Tag Archives: UDRP

Mon 13th January 2014
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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 ...
Fri 10th January 2014
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UDRP Panel Hands Over KnowhowInsurance.com To TM Holder of KnowHow - A one member UDRP panel just handed over the domain name KnowHowInsurance.com, to the trademark holder of “Know How” The Complainant registered the domain name KnowHow.com on  June 22, 1995; knowhow.co.uk January 14, 1997, and knowhowmovies.com on  June 27, 2011. The UK trade mark of KNOWHOW was registered on January 21, 2011, for goods in class 9, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40 and 42, under number UK00002557010. The UDRP panel expanded the trademark holders rights to include other words in domain with ... read more ...
Wed 8th January 2014
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18 Year Old Domain InShape.com Saved In UDRP From InShapeClubs.com - In-Shape Health Clubs, LLC who operates under the domain name inshapeclubs.com, just lost its bid to get the domain name inshape.com which was registered way back in 1995. The one member panel however failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: Complainant registered its IN SHAPE mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for use in the field of physical fitness instruction and health services (Reg. No. ... read more ...
 
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Guilty Of RDNH: JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Brazil - JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, represented by Baril, Brandão Brofman Advogados (BBB), Brazil has just been found Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name neodent.com. The domain holder represented themselves. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member WIPO panel: “The Complainant is based in Brazil but has sales and other operations around the world. Its business is the production, sale, and support of ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be eliminated to Hewlett-Packard - HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the standard UDRP for handling domain name disputes. The domain name owner tried to put up a defense that he registered a bunch of short .nu domain names and was not targeting HP with his registration. Nunames offered a promotion ... read more ...
 
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Brazilian association guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Dental company went after domain name used by Korean dentist. A three person WIPO panel has found JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which specializes in dental implants, filed its case over the domain name NeoDent.com. It uses the domain name NeoDent.com.br. NeoDent.com is owned by someone in Korea who actually uses the domain name for a dental practice called ... read more ...
Tue 7th January 2014
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2013 Top Stories: A record series of RDNH filings - More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to attempt to obtain a domain name. As of the middle of last month, 24 complainants had been found guilty of abusing the UDRP. Nat Cohen has a lengthy article explaining why the number may have spiked in 2013. One hypothesis is that, ... read more ...
Mon 6th January 2014
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Gucci wins 182 domain names in a UDRP - Gucci wins a lot of domain names in a UDRP decision. Italian design firm Guccio Gucci S.p.A. has won 182 domain names in a UDRP. It’s one of the highest number of domain names I’ve seen transferred in a single UDRP, although there have certainly been larger cases. The case was filed against Brian E. Nielsen of “Boise, New York”. There doesn’t appear to be a city of Boise in New York, and Gucci claimed the whois information was bogus. It also alleged that ... read more ...
Mon 30th December 2013
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10 Year Old Domain Klickerz.com Saved In UDRP - Rita A. Girondi just lost her attempt to grab the domain name Klickerz.com The domain name Klickerz.com was registered on on May 25, 2003 by Light Church. Klickerz.com was a Parking company back in 2006-2007 Here is how Klickerz.com was  listed on Parkingprograms.com, back in 2006: “Klickerz is majority-owned by a cooperative of Domainers, Direct Navigation Associates.’ “Every domain owner will have the opportunity to buy into the co-op though membership is not required. ” “Our objective ... read more ...
 
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7578.com Hit With UDRP - The domain name 7578.com just got hit with a UDRP I’m have never seen a UDRP filed on a NNNN.com domain name so it could be the first but it also could be an attempt to get back a stolen domain. The domain was owned by a Jocelyn Michel of Montreal until late October of this year  when it was transferred to someone in Hong Kong under privacy at OnlineNIC Inc. However checking screenshots the site has been under construction for a number of years, since at least October 2009 so it could have been ... read more ...
Fri 27th December 2013
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Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Beats Back UDRP On 13 Year Old Vuescan.com - Edward B. Hamrick dba Hamrick Software lost its bid to grab the domain name vuescan.com in a UDRP from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. who was as always represented by John Berryhill, Esq. However the panel refused to make Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) ruling despite finding the domain holder did not register or use the domain name in bad faith, made legitimate use of the domain and that 9 years had passed since the Complainant first sent a C D letter to the domain holder. Here ... read more ...
Wed 25th December 2013
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Mack Trucks Plays Grinch & Files UDRP On 16 Year Old MackTruck.com - NWC Body Works, Inc. of Elk Grove Illinois just got hit with the proverbial Mack Truck.  as Mack Trucks filed a UDRP to gain control of the domain name MackTruck.com The UDRP has a filing date of December 25, 2013 Bah humbug. Not sure why the company picked this day to file a UDRP on the domain since the domain was first registered way back in October 1997 which makes the domain more than 16 year old. According to Domaintools.com the domain has been owned by NWC since at least 2001 which is the ... read more ...
Mon 23rd December 2013
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St. Andrews The Golf Course Wins Control of 10 year Old StAndrews.com in UDRP - St Andrews Links Ltd of St Andrews, Fife, the United Kingdom of Great Britain just won control of the domain name standrews.com in a one member UDRP decision. The decision is no surprise, the domain was parked until very recently pull up golf related links. The only real question is why did it take the complainant 10 years to file the complaint? Here are the relevant facts and findings from the decision: St Andrews is a town in Scotland. It possesses several world famous golf courses, which are widely ... read more ...
 
