SAP Continues to Struggle with UDRP

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Company has lost 5 of last 15 decided cases.

Software giant SAP continues to struggle with its efforts to corral domain names through the UDRP Process.

Although it has won two thirds of its cases, as far as big complainants go SAP may as well have a failing record.

Sure, it wins most of the UDRP cases it files. But it loses more than most complainants.

The latest loss: SAPApps.com.

What makes this case (and some of the other losses) interesting is that the respondent was an SAP Partner. Respondent CoreSystems AG is an SAP Gold Partner.

Other recent losses by SAP include SAP-Microsoft.com, Unisap.com, Graphicsap.com, and sapresourcesgroup.com.

Of the 15 cases the company has filed beginning in 2009 that have been decided, it has lost a shocking 5 complaints. This is a very poor record for a complainant.

Further Reading:

  1. Demand Media Gets Into the Other Side of UDRP
  2. Calling Out the Worst UDRP Decisions of All Time
  3. Demand Media Loses Another UDRP

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  1. UDRPtalk
    November 21st, 2011 | 10:36 am

    You would think that SAP could have used other leverage against respondent since respondent is obviously reliant on SAP through its partnership.

  2. UDRPtalