Tag Archives: UDRP

Tue 6th September 2011
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Ready to Scream? After 14 Years, Guy Loses Screams.com in UDRP - Haunted house owner must transfer domain name to competitor. The owner of screams.com has lost his domain name thanks to a ruling by a National Arbitration Forum panelist. The owner of Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas registered Screams.com all the way back in 1997. The complainant has operated the Screams Halloween Theme Park, located in nearby Waxahachie, Texas, since 1996. Even though “screams” is generic, I can certainly understand how the ... read more ...
Fri 26th August 2011
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French Company Files UDRP Against Google’s AdWords.com - Company that was subject to Google UDRP fights back. French company Francotel, LLC has filed a UDRP complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name Adwords.com, Domain Name Wire has learned. The case is not yet posted on WIPO’s web site. Francotel has a French trademark for “Adwords”. It filed to cancel Google’s European Union trademark for “Adwords” earlier this year but lost the case. Google filed a UDRP against ... read more ...
Tue 16th August 2011
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UDRP Cyberbullying Hits a New Low - German company goes after three letter domain 16 years after it’s registered. I’ve seen a lot of egregious UDRP cases over the years. This one may take the cake. Imagine the year is 1995. You register the domain name GEA.com because your personal initials are GEA and you have a business called G.E.A. Design. Then 14 years later, in 2009, a German company starts complaining that its acronym is GEA and you should sell it the domain name for a nominal amount so it ... read more ...
Thu 4th August 2011
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Ari Goldberger Wins A Short But Sweet UDRP - A very short but spot on UDRP decision. I’m often critical of UDRP panelists for shirking their duties. But I’m not going to complain about the decision on a recent case defended by Ari Goldberger. Goldberger defended the domain name OrganizedPlay.com, which was registered by Blue Sandbox when it expired. The complainant, OrganizedPlay Corporation, said it owned the domain name before it accidentally let it expire. A three member National Arbitration Forum wrote ... read more ...
Sat 30th July 2011
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HP Loses First Round of HP Pre Battle - Company stunningly loses a domain arbitration case over HPPre.com. With the HP Pre 3 getting ready to hit the market, HP filed a domain name dispute with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name HPPre.com. Here’s what happened: -The day after HP announced its acquisition of Palm (maker of the Pre), the registrant registered the domain name -The registrant created a splog at the domain name that grabbed stories about Palm products from sites such as Engadget -The ... read more ...
Mon 25th July 2011
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What Not To Do with a “Sucks” Domain Name - Here’s a “sucks” UDRP the complainant will easily win. Living Spaces Furniture, LLC recently filed a UDRP against the owner of LivingSpacesSucks.com. Thinking this was perhaps a site created by a disgruntled customer, I typed in the URL and found this: This will be a slam dunk for the furniture company. You can generally own a “sucks” domain name under a couple circumstances: 1. You actually use it to criticize the company 2. You don’t benefit financially ... read more ...
Thu 21st July 2011
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Walmart Challenges Non-Profit Over OurWalmart.org Domain Name - Company files dispute to get OURWalmart.com domain name. [UPDATE: The original story said the case was against OURWalmart.com. It was actually against OurWalmart.org, which is indeed owned by the non-profit. Additionally, WIPO has handed down a decision in favor of Wal-Mart. The story has been corrected.] Walmart has started a fight with non-profit OUR Walmart over the domain name OurWalmart.org. OUR Walmart, which stands for “Organization United for Respect at ... read more ...
Thu 14th July 2011
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Demand Media Loses Another UDRP - Company hit with third UDRP loss of the year despite offer to transfer domain name at no charge. Demand Media has another UDRP loss, despite its best efforts to close the case without a decision. The case was filed by Universal American Corp for the domain name todaysoption.com. If you follow UDRP cases closely, this might look familiar. The complainant won a UDRP for the exact same domain name in 2009. But it managed to let the domain name expire after gaining control ... read more ...
