Tag Archives: UDRP

Wed 18th March 2009
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New UDRP Domain Arbitration Search Engine Launches - UDRPsearch.com searches cases at National Arbitration Forum and WIPO. A new UDRP search engine, UDRPsearch.com, has launched. The web site allows you to search cases at both National Arbitration Forum and World Intellectual Property Organization without going to both sites. This is helpful for researching particular keywords, complainants, respondents, etc. The site is similar to another one I’ve written about, DomainFight.net. You can search by domain, complainant/respondent, ... read more ...
Tue 17th March 2009
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Howard Neu Saves Domain from Being Flushed Down Toilet - KohlerSucks.com saved at National Arbitration Forum. A $4,331 toilet from Kohler Kohler Co., which does everything from manufacture toilets to develop golf resorts, should read up on domain arbitration rules prior to filing its next request under UDRP. Domain attorney Howard M. Neu helped the owner of KohlerSucks.com defend the domain name against a frivolous complaint by the Kohler conglomerate. In a concise and perfectly clear decision, an arbitrator ruled: Complainant ... read more ...
Mon 16th March 2009
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Jim Morrison Estate Wants Domain Name - JimMorrison.com in dispute at WIPO. The estate of the late rocker Jim Morrison wants the domain name JimMorrison.com, and it is taking its fight to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under UDRP rules. The domain name is currently owned by Rick Sentieri. The web site at JimMorrison.com includes lots of content that doesn’t exactly paint a coherent picture. The site proclaims: Welcome to the home of Jim Morrison’s Fantasy Magazine. It is the place ... read more ...
Thu 12th March 2009
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Billion Dollar Company Loses Key Domain Name - Silicon Labs loses domain name, fights to get it back. Austin, Texas-based Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) has lost control of a key domain name, SiliconLabs.com. The company has filed for arbitration with National Arbitration Forum to regain control of the domain. Silicon Labs’ main domain name is SiLabs.com. But I suspect most people trying to find the company’s web site for the first time type in SiliconLabs.com, and a lot of e-mails are accidentally addressed ... read more ...
Fri 6th March 2009
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Ghosts Can’t Tap Taps.com Domain Name - Paranormal society fails to win case for Taps.com. An arbitration panel — presumably made up of humans and not ghosts — has ruled that the The Atlantic Paranormal Society has no rights to the domain name Taps.com. The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) operates under the web address the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com, so it’s no surprise that the organization is seeking a better domain name. TAPS has a number of trademarks for the term, but the panel was not ... read more ...
Thu 5th March 2009
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Viacom Loses South Park Domain Dispute - Company uses UDRP to go after copyright infringer. Panel doesn’t bite. Viacom has lost another domain dispute. But this time it wasn’t trying to steal a generic domain name; it was trying to shut down a web site containing copyrighted material. Viacom filed for arbitration under UDRP for the domain name StansDad.com. Stan and his dad are popular characters in the company’s animated South Park television show. But there’s no trademark here. Viacom tried ... read more ...
Tue 3rd March 2009
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Ari Goldberger Defends PropellerHead.com - Domain attorney helps registrant keep domain name in UDRP. When you think of “propeller head”, what comes to mind? I think of those beanie hats with a propeller on them. You know, the type that nerds wear. Pilots might think of the plane part. But a software company thought it should have rights to PropellerHead.com. Unfortunately for Propellerhead Holding AB, it couldn’t convince a three person panel at National Arbitration Forum. The registrant of PropellerHead.com ... read more ...
Mon 23rd February 2009
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One More Reason Not to Move your Domain Names Offshore - Fred, In practice, you can read the NAF Model Complaint form here: http://domains.adrforum.com/resource.aspx?id=755 “The Complainant will submit, with respect to any challenges to a decision in the administrative proceeding canceling or transferring the domain name, to [b](choose one jurisdiction:[/b] a) the location of the principal office of the concerned registrar or b) where the Respondent is located, as shown by the address(es) given for the domain name holder in the Whois ... read more ...
Tue 17th February 2009
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Arbitrator: Viacom is a Jackass - Arbitrator decides Viacom shouldn’t get Jackass.com. “We look like Jackasses.” This is a follow up to a story Domain Name Wire first published in December. Viacom (NYSE: VIA.B), parent company of MTV, filed a UDRP complaint to get the domain name Jackass.com. As I pointed out then, Viacom had an uphill battle. Not only is the term Jackass generic, but it was facing an domain registrant that wouldn’t step down. In fact, Viacom is lucky that it lost this ... read more ...
Mon 16th February 2009
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Trademark Holders Continue to Reclaim .Me Domain Names - Sprite.me and Firefox.me go back to their rightful owners. When .me launched to the general public last year, it was clear that a lot of people hadn’t heard of cybersquatting. Domain names like Porsche.me, Toyota.me, and Firefox.me were snapped up (and not my their familiar namesakes). Many of these domains were picked up at auction for a substantial amount of money. Why did .me attract so many deep pocketed cybersquatters? I can only surmise that .me attracted ... read more ...
Tue 10th February 2009
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Peaches.com Successfully Defended - Domain owner wins arbitration case. Not so sweet. With the help of attorney John Berryhill, 24-7 Outdoors Inc. has successfully defended its domain name Peaches.com. Domain Name Wire first wrote about this case in December. The complainant, Peaches Uniforms, sells style-conscious scrubs and uniforms to medical practitioners. The panel decided to only look at the “registration in bad faith” clause because it was obvious the complainant couldn’t meet its burden ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2009
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Arena.com Owner Wins Domain Name Arbitration - Panel finds Arena Swimwear’s arguments unconvincing. Sometimes I see a domain name dispute and wonder what the heck the complainant was thinking. When I saw that the one word generic domain name Arena.com was in dispute, I scratched my head. First of all, I’d never heard of the complainant. Second, you better have some damning evidence against the respondent to go after a generic word such as Arena. When I see the domain name Arena.com, I think of sports arenas. As ... read more ...
Tue 3rd February 2009
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Red Bull Can Now Energize Mobile Phones - Energy drink seller Red Bull wins rights to RedBull.mobi. Red Bull, famous for giving you an energy boost, can now energize mobile phones with the domain name RedBull.mobi. The company won the domain name in a dispute at World Intellectual Property Association. The respondent, Roy Atar of Israel, defended himself by saying he is commonly known by friends as “Shor Adom”, which translates into English as “Red Bull”. Atar did not park the domain name; it was ... read more ...
Mon 2nd February 2009
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RAI.mobi Owner Needs to Put a Foot in His Mouth - RAI.mobi domain owner did himself a disservice in responding to UDRP. It’s difficult to win a UDRP domain arbitration case when you don’t respond to the proceedings. (Difficult, but not impossible). But sometimes not responding to a case is a better idea than responding with a half-hearted story. That’s what happened in the case or RAI.mobi, a generic domain name won by complainant RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. This isn’t a case of someone registering ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Charges Own Customers with Cybersquatting - Domain name registrar files UDRP complaints for its trademarks. You won’t believe where the domain names are registered. Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com and its parent company have filed 4 UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Organization this year. What’s interesting isn’t that a domain registrar is protecting its brands. It’s that many of the domains it is trying to get are registered at GoDaddy. Of the four cases, two involve domain names at ... read more ...
Thu 22nd January 2009
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Third Eye Blind Wins Domain Name Dispute - Alternative rock group wins bizarre domain arbitration. This is a follow up to the story I wrote in November (Rock Group Wants ThirdEyeBlind.net). Third Eye Blind has prevailed in the dispute. In November I speculated: The owners of ThirdEyeBlind.net seem to be dodging the band by changing its whois information repeatedly. The latest whois information shows the owner is “Third Eye Blinds Curtains” of India. This seems like a ruse to claim that the domain ... read more ...
Thu 15th January 2009
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Ari Goldberger Gets Win for FullTerm.com - Domain lawyer Ari Goldberger gets another win, but the panel creates a tough hurdle for reverse domain name hijacking. Domain lawyer Ari Goldberger successfully defended FullTerm.com in a UDRP dispute at National Arbitration Forum. The case pitted Hologic Inc, maker of a device to determine if a woman is likely to give birth before full term, against domain owner Vertical Axis Inc. Hologic didn’t apply for a trademark to the term “FullTerm” until 2006, claiming ... read more ...
Sun 11th January 2009
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NamePros Cited in ISO.mobi Domain Arbitration - Content on popular domain forum cited as evidence of bad faith. Domain name forum NamePros was cited in the recently decided arbitration case for ISO.mobi at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to the complainant, International Organization for Standardization ISO, the owner of ISO.mobi offered some of ISO’s other trademarks in domain names for sale: An offer to sell the disputed domain name was made on the website “www.namepros.com”. ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2009
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Domain Arbitration Doesn’t “Get More” Crazy Than This - Denmark company tries to grab GetMore.com domain name at arbitration. Picture this. You own an online electronics store called GetMore.dk. After a few years you realize you probably should own GetMore.com as well. So you find out the owner of the domain has listed it for sale on Sedo. You try to negotiate but the owner wants too much. Who you gonna call? WIPO. That’s what GetMore A/S, owner GetMore.dk did. It filed an arbitration case for GetMore.com. It ... read more ...
Thu 8th January 2009
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Ping Golf Loses Ping.me Domain Name Arbitration - Golf equipment manufacturer loses questionable attempt to acquire domain name. When I saw that Ping.me was in arbitration at National Arbitration Forum, I correctly assumed that Ping Golf was behind the dispute. Ping Golf has been aggressive acquiring other domains including “Ping” in the past. The good news is domain owner Pingify Networks Inc. won the battle for the domain it paid $12,500 for in the .me sunrise auctions. The bad news is the interpretation ... read more ...
Mon 5th January 2009
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Dough! Mrs. Fields Loses 1800cookies.com Case - Cookie and gift seller loses arbitration for domain 1800cookies.com. Cookie and gift company Mrs. Fields has lost an arbitration case at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name 1800cookies.com. Mrs. Fields has a trademark for 1-800-Cookies, which is its primary phone number for ordering. It also uses the web address 800cookies.com. But the arbitration panel found that the owner of the domain registered it before Mrs. Fields had rights to the trademark. This ... read more ...
Wed 31st December 2008
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Peaches Uniforms Wants a Bite Out Of Peaches.com - Uniform company files arbitration to get Peaches.com domain. Peaches.com wouldbe sweeter. Peaches Uniforms, a seller of fashion uniforms and scrubs to women in the medical industry, has filed an arbitration request with National Arbitration Forum to gain control of the domain name Peaches.com. Peaches Uniforms, founded in 1987, filed for a trademark on the term Peaches for medical uniforms in 2006. The trademark was granted in April 2007. Peaches.com was originally ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2008
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PokerHost.net Owner Wins Reverse Domain Hijacking Charge - Russ “Dutch” Boyd gets a royal flush. Dutch Boyd cleans up atthe tables and WIPO. Last month I wrote about arbitration proceedings for the domain PokerHost.net. The complainant — online poker company Poker Host Inc which operates PokerHost.com — seemed to be fudging dates in its filing. The arbitrator agreed, finding in favor of respondent Russ “Dutch” Boyd, and also found Poker Host Inc. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking because of its fuzzy use ... read more ...
Wed 10th December 2008
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MTV: Don’t Be a Jackass - MTV wants Jackass.com. It better prepare for an uphill battle. Who are you calling a Jackass? MTV’s parent company Viacom (NYSE: VIA.b) filed for arbitration to get the domain name Jackass.com, a case that commenced at WIPO on December 5. There are two problems for Viacom: it’s a generic term and it’s owned by Future Media Architects. Jackass started as a TV show on MTV featuring people doing stunts and pranks. After running on MTV from 2000-2002 two Jackass ... read more ...
Fri 21st November 2008
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Is PokerHost.com Fudging Dates? - Online casino files UDRP, but when was it actually founded? PokerHost.com has filed a UDRP complaint with WIPO to get the domain name PokerHost.NET. If you’re not familiar with the online poker industry, many poker sites use the .net version of their name for advertising. The .net site actually doesn’t allow real money betting and is either a free version or tutorial site, so it can be advertised on TV. Of course the short term goal is for people to type in ... read more ...