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WIPO row awards StAndrews.com domain name to golf course - Famous golf course to get control of StAndrews.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist has awarded the StAndrews.com domain name to St Andrews Links, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. This was an interesting case because St Andrew is also the name of the town in which St Andrews Links is located, and also has several other uses. In fact, when I search Google for “St Andrews,” the first page of results has only one mention ... read more ...
Fri 20th December 2013
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Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) UDRP Panel Awards Hijacked Domain - Virtually all UDRP panels in the past have refused to return an allegedly  stolen domain name back to the original registrant, generally finding such a matter to be outside the UDRP panel authority. However one of the two newest UDRP organizations, the On-line ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) just gave the domain name  VIRTUALCOLLABORATION.ORG to the original registrant finding that “The Respondent transferred the disputed domain name to its own account without the Complainant’s ... read more ...
Thu 19th December 2013
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After Asking For $40K To Sell; 14 Year Old Privata.com Lost In UDRP - BARBET  of  Spain, ust grabbed the domain privata.com which was registered and has been owned by the domain holder since 1999. The Complainant didn’t register its domain name privata.es, until August 6, 2001 The Complainant is a Spanish clothing company, which is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of clothing (and accessories) under the “Privata” name. “The Complainant is the proprietor of a number of trade mark registrations of or including the name “Privata”, the earliest ... read more ...
Wed 18th December 2013
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Wow UDRP Filed On Quebec.com - A government agency of Canada, Ministre des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur, has just filed a UDRP on the domain name Quebec.com Quebec.com is the direct match domain for the largest Provence in Canada by area and home to some 8 million people and include the cities of Montreal and Quebec City. The domain name Quebec.com is owned by Anything.com which has one of the best domain name portfolio’s on the planet. The domain is parked with all linked related ... read more ...
Tue 17th December 2013
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insurance.pro Gets Hit With a UDRP - I know 99% of you could give a crap about a .Pro domain name but in the legal world there isn’t any different between a .pro and a .com domain and insurance.pro, as about a  generic domain as you can get,just got hit with a UDRP. The complainant is not listed but there is a trademark on the term “Insurance Pro” The domain is being re-directed at the moment to Allprodomains.com which has a lot of great .pro domain names listed for sale or lease including: BANKRUPTCY.PRO DISABILITY.PRO DISCRIMINATION.PRO LAWFIRM.PRO LITIGATION.PRO PATENTS.PRO All ... read more ...
 
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Domainers are going to adore and hatred a QLP.com UDRP decision - Complaint fails, by why did only one panelist find Quality Logo Products guilty of reverse domain name hijacking? Get On The Web, Ltd has successfully defended the domain name QLP.com in a UDRP brought by Quality Logo Products, Inc. While the overall decision in the case was good, domain investors are still going to be upset about some of the details. The obvious fact here is that QLP.com is a generic domain. It was also registered in 1999. That’s seven years before ... read more ...
 
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Parajumpers wins a UDRP on third try - Company behind Parajumpers clothing brand takes UDRP more seriously and wins Parajumpers.org domain name. Ape Partners S. p. A. and licensee PJS International S.A. have finally won a UDRP for a Parajumpers domain name after three tries. The company sells winter clothing under the brand name Parajumpers. In May the company filed complaints against the domain names parajumpers-outlet.com and parajumpers.com. Based on the panel decisions, it appears the company and ... read more ...
Sat 14th December 2013
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA - A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, Inc. of Fort Worth, TX, USA. Complainant is the owner of the USPTO registered mark AMERICAN CONNECTION which it claims to have been using at least as early as September 24, 1997 and which was registered on October 27, 1998. AMERICAN CONNECTION is one ... read more ...
Wed 11th December 2013
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BioPlus Loses UDRP To Grab Bioplus.com After Refusing to Pay a “Exorbitant Price of $20,000.00″ - BIOPLUS SPECIALTY PHARMACY SERVICES, INC. just lost its bid to grab the domain name Bioplus.com after refusing to pay the “exorbitant price of $20,000.00″ Complainant has used the BIOPLUS mark in connection with its specialty service since 1998. However the mark was not registered with The USPTO until February 11, 2010. Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy requires that Complainant must prove each of the following three elements to obtain an order that a domain name should be cancelled or transferred: ... read more ...
 
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Drug hulk Sanofi loses domain brawl interjection to committed settlement panelist - Despite no response from domain name owner, panelist considers all of the facts. I often call out UDRP panelists who “phone in” their decisions without considering the other site of the story. So today I’m happy to write about a case brought by pharmaceutical company Sanofi against the owner of Sinofn.com. Panelist Susanna H.S. Leong should be commended for taking the time to truly consider the case Sanofi brought, despite the domain name owner not responding ... read more ...
 
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Company behind UDRPSearch.com sues after being strike with a UDRP - Virtual Point responds to StableTable.com UDRP with its own lawsuit. Virtual Point, the company that runs the UDRP search and aggregation site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a federal lawsuit after being hit with a UDRP. Hedera AB, a Swedish company, filed a UDRP (pdf) against the company’s domain name StableTable.com on December 4. Rather than just wait for the World Intellectual Property Organization determination, Virtual Point filed a lawsuit (pdf) in federal court ... 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 ...