 
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Law Firm Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking After Filing “Astonishing” Case - Law firm files “baseless” case to get four letter domain name. I really hope a new law firm that seeks to “break with routine thinking in the legal industry” doesn’t have an intellectual property practice. Denmark lawfirm IUNO Advokatpartnerselskab has lost a UDRP for the IUNO.com and has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The domain name was registered in 2000; the law firm just opened its doors this year. Panelist Tony Willoughby had ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Panel Censures Law Firm for Misleading Panel - Panel blasts law firm for either trying to mislead panel or being “inexcusably careless”. Last year a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist called a case represented by law firm Novagraaf Nederland a “flagrant abuse” of the UDRP. In that case, the law firm told the panel that its client had been in business from 1994 but didn’t disclose that it had just recently changed its name to reflect the domain name at issue. Novagraaf Nederland also ... read more ...
Wed 6th July 2011
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French Company Wants to Cancel Adwords Trademark, Hit with UDRP - French company files to cancel one of Google’s trademarks, gets hit with UDRP over .mobi domain name. Google has filed a UDRP against the owner of a French trademark for “adwords” over his domain name ad-words.mobi. The domain owner, Francotel, LLC, has a French trademark for “adwords”, but Google has some as well. Francotel has also filed for cancellation of Google’s European Union trademark for “Adwords”, although it appears the company has filed ... read more ...
Thu 30th June 2011
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Lazy Panelist Alert: This Should Have Been Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - WIPO panelist doesn’t bother to consider a sure-fire reverse domain name hijacking claim. I realize UDRP panelists aren’t paid much to handle cases, but there must be a minimum standard here. Why the frustration? Take a look at the recently decided case for Cite.com. The owner of the domain name registered it in 1997 and started a business called Cité Consulting. The complainant Systemware, Inc. didn’t start using the term “CITE” in commerce until 2011. ... read more ...
Wed 29th June 2011
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Domainers Will Love This UDRP Decision - Panelist respects the limited scope of UDRP. The UDRP, a quick and inexpensive dispute resolution policy for cybersquatting, is limited in scope. But over time some panelists have tried to make it more of a court, bending the lines to find in favor of complainants even when it’s not a clear-cut case of cybersquatting. Which is why I find William R. Towns’ decision in a recent case so refreshing. Ticket Software LLC, which operates a site at TicketNetwork.com, ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Somedia.com Forced to Spend Thousands Defending Domain Name - UDRP was a waste of time and money. Here’s another example of a UDRP case that should have never been filed. A social media marketing firm that apparently just came into existence (or at least started using its brand) in 2010 filed a case against the owner of a domain registered in 2001. Somedia Solutions, Inc., represented by Kurt D. Olender of OlenderFeldman LLP, filed the case against the owner of Somedia.com. The complainant uses the domain name SomediaSolutions.com. ... read more ...
Tue 28th June 2011
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Domain Brand Management Company Says It Will Sue Over IVX.com - After losing UDRP, IVX says it will go to court for domain name. Last week I wrote about Dutch company Besloten Vennootschap IVX Networks Europe B.V. The brand management and global domain name registration company uses the domain name IVX.eu. It filed a UDRP against the owner of IVX.com and lost. An astute reader has picked up that the company tweeted it will now sue to get the domain name: shame: lost WIPO arbitration case about ivx.com domain.. Monday to sollicitor: ... read more ...
Fri 24th June 2011
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Domain Name Company Files UDRP for 3 Letter Domain, Loses - Domain registrar loses UDRP. [Update June 28: IVX tweeted that it plans to sue.] A domain name registration and brand protection company has tried its hand at filing a UDRP for its own name — and lost. Dutch company Besloten Vennootschap IVX Networks Europe B.V, which owns IVX.eu, filed the case to upgrade its domain name to IVX.com. The ten year old company specializes in international domain name registration and brand protection. The owner of the domain claimed ... read more ...
Wed 22nd June 2011
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Marchex Wins UDRP for Walkaway.com - Panel points out the perils of descriptive marks. Marchex has successfully defended a UDRP case brought against its domain name Walkaway.com with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Complainant Walkaway Canada Incorporated is the company behind the Hyundai Assurance program. The program allowed new car buyers the opportunity to return their car and walk away from the loan in the event of a certain life event such as a job loss. It was offered during ... read more ...
