13 Year Old Domain Togu.com Saved IN UDRP Panel Cites Delay In Bringing Case - TOGU Gebruder Obermaier oHG of Prien-Bachham, Germany, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Togu.com. The domain owner Port Media Domains was represented by Esquire.com Its not clear to me why the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) as the domain name is 13 years old, and was registered prior to the Complainants trademark registration. The panel did not address the issue of RDNH but did not specifically adopt the legal doctrine of Laches it did say: ” it is well to remember that ... read more ...

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Files UDRP’s Against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings On 4 Domains - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc makers of the widely popular Grand Theft Auto games, filed a UDRP’s today against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on four domain names with WIPO. All four domain names are listed for sale at Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com. Here are the domains, registration date and the Buy It Now (BIN) price listed for each of the domain names on DomainMarket.com: Grandtheftautovideos.com registration date  August 9, 2012 for sale for $350.00 GTAextreme.com  Registration ... read more ...

Troubling: Domain Awarded By UDRP With No Trademark Based On $1K Bank Account, Flyers & 61 Customers - In what I consider a very troubling and horrible decision, A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain names welldonebbqs.com and welldonebbqcleaning.com to a Complainant who didn’t have a registered trademark, on the basis doing a whopping $11,000 in gross revenue, having $1,000 in a bank account and distributing 2,000 flyers. I have comments that follow this really bad decision. “Complainant is a young man who, whilst still at University, enrolled in the Province of Ontario’s Summer Company ... read more ...

Publicly Traded Ceat Mahal Of India Files UDRP Against BuyDomains.com On Ceat.org - Ceat Mahal a tire manufacturer located in India, filed a UDRP against BuyDomains.com on the domain name Ceat.org Buydomains.com appears to have picked up the domain name on a drop in late 2012. The Tire manufacturer appears to be a public company and owned the domain name Ceat.com The domain name Ceat.org is going to a generic parked page and of course has a “for sale” on the top. Ceat Mahal says they have been in business since 1958 which makes them old as I am. We will keep our eye on it.       Google+Michael ... read more ...

Hermes International Files UDRP Seeking 182 .Org Domains, Looks Like Huge Waste Of Money - Hermes International is what seems to be a huge waste of money to this author, just filed a UDRP seeking control of 182 .Org domain name all containing the word Hermes. Renewal fees of these domain name alone even at Godaddy.com rates over $1,500 a year. Not sure any of of these domain names are worth the $8 a year to register or renew not to mention the $1,500 filing fee and attorney fees involved. I see a lot better com domains dropping that are TM domains that the trademark holders don’t even ... read more ...

Alexa, Amazon; Paypal, eBay Team Up To Win 14 Domain In UDRP: Kindle6.com, Kindle7.com Kindle8.com - Several companies joined forces to file a single UDRP to gain control 17 domain name. The company’s filed the UDRP were Alexa Internet, Amazon Technologies, Inc, eBay Inc., Elance, Inc. and PayPal, Inc. Most of the recovered domain name awarded by the UDRP panel were typo’s but Amazon won control of the domain name Kindle6.com, Kindle7.com Kindle8.com Here is the complete list: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

ThePrive.com Files UDRP On The Generic Prive.com -   The Fortrend Group LlC which owns the domain name ThePrive.com is seeking to upgrade its domain name by filing a UDRP on the generic domain Prive.com Prive is a french word that mean private in English. Armani has a line of clothing name Prive There is a hair salon in Miami name Prive There is a sexy nightclub in South Beach name Prive. According to their website, like Armani, Fortrend is in the clothing business.  Here is how the company describes itself from their site: “Fortrend Group LLC ... read more ...

UDRP Panel Rejects Attempt To Grab SM.Net - The complaint was brought by Fundación Santa María-Ediciones SM, against the domain holder M.A. Stenzel. The one member UDRP panel rejected complainant contention that they had trademark rights to the term “SM” “The Complainant holds numerous trademarks consisting in part of the letters “sm”. In particular, it holds US (n° 3702735) and Mexican (n° 933780) semi-figurative trademarks composed in part of the letters “sm”, as well as Mexican and Italian word trademarks consisting of ... read more ...

UDRP Panel Awards Bodvbuildinq.com To BodyBuilding.com Finding Common Law TM Right - A one member UDRP panel awarded Bodybuilding.com, LLC the domain name bodvbuildinq.com The interesting part of the case is that the panel found that Bodybuilding.com by virtue of the domain registration itself combined with the use of the domain over the 14 years, amount of traffic it received and the general success of the site,  gave rise to common law trademark rights which the panel then found the domain bodvbuildinq.com was infringing on. The domain was parked Here is what the one member panel ... read more ...

After Winning A UDRP On GED.net, GED Testing Service LLC Files UDRP On GED.Org -   American Council on Education (“ACE”) GED Testing Service LLC (“GEDTS”) which won a UDRP on the domain name GED.net back in February has now filed a UDRP on GED.org The domain name GED.org is parked and pull a page full of links about the GED test and other links related to the GED test. The domain appears to have been registered in 2008. We will keep our eye on this one and let you know how it turns out In the February decision on the GED.net, the panel found “that Respondent lacks ... read more ...

Vertical Axis Gets Hit With UDRP On The 12 year Old Domain Lulac.com By Owner Of The .Org & .Net -   A UDRP has been filed against Vertical Axis, Inc. on the domain name Lulac.com Although the Complainant is not listed, the most likely suspect is The League of United Latin American Citizens, which was established in 1929 and operates under the domain names Lulac.org and Lulac.net As for Lulac.com that domain name goes to a parked page where it returns a lot of links containing the world ‘Hispanic” Vertical Axis has owned the domain name since at least 2005 and maybe since the original registration ... read more ...

Stevie Wonder Files A UDRP To Gain Control Of The Domain Name LittleStevieWonder.com - Legendary performer Stevland Morris a/k/a Stevie Wonder filed his 11th UDRP to gain control of the  domain name LittleStevieWonder.com The case was filed with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Stevie Wonder won a UDRP back in 2005 for the domain name Steviewonder.com Mr. Wonder won all 10 previous  UDRP’s he filed with the NAF including the domain names: thesteviewonderstory.com; stevie-wonder.com; steviewondertickets.com; steviewonder.biz; steviewonder.info; steviewonder.us; steviewonderfest.com; ... read more ...

17 Year Old Domain Reckon.com Saved In UDRP - Reckon Limited of North Sydney Australia, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Reckon.com which is owned by Multitech s.r.l. of Rome, Italy. The domain name was originally registered in 1996 but has been owned by the current domain holder since 2005. The complainant has a trademark on the term “reckon” registered in 2007. Here are are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel “”The Complainant is an Australian publicly listed company, founded in 1987, specializing in accounting ... read more ...

India Giant TATA Files UDRP On 17 Year Old Domain Croma.com - Infiniti Retail A 100% owned subsidiary of  the India conglomerate Tata filed a UDRP on the domain name Croma.com According to Tata’s website “The Croma chain of stores offers, in different cities of India, a wide range of consumer electronics products across categories and brands. The stores are spread over 12,000 to 20,000 sq ft and have more than 6,000 products and 180 brands in eight categories: home entertainment, small appliances, white goods, computers, communication, music, imaging and ... read more ...

DomainTools.com Wins Its 1st UDRP Gaining Control Of 10 Typo Domains - DomainTools, LLC  just won its 1st UDRP gaining control of 10 typo’s of its URL. The domain were registered as early as 2007 and as recent as 2011. Here is the list of domains transferred today: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame - A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a  “a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies…an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Management.” “Through years of continuous use in commerce in the United States and abroad, the name “Esther Heesch” has acquired the sufficient secondary meaning under applicable intellectual property law so that common law trademark rights exists in the name ... read more ...

Orbitz Loses UDRP on Orbotz.com Parked For Last Five Years - Orbitz Worldwide, LLC which was represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., just lost a UDRP on the domain name Obotz.com a domain which has been parked for the last five years. How could a UDRP panel reject the claim of Orbitz you ask well the domain holder registered the domain back in 2001 “with the intention of developing a series of stories about robots called “Orbotz” on a planet in outer space.” “Respondent claims to have legitimate rights and interests in the Disputed Domain Name based on ... read more ...

15 Year Old MusicZoo.com Saved IN URDP Challege From TheMusicZoo.com - The Music Zoo Corporation whose website is TheMusicZoo.com just lost a UDRP on the domain name MusicZoo.com which was registered way back in December 8, 1998. The Complainant, had a trademark for both  MUSIC ZOO and THE MUSIC ZOO however the trademark for the MUSIC ZOO wasn’t filed until October 7, 2010, registered November 8, 2011 and for the THE MUSIC ZOO which was filed October 7, 2010, registered November 8, 2011. Its another case that cries out for a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ... read more ...

Jetgo of Australia Files UDRP Against Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration On JetGo.com - Frank Schilling has gotten hit with its 35th UDRP as Jetgo of Australia has filed on the domain name JetGo.com JetGo of Australia’s official site is jetgoaustralia.com.au JetGo appears to be a small charter service for Jets showing as their Fleet a Embraer 135 Regional Jet. The .com.au domain was registered in May 2011. The company also owns the domain name jetgoaustralia.com which was registered in December 2012 however the company does not own JetGo.com.au JetGo’s Civil Aviation certificate ... read more ...