Tag Archives: uniform rapid suspension

Wed 8th April 2015
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Uniform Rapid Suspension by a numbers - A look at which new top level domain names are getting hit with the most URS cases. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced along with new top level domains as a sort of faster, cheaper version of UDRP. Companies can make a cybersquatting claim against a domain name in the abbreviated procedure. If they win, the domain name is suspended rather than transferred like it is in a UDRP. Both National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) handle URS cases. ... read more ...
Tue 19th August 2014
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Registrant of 4,000+ .email domain names faces ascent authorised problems - Yoyo.email claims it registered trademark-matching .email domain names for a legitimate fair use. Most National Arbitration Forum panels have disagreed. You’ve probably never heard of Yoyo.email before, but it is one of the biggest individual registrants of new top level domain names in a single TLD. The company registered over 4,000 .email domain names. The problem for Yoyo.email is that a large number of these domain names match famous trademarks, such as dunkindonuts.email, ... read more ...
Tue 8th July 2014
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Frank Schilling beats IBM in domain dispute - Reserved three letter .link domains won’t be suspended. Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names, the company under which he registers premium domains in his new TLDs, has defended two such domain names from a URS filed by IBM. IBM filed a Uniform Rapid Suspension case against the domain names DB2.link and AIX.link. North Sound, with the help of attorney John Berryhill, successfully convinced the URS panelist that it registered the domain names as part of a collection ... read more ...
Thu 1st May 2014
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Wolfram wins .CEO URS brawl on second try - This time the case computes. Search and data company Wolfram has won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for Wolfram.ceo…on the second try. It lost the first case because it filed the case as Wolfram Research, Inc. The panelist noted that the trademarks mentioned in the case were owned by Wolfram Group LLC. So Wolfram refiled the case as Wolfram Group LLC and won this time around. The registrant, Andrew Davis, claimed that Wolfram is a common name. The panel didn’t ... read more ...
Mon 14th April 2014
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Wolfram doesn’t use mathematics in URS dispute - A lot of brain power missed the connection. Wolfram Research, Inc. has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for mathematica.guru and wolfram.ceo, and the case is noteworthy for a couple reasons. First, the domain names were owned by two different people. One of the whois records has privacy on it, and companies often file UDRP cases against domains that they think the same person owns. But in this case the domains were at two different registrars, which makes ... read more ...
Fri 28th March 2014
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Fortune 1000 association loses 2 URS cases - Heartland Payment Systems loses claims to “Heartland” domain names. So far the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for new top level domain names appears to be working. URS was designed to be a faster and cheaper version of UDRP for slam dunk cases of cybersquatting. Since UDRP was meant to be for clear-cut cases as well, the burden of proof is very high in URS cases. Richard Branson was the first to lose a case, for Branson.guru. Now Heartland Payment Systems, ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Aeropostale files Uniform Rapid Suspension box for .clothing domain name - Clothing company is second company to take advantage of new policy to defend against cybersquatting. Clothing company Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) has filed a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case against the domain name aeropostale.clothing. This is just the second case filed against a second level domain under a new top level domain using URS. URS is a faster and cheaper version of the UDRP. However, a win by the complainant results in only the suspension of the domain ... read more ...
Thu 13th February 2014
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IBM wins initial new tip turn domain URS case - Panel hands down decision within one week. IBM has won the first ever Uniform Rapid Suspension case for new top level domain names. A National Arbitration Forum panelist ruled in the company’s favor in a dispute over IBM.guru and IBM.ventures. Both domain names will be suspended but not transferred to IBM. IBM can opt to register them when they expire or file a UDRP to get the domain names. IBM has belatedly signed up for Donuts’ Domains Protected Marks List, ... read more ...
Thu 6th February 2014
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IBM files initial Uniform Rapid Suspension box for new TLDs - Company wants IBM.guru and IBM.ventures domain names suspended. IBM has filed what I believe is the first dispute under Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for new top level domain names. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum for the domain names ibm.guru and ibm.ventures. Both domains were registered on January 31 at a premium during the Early Access Program phase of the .guru and .ventures domain launches. The domains were registered with whois ... read more ...
Fri 2nd April 2010
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Has Anyone Really Thought Through Uniform Rapid Suspension? - URS lacks foresight. Yesterday the comment period for Uniform Rapid Suspension closed at ICANN. URS is a cheaper and (supposedly) faster version of UDRP, with a few twists. But given all of the holes in URS, I have to wonder if anyone has really thought this idea through. Yes, people that worked on URS will say they have, but many of them have ulterior motives. I found National Arbitration Forum’s comments on URS particularly interesting, since it looked at ... read more ...