it was the domain owner who offered to sell the domain to the trademark holder for $200,000 or if the trademark holder offered the domain ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2014
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UDRP Filed Against Vertical Axis On SNF.com By The SNF-Group.com - Thedomain name SNF.com has become the latest generic domain to be hit with a UDRP. The domain name is owned by Vertical Axis, which has owned the domain since 2005 according to DomainTools.com The domain name is parked with a very generic page which also indicates the domain is available for sale or for lease. The UDRP was filed by S.P.C.M. SA, which according to BusinessWeek.com, the private holding company was founded in France in 1978, “which through its subsidiary, manufactures and markets ... read more ...
 
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KennendyUniversity.com is Saved in UDRP - The registrant of KennedyUniversity.com successfully won a UDRP in which they did not respond, the true name was never given of the registrant and the complainant seemed completely inept. The complainant basically did not even have a trademark, they did not state what their relationship was to another party that had a trademark, and it seems like they were using the words college and university interchangeably. Robert Kennedy College v. Domain Name Proxy Service, Inc Case No. D2014-0031 1. The Parties The ... read more ...
 
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“Income Acceleration Mentor” files UDRP opposite JustBelieve.com - Company filed and dismissed two lawsuits against domain name before filing UDRP. Life is Now, Inc. has filed a UDRP against the domain name JustBelieve.com. The company promotes coaching by David Neagle, whose website describes him as “Master Income Acceleration Mentor for Entrepreneurs Corporate Professionals”. It has a registered trademark for “Just Believe” and claims first use in commerce of 2003. The domain name is owned by Greg Ricks, who has owned ... read more ...
Tue 4th March 2014
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UDRP Madeness: ABB.com Files UDRP On 123.com & 222.com - The owners of the domain names 123.com and 222.com have been hit with a UDRP. The UDRP was filed by Abb Asea Brown Boverti  LTD which seems to be part of the ABB Group which own the domain name ABB.com and ABB.us with the The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (the ADNDRC). According to Wikipedia.org, ABB is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating in robotics and mainly in the power and automation technology areas. It ranked 158th in the Forbes Ranking ... read more ...
 
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Scott Day & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP on 15 Year Old Domain iCan.com - The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (the ADNDRC) just rejected Galaxy Rainbow Limited and Whole Person Development Institute Limited. of Hong Kong bid to grab the 15 year old domain name iCAN.com from Scott Day’s Digimedia.com who was represented by John Berryhill. However the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) although the domain was found to be generic and registered 10 years before the trademark of the complainant Here are the relevant facts and findings by the ... read more ...
Sun 2nd March 2014
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15 Year Old AGL.com Saved In UDRP; But 1 Panelist Wanted To Give It To The TM Holder - AGL Energy Limited of Melbourne, Australia just lost its attempt to grab the 15 year old domain name AGL.com. ESQwire.com represented the domain owner John M. Van John. Its a pretty interesting case because one member of the three member panel, Andrew F. Christie seemed to apply a new standard to a generic domains subject to a trademarked and wanted to give the domain to trademark holder,  the more interesting of which we highlighted in Bold below. Moreover the panel outright rejected the doctrine ... read more ...
Fri 28th February 2014
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Qwalify.com owners files UDRP opposite Qualify.com - Canadian company tries using UDRP to get “correct” spelling of its name. Qualify.com was registered more than 10 years before the company was founded. Qwalify, Inc., a company that services the job recruiter industry, has filed a UDRP (pdf) against the domain name Qualify.com. And yes, this case is as bad as it sounds. It’s rather comical, really. Qwalify claims to have started using its brand around 2010. To make the case that the domain name was registered ... read more ...
Sun 23rd February 2014
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Nature’s Way is catastrophic in their try to benefit 4 domains by UDRP - This case was well thought out by the panel imo, its the type of critical thinking that domainers and small business owners should be happy with. This was a sole panelist decision. Nature’s Way went after a couple of variants in this UDRP, one might think they would have succeeded in getting naturesway.biz and .info. The hyphenated version of their name most would have thought would be a victory,  NatWay.net seemed to be a real stretch imo. 1. The Parties The Complainant is Nature’s Way Products, ... read more ...
Fri 21st February 2014
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Vertical Axis Holds on to ParkRoyal.com after complainant is denied in UDRP - In a 3 panelist ruling Vertical Axis holds on to ParkRoyal.com but there is no finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. 1. The Parties 1.1 The Complainants are Grupo Costamex, S.A. de C.V. (“Costamex”) of Mexico City, Mexico and Operación y Supervisión de Hoteles, S.A. de C.V. (“Opyssa”) of Cancun, Mexico, represented internally. 1.2 The Respondent is Vertical Axis Inc. of Barbados, represented by ESQwire.com PC, United States of America. Factual Background 4.1 The Complainants are part ... read more ...
Thu 20th February 2014
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Gucci Wins UDRP on 71 Domains Against a Most Ridiculous Domain Holders Of All Time - Gucci won 71 domain names in a UDRP against the most ridiculous domain holders of all time. The Complainant is Guccio Gucci S.p.A. of Florence, Italy, represented by Studio Barbero, Italy. The Respondent is Organization shimici, Here are the domains that Gucci won control over: alwaysmakeyouhappygucci.com, angelgucciuse.com, authenticguccihome.com, bestguccibags.com, bestsellergucci.com, buyguccisitezone.com, charming-guccisite.com, cheapbutgoodgucci.com, colorfulguccisale.com, colorfulgucciyou.com, ... read more ...
Wed 19th February 2014
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13 Year Old SocialPoint.com Saved In UDRP - Social Point, S.L. of Barcelona, Spain, just lost it attempt to grab the domain name socialpoint.com who was represented by Erika L. Hengst, Esquire of Florida The domain name SocialPoint was registered on August 30, 2001. The Complainant is the developer of social games such as “Social Empires”, “Dragon City”, “Monster Legends” and “Social Wars” that can be played through the website “www.facebook.com” on streaming or downloaded to be played with iOS and Android apps. The Complainant ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Insurance.pro preference acknowledges boundary on UDRP and trademarks - Facing legitimate questions over a trademark’s legitimacy, UDRP panel determines case is outside the scope of the policy. A couple weeks ago a National Arbitration Forum panel handed down a decision in a complaint brought over the domain name insurance.pro. On the surface it appeared to just be a case about a seemingly generic domain name. But there are a couple interesting things about this case, and it could end up being an interesting reference case for UDRPs ... read more ...
Thu 13th February 2014
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UDRP Filed Over ThamesRivers.com - FC Management Limited has filed a UDRP on the domain name ThamesRivers.com The domain name ThamesRivers.com is the site of the Thames River Capital Group Limited which “is a privately owned investment company. The firm provides its services to institutional investors and entrepreneurs . It launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds and hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It was founded in 1998 and ... read more ...
Wed 12th February 2014
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1st UDRP Over New gTLD Domain, As Canyon Bicycles Gmbh Files Over Canyon.Bike - Canyon Bicycles GmbH has filed what appears to be the first  UDRP on a new gTLD domain name Canyon.bike The domain name was registered on February 5th under privacy at Godaddy.com Although this marks the first new gTLD domain name hit with a UDRP, IBM filed either a UDRP or a URS a few days ago on the domain names  IBM.Guru and IBM.Ventures It appears that as we have chatted about while trademark holders are not playing the sunrise registration game or the domain blocking game in a big way they ... read more ...
 
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BusinessForSale.com survives UDRP - BusinessESforSale.com (plural) failed to show it had trademark rights in its descriptive name. Although there are many benefits to using a good descriptive domain name, there’s also a drawback: other people can use similar domains, too. That’s the case with BusinessESforSale.com, which just lost a UDRP against the owner of BusinessforSale.com. The complainant failed to show that the disputed domain name was confusingly similar to a trademark in which it has rights ... read more ...
Tue 11th February 2014
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Reminder: a tip turn domain name matters in a UDRP - Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain name should be ignored in such disputes. Many people believe that the top level domain name is ignored by panels when it comes to confusing similarity. In other words, if the domain at issue is trademark.com, the panel will say ... read more ...
Mon 10th February 2014
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BidPal Inc. Decides to take their UDRP Loss to Court - There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate rights to their domain. It was generally considered that if you registered a domain, say in 1998, and a company came along in 2008 with a trademark, you could easily show there was no bad faith in the registration unless you could foresee the future. Of course you have to pay attenion to your domain names at all times, someone who registered a ... read more ...
 
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Figaro.Tv Saved In UDRP Because The Domain Owner Died - Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, just lost its bid to grab the domain figaro.tv from a dead guy - The Respondent is Cut Company of Krefeld, Germany; - The owner – and seemingly only economic actor – of said company was Mr. Blumtritt. - According to the documents filed by the Complainant, Mr. Blumtritt passed away on June 28, 2013. - A cease and desist letter was sent in October 2013, after the presumed death of Mr. Blumtritt; - The Complaint was filed on November 8, 2013, also after ... read more ...