UDRP Panel Fails To Order Transfer Of Domain Back From Ex-Employee - The Law Firm Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, just lost its bid to get the domain name lfkan.com in a UDRP The Complainant is a law firm established in 1996, with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Complainant offers a range of legal services to local and international clients, in both Arabic and English. Although the one member UDRP panel found that “The record suggests bad faith on the part of a disaffected former employee of the Complainant, who seems to have hijacked ... read more ...

Owner Of BusinessesForSale.com Files UDRP On BusinessForSale.com Purchased For $150K In 2011 From Marchex -   A UDRP has been filed against the domain name BusinessForSale.com The Domain is actually a full blown site with containing listings of businesses for sale. The domain name was purchased from Marchex for $150,000, in 2011. The company filing the complainant and seeking to grab the domain name Businessforsale.com is Dynamis Limited, whose site is Dynamis.co.uk Dynamis describes itself as being: “A leading online publisher focused upon delivering exciting web titles and technologies within the ... read more ...

the National Association of REALTORS® Files Its 1st UDRP - Jay I said they did apply for .realtor in my post I think the actual applicant is a company set up by the NAR according to their application: The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), The Voice for Real Estate®, is the world’s largest professional association, representing greater than one million members over approximately 1,400 local associations⁄boards. The term REALTOR® is registered as a collective membership mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is ... read more ...

And S&P Loses UDRP Becuase BoycottStandardandPoors.com Doesn’t Resolve - Standard Poor’s Financial Services LLC  just lost a UDRP on its big to grab the domain name, BoycottStandardandPoors.com Unlike the UDRP decision we just wrote about which seemed to turn on the fact that the domain name didn’t resolve, this three member panel refused to transfer the domain largely because the domain name did not resolve finding since the domain did not resolve SP could not meet its burden of proof that the domain name was registered in bad faith. “As Respondent conceivably ... read more ...

13 Year Old WAFU.com Lost in UDRP As Domain Holder Fails To Respond & Domain Doesn’t Resolve - Wafu Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was just awarded the rights to the domain name WAFU.com a domain that was registered on March 8, 2000. The Complainant owns some trademarks in Cananda the one’s cited by the panel are dated June 23, 2008 another dated November 17, 2003. However  “The Complainant contends that the registration date of the disputed domain name is March 8, 2000, nearly one year after the use of the Complainant’s mark; the Respondent therefore, does not have any rights or ... read more ...

SellMyApp.com Saved In UDRP AS Complainant Fails To Meet Any Of The 3 Elements Of A UDRP - Vassilios Pantazopoulos just lost his bid to grab 4 domains including SellMyApp.com with the three member UDRP panel finding the Complainant failed to meet any of the three elements required for a successful UDRP. The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch of The Muscovitch Law Firm sellmyapp.com sellmyapp.net sellmyapplication.net sellmyapplication.org Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel On or about October 14, 2010, Complainant launched its website under ... read more ...

ALMC.com Saved In UDRP Decided By Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center Finding Domain Is Generic - The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center, in a one member UDRP decision rejected the attempt of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to grab the generic domain name ALMC.com The domain holder was represented by David E. Weslow of Wiley Rein LLP. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is a statutory body corporate in Hong Kong, established in 1966 pursuant to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Ordinance Its functions include the promotion and ... read more ...

12 Year aged 8×8.net Lost in UDRP; Panel Rejects Laches - 8×8, Inc. (“Complainant”), owner of the domain name 8×8.com just won a three member panel against 8×8 Mediacom Services Ltd  represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com, New Jersey, USA on the domain name 8×8.net which was registered back on August 8, 2001. Complainant states that it provides hosted business VOIP phone services and a wide variety of cloud-based communications services and that it has been using the 8X8 trade mark since at least as early as 1996 and that over the past ... read more ...

Troubling: UDRP Panel Hands Over Generic Domain RainForest.es - Rain Forest , SL of  Madrid, Spain just won the UDRP lottery and got the generic domain name RainForest.es The decision was handed down in Spanish and we used Google translate into English The panelist Albert Agustinoy Guilayn has some pretty disturbing language in this decision: The Respondent is the holder of many generic domain names , most of which are publicly offered for sale . Thus, the use of the domain name seems to fit into an obvious speculative behavior .  In this regard , the Respondent ... read more ...

UDRP Panel Refuses To Let BuyDomains Give Up Domain & Issues Ruling Against It on Shiseido.net - A one member UDRP panel refused to allow BuyDomains.com to unilateral consent to transfer the Domain Name Shiseido.net to the Complainant, Shiseido Company of Tokyo, Japan, and went ahead and issued its opinion ordering the transfer of the domain. BuyDomains.com tried to agree to the consent to transfer while still maintaining that its did not register the domain name in bad faith. The panel took that ball and ran, saying due to that statement the panel had a duty to issue an opinion. Its a good ... read more ...

Richard P. Glass, Jr. Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Petfinity.com Registered in 1999 - Richard P. Glass, Jr., represented by Charles F. Meroni, Jr. of Meroni Meroni, P.C., Illinois, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Petfinity.com The complainant based his claim on a trademark registered in 2013. The domain name was registered on September 24, 1999. “The panel noted that domain was registered by the domain holder on September 24, 1999, which was one month before the UDRP became effective. “Complainant was well aware that ... read more ...

Maker of GRAND THEFT AUTO Loses UDRP On Gta.tv Panel Finds It Stands For “Great Toronto Area” - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. the maker of Grand Theft Auto just lost a UDRP on the domain, gta.tv. The disputed domain name was registered on March 19, 2010. The Respondent also owns some domain names since 2009, particularly the following: DOMAIN NAME gtanews.com and gta411.com The Complainant argues the following that, since 1998, the Complainant has been using the trademarks GRAND THEFT AUTO and GTA extensively around the world on television, Internet, magazines and various media. That ... read more ...

What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s - Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, to Marvel Comics, Standard Poor’s, Affliction Clothing to Virgin and Remy Martin in the news, as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the domain name ParisHiltonPornVideos.com,  a domain that was registered since 2005 Marvel Characters, Inc filed a UDRP on the domains:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

15 Year Old Wolfpack.com “One of The Best Domains on The Internet” For Sale For $60K Hit With UDRP - A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name Wolfpack.com. Wolfpack.com is a dictionary term which means “a group of wolves that live, feed, and travel as a family group” The domain is going to a for sale page which says: “One of the Best domains on the Internet Wolfpack is for sale for purchase $60,000 O.B.O. The domain is owned by The Ascot Group, Inc of California which according to DomainTools.com has owned the domain since at least 2002. The domain was registered in 1997. According ... read more ...

13 Year Old Calibers.com Saved In UDRP But Panel Fails To Find RDNH Despite No Bad Faith, Legitimate Use & Generic Term - Calibers National Shooters Sports Center, LC lost its claim to grab the domain name calibers.com, however the panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) despite the fact that they found the domain holder had legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and did not register and use the disputed domain name in bad faith The Panel hold that Complainant has not established a prima facie case in support of its arguments that Respondent lacks rights and legitimate interests under Policy ... read more ...

7 Year Old Domain jwines.com Saved in UDRP FIled By Holder of Jwine.com - J Vineyards Winery, L.P. which owns the domain jwine.com, lost a UDRP on the domain name jwines.com which was registered on December 17, 2005. The domain holder acquired the domain name from its previous owner on August 1, 2011. The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com. The three member panel found that while the complainant owned trademarks on J VINEYARDS and J VINEYARDS WINERY, none of Complainant’s alleged trademarks are identical or even remotely ... read more ...

Designer Isaac Mizrah Loses UDRP Bid To Get The Domain isaacMizrahiLive.com - In a UDRP decision certain to drive brand owners crazy, IM Brands, Inc. which represents designer Isaac Mizrah lost a UDRP on domain name isaacmizrahilive.com Its so interesting that some UDRP panels use all sort of convoluted logic to give generic domains to trademark holders,2 this panel didn’t seem to question why the domain owner would own this domain without the trademark holder in mind. Here the domain holder did not respond to the UDRP, offered to sell the domain and the record is silent ... read more ...

NaturallyBorn.com Saved In UDRP - The domain name NaturallyBorn.com was saved in a UDRP today The domain holder was represented by John Berryhill Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant made the following contentions. 1.    Complainant established the website naturallyborn.net in December 2010.  This website provides information about natural methods of child birthing and breastfeeding, as well as online reviews of natural childbirth and breastfeeding support providers. 2.    Complainant ... read more ...