Tag Archives: UDRP

Tue 19th May 2009
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Bank of America Gets Split Decision in Domain Name Dispute - Company awarded 2 of 4 domain names related to Merrill Lynch acquisition. It’s not often that I read a domain name arbitration decision and think a cybersquatter won. But that’s the case with a recent decision handed down through National Arbitration Forum. A New York company registered four domain names last year related to Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) acquisition: bofaml.com, mlbofa.com, bofamerrill.com, and merrillbofa.com. When you look at these four ... read more ...
Mon 18th May 2009
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SAP Loses Another Domain Name Case - Software giant goes after SAP consulting company and loses. Enterprise software company SAP (NYSE: SAP) has lost another domain name dispute. The company went after the domain name Unisap.com, which has been used by a provider of SAP consulting services for almost a decade. The arbitrator decided that SAP had not proven the domain name was registered and used in bad faith: The Panel has also considered the purpose of the UDRP, namely to prevent the abusive registration ... read more ...
Tue 12th May 2009
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Tucows Gets “Victory” in Domain Dispute - Panel refuses to hear case due to lawsuit. Tucows (AMEX: TCX) appears to be joining a chorus of domain name owners who are bypassing UDRP and filing lawsuits in response to domain disputes. In a recent case DNA (Housemarks) Limited, owner of the Dunlop brand famous for automotive tires, filed for arbitration at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to get the domain name Dunlop.com. Dunlop.com is part of OpenSRS Personal Names Service, which uses thousands ... read more ...
 
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Anteaters Fail to Eat Ant.com - Attorney John Berryhill successfully defends Ant.com in UDRP case. Attorney John Berryhill has defended big animals such as Elephant.com. He’s even defended swine flu-carrying animals such as Pig.com. But he must have really set aside his ego to defend a tiny little pest in Ant.com. Nonetheless, he won. The complainant was Atlanta Network Technologies, Inc., which operates ANTonline.com. The respondent was ANT.COM Limited, which offers search functionality and ... read more ...
Thu 7th May 2009
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Tamiflu Maker Goes After Swine Flu Domain Names - Tamiflu maker files for arbitration to get swine flu domain names. Roche, maker of flu medicine Tamiflu, has filed two separate arbitration cases with World Intellectual Property Organization to get domain names related to its brand that are taking advantage of the swine flu outbreak. The first case is for swineflutamiflu.com and tamifluswineflu.com. Both domain names were registered last month by eComplex Corporation in Chicago. The domain names are parked. The ... read more ...
Wed 6th May 2009
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UDRP Arbitration: A Case of Laziness? - Filta.com case calls into question (lack of) incentives of UDRP arbitrators. I recently read through documents related to Filta.com, a domain name awarded to the complainant in a National Arbitration Forum case on April 23. The case is disturbing on a number of fronts. If you just read the decision, you’d think this was a fairly simple case (although you’d probably wonder how a trademark to the term “Filtafry” gives you rights to the name “Filta”). But ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2009
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There’s Something About Cameron Diaz’ Domain Name - Actress files for arbitration to get CameronDiaz.com. Cameron Diaz has joined a slate of celebrities to recently file for arbitration to get domain names. Yesterday a case commenced at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name CameronDiaz.com. The domain name is currently parked at SmartName with links to “Cameron Diaz Actress”, “Entertainment”, and “Celebrity Posters”. The domain name’s whois record shows that it is owned by a Canadian company. Diaz ... read more ...
Mon 4th May 2009
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Jay Leno Tries to Tackle Cybersquatting Problem - Comedian files claims for three domain names, but still hasn’t done anything with JayLeno.com Comedian Jay Leno has filed claims with World Intellectual Property Organization to get three domain names: jaylenoshow.com, weeknightswithjayleno.com, and thejaylenoshow.com. Now if only he’d do something with JayLeno.com, which he picked up last year. JayLenoShow.com’s whois record is protected by domain privacy and is parked at HitFarm. Weeknightswithjayleno.com ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2009
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Refreshing Discourse from a Domain Name Arbitrator - Dissenting arbitrator says many domain arbitration panels are missing the point. A recent WIPO domain name dispute for RuggedSwitch.com was found in favor of the complainant (read case). But one of the three arbitrators on the case –Diane Cabell — dissented, and her dissent puts into words the frustrations many people have about how UDRP cases are being handled: The Complaint should fail under Section 4(c)(i) because the Respondent was using the Domain Name to ... read more ...
Wed 29th April 2009
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Cadbury Wants a New Ocean on Web for Swedish Fish - Candy manufacturer wants domain name SwedishFish.com. Cadbury Adams, maker of the tasty red Swedish Fish candy, has filed for arbitration with World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain name SwedishFish.com. Cadbury Adams currently uses the not-so-memorable domain name AfriendYouCanEat.com for its Swedish Fish web site. It also owns OriginalSwedishFish.com. The SwedishFish.com domain name’s whois record is currently protected by whois privacy, ... read more ...
Thu 23rd April 2009
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WorldWide Media Sues to Retain SmoothMove.com - Company sues to keep domain after surprise UDRP decision. Michael Berken’s company, WorldWide Media, Inc., has sued Traditional Medicinals Inc., in order to retain the domain name SmoothMove.com. Earlier this month, a National Arbitration Forum panel found that Worldwide Media must transfer its ownership of SmoothMove.com to Traditional Medicinals. Traditional Medicinals offers a laxative tea called Smooth Move. WorldWide Media, represented by attorney Ari Goldberger, ... read more ...
Mon 20th April 2009
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A Wacky Domain Dispute in Orange County - iLounge.com tries to get iLoungeOC.com from its neighbor. Here’s an interesting domain arbitration case in Orange County. iLounge.com, a web site about iPod and iPhone accessories and software, started getting communications that were meant for a restaurant and bar also in Orange County called iLounge Orange County. The restaurant uses the domain name iLoungeOC.com. iLounge.com lost the case, as it was clear the restaurant was using the domain name for a legitimate ... read more ...
Fri 17th April 2009
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Sigourney Weaver Wants Her Domain Name - Actress files with National Arbitration Forum to get SigourneyWeaver.com. Actress Sigourney Weaver, star of the Alien movie series (photo), has filed for arbitration to get the domain name SigourneyWeaver.com. The case will be handled by an arbitration panel from National Arbitration Forum under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. The domain name was originally registered in 1999, but changed hands in 2004 or 2005 to the current owner. The whois record for the ... read more ...
Thu 16th April 2009
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Santa Monica Tussles with “I Am Domain Names” - Santa Monica loses UDRP for IAmSantaMonica.com. Remember that guy Stephen Webb, who started showing up at domain conferences a couple years ago promoting his “Iamcityname.com” and “WeArecityname.com” domain names? He had a bit of success, striking deals with a couple cities and even selling IAmSeattle.com to the Space Needle in Seattle. But one former client apparently didn’t understand the meaning of “lease”. Santa Monica Convention Visitors Bureau ... read more ...
Wed 15th April 2009
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Financial Firm Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Arbitrator finds Versa Capital Management guilty of misusing UDRP proceedings. Lately it seems that UDRP arbitration panels are ignoring the question of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH), which broadly defines when I company misuses or abuses the UDRP proceedings process. Panels aren’t required to consider RDNH, and many have decided to skip the issue altogether. (There are no penalties for committing RDNH.) But I guess it takes a particularly egregious and ... read more ...
Thu 9th April 2009
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SmoothMove.com: Worst UDRP Decision Ever? - SmoothMove.com decision may not be worst, but it should be high on the list. My blood is boiling. I think I just read one of the worst UDRP arbitration decisions ever. Michael Berkens got screwed, and I hope he takes action. In this case, Berkens registered the domain name SmoothMove.com in 2003 and has parked it since then. All of the links have been generic in nature. Then along came Traditional Medicinals Inc, an herbal medicine company that happens to have ... read more ...
 
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Silicon Labs Gets Its Name Back - Billion dollar company let domain name expire, but wins it back in arbitration. Last month Domain Name Wire wrote about Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a billion dollar company that let the domain name SiliconLabs.com expire. (The company’s web site is at SIlabs.com). Silicon Labs filed for arbitration at National Arbitration Forum. This week an arbitration panel awarded the domain name back to the company, and the name should be transferred within the next few ... read more ...