Mon 20th June 2011
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Monkey Says You Can’t Have This Domain Name - Company loses case for MonkeySays.com. A company that sells t-shirts and tote bags emblazoned with the saying “Monkey Says” has lost its attempt to grab the domain name MonkeySays.com through a UDRP case. Monkey-Says, LLC, which owns the domain names monkey-says.com and monkeysays.net tried to upgrade its domain with the help of National Arbitration Forum. But the one person panel denied it. The company clearly knew the owner of MonkeySays.com registered the ... read more ...
Mon 13th June 2011
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6 UDRP Cases to Watch - 6 notable UDRP filings this month. Here are a half dozen UDRP cases filed this month to keep an eye on for various reasons. ChrisFarley.com – I’m guessing it is the estate of the late comedian that filed this case. Twiter.com – Twitter files a UDRP against the owner of Twiter.com, a site that clearly tries to trick users who are looking for Twitter.com. IXO.com – I’m always suspicious of filings for three letter domain names. Let’s see what the deal is ... read more ...
 
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Tucows Wins Another UDRP, What Was Greenberg Traurig Thinking? - Lawyer makes some really bad accusations. Tucows has won another domain name that is part of its “Personal Names Service”. Tucows acquired the domain name Primm.com when it bought Mailbank (NetIdentity) in 2006. NetIdentity registered the domain name in 1996. The case was filed by Herbst Gaming, LLC with the help of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Greenberg Traurig is no stranger to UDRP filings, having represented over 400 UDRP cases. This makes the arguments presented ... read more ...
Wed 8th June 2011
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Atlas Shrugged Movie Producers Win 1, Lose 1 - Same panelist. Similar domains. Different result, even on confusing similarity. The producers of the new Atlas Shrugged Movie filed two UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Forum for essentially the same domains: AtlasShruggedMovie.com and AtlasShruggedMovies.com. They lost the first one and won the second one. Oh, and the same panelist (Richard G. Lyon) heard both cases. And decided them within a day of each other. The facts in the cases differed slightly ... read more ...
Mon 6th June 2011
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Chad Folkening’s eCorp Beats Tribune Company in Domain Dispute - Panel refuses to give Tribune Media the ChannelGuide.com domain name. Chad Folkening’s eCorp has beaten Goliath in a UDRP decision. Folkening, who recently teamed up with John Ferber for Domain Holdings, is the registrant of over 1,000 “channel” domain names including ChannelGuide.com. Tribune Company publishes a number of newspapers and web sites, including Chicago Tribune and L.A. Times. It also operates a service called Channel Guide. Channel Guide’s ... read more ...
Fri 3rd June 2011
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42nd Oldest Domain Lost in a UDRP: Octopus.com - In a three member WIPO decision the 42nd oldest domain name,  Octopus.com was lost in a UDRP. The domain name had a registration date of 1986 but was acquired by the domain holder in 2006. The Complainant was brought by Octopustravel Group Limited of London. Here is the relevant parts of the decision “The Complainant is doing business as a retailer of hotel accommodation and related services throughout the world and has been trading under the name OctopusTravel since 1999.” “Accommodation ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Awards Octopus.com to Online Travel Company - Travel company gets a nice domain name upgrade through UDRP in a strange case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that the domain name Octopus.com should be transferred to Octopustravel Group Limited. The company’s current web site is OctopusTravel.com. Before you scream about this injustice you should read the facts. In fact, back in March I wrote about this case with the headline “1986 Domain Name Octopus.com Could Be Lost in UDRP“. All ... read more ...
Thu 2nd June 2011
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Nationnal.com and Natiional.com – One is a Trademark Typo, a Other Isn’t - Two different panels come to different conclusions in essentially the same case. I’m frequently perplexed by UDRP decisions for similar domain names. Here’s another example. National Arbitration Forum has handed down decisions for nationnal.com and natiional.com literally within days of each other. Both domains are typos of “National”, and both are parked at HitFarm. The cases were brought by Vanguard Trademark Holdings, which owns the National Car Rental ... read more ...