UDRP Watch: Ping.me, GoldenGlobes.com, and NameJet Typo
Friday, November 21st, 2008
A review of recently filed domain name arbitration cases.
Here’s a quick look at recently filed arbitration cases at WIPO and National Arbitration Forum. Check back for updates as the cases are decided.
Ping.me: Although the domain owner won’t talk, my guess is Ping Golf filed this case. They’ve been aggressive in the past trying to get Ping.net and other domains.
GoldenGlobe(s).com: Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globe Awards, is trying to get it hands on the .coms. Its official site is GoldenGlobes.org.
Redbull.mobi: looks like Red Bull wants to put some energy in your pocket.
NameJe.com: eNom and Network Solutions, co-owners of NameJet.com, want to get their hands on this typo.
Arena.com: Arena Distribution, S.A. wants Arena.com. I sure hope this is some sort of doman theft case, otherwise it looks a lot like reverse domain name hijacking.
ISO.mobi: International Organization for Standardization, famous for standards like ISO 9000, apparently has rights to this three character domain. As with Arena.com, I sure hope there’s something I don’t know about here.
Universityoftexasatdallas.org: The University of Texas continues to rack up domains through UDRP.
Citibank.ws: a .ws domain dispute? I suppose as a bank you need to cover everything to stop phishing.
Tags: National Arbitration Forum, udrp, wipo
This is a good post.
Keep us posted on the big picture so we can stay updated without all the legal details.
Ping-me is as common in the tech world as feed-me is in a restaurant. I hope the owner of ping.me wins and sues the holy heck out of ping golf for this obvious harassment.
@ Chart name - yes, and the whois shows the owner as “Pingify Networks”…
I even tried to reg this name. It was already taken. Ping me, is as common a phrase as saying . Especially in the work place. We used it all the time. This is absurd.
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Assuming it’s Ping Golf, the only way they’d get it is if the owner put up a parking page that had golf links. Otherwise I’d be shocked if Ping won.