Wed 8th April 2009
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Edible Arrangements Should Stick to Edibles - Would you like a UDRP with that arrangement? Poor Edible Arrangements. All it wanted to do was swipe the domain name EdibleBrands.com. But it didn’t count on the respondent calling John Berryhill to pick apart the case. Now that food-instead-of-flowers company Edible Arrangements, LLC is getting big, it’s apparently creating a new brand or umbrella company called Edible Brands. It filed for a trademark for “Edible Brands” in January 2009 using a “first ... read more ...
Fri 3rd April 2009
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Company Loses Bid to Take Decimal.com - Respondent doesn’t respond but still wins case. You know you brought a UDRP arbitration case in bad faith when the respondent doesn’t bother to respond and you still win lose. That’s what happened with the generic domain name Decimal.com. Radiation therapy company .decimal, Inc., which uses the domain name dotdecimal.com, waged the complaint against the owner of Decimal.com. The web site at decimal.com contains nothing other than a message that the domain ... read more ...
Thu 2nd April 2009
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GoDaddy Gets Split Decision in Domain Dispute - GoDaddy wins one domain name, loses two others in UDRP. An arbitrator has handed down a split decision in a domain dispute brought by GoDaddy.com at World Intellectual Property Organization. As Domain Name Wire reported back in February, Go Daddy filed four UDRPs at WIPO for a number of domains covered by its trademarks. The most interesting case was against Domainsnext.com, a domain reseller. The dispute involved gotodaddy.com, gotodaddynot.com and gotodaddynot.net. The ... read more ...
Tue 31st March 2009
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Scalar Decisions Inc.’s Shameful Domain Strategy - A classic abuse of UDRP. Every once in a while you come across a classic example of abuse of UDRP domain name arbitration. That’s the case with a recent decision for Scalar.com. The perpetrator was Scalar Decisions Inc, a fast growing technology company in Canada, represented by Peter M. Dillon of Siskinds LLP. The victim was Scalar Consulting Group. Here’s what happened in a nutshell: -Scalar Consulting Group registers Scalar.com in 1996 -Scalar Decisions, ... read more ...
Thu 26th March 2009
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Elizabeth Taylor Wants Her Name Back - ElizabethTaylor.com in dispute (again). Actress Elizabeth Taylor wants the domain name ElizabethTaylor.com and she (or her company) has filed a domain dispute with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name. But this isn’t the first time Taylor has tried to get the domain. In June of 2005 she filed for arbitration to get the domain name and lost. Part of the respondent’s defense was that the name Elizabeth Taylor is common. The panel actually decided ... read more ...
Wed 25th March 2009
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Marchex Defends Frontrunners.com Domain Name - Arbitration panel determines Marchex can keep domain name FrontRunners.com. If there ever was a frontrunner for “dubious UDRP domain arbitration case”, FrontRunners.com may be it. Bradley D Mittman MD dba FRONTRUNNERS has a trademark to the term FrontRunners for use in connection with educational conferences and services in the field of medicine, including tutorial sessions and correspondence courses. But you’ve probably never heard of the company or any ... read more ...
Tue 24th March 2009
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VirtualSex.com Pickup Attempt Denied - Owner of VirtualSex.com defends domain name in arbitration. An arbitrator with World Intellectual Property Organization has ruled that the owners of VirtualSex.com can keep their domain name. A challenge was mounted by Digital Playground, Inc, an adult movie producer. Digital Playground has a hard-fought trademark on the term “Virtual Sex”, and claimed first use in commerce back in 1994. The respondent registered the domain name in 1995 and said it had not ... read more ...
Thu 19th March 2009
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Someone’s Shouting a F-Bomb About Fbomb.com - Obscure clothing company wins fbomb.com in arbitration. In January I wrote about an ongoing auction at Sedo for the domain name Fbomb.com. Here’s what I wrote: “FBomb.com – $1,500 – so many uses” There are so many uses because of the generic meaning of f-bomb. So I was surprised to notice a few weeks later that fbomb.com was in arbitration at National Arbitration Forum. I contact the owner who told me that the company that won the domain at Sedo filed ... read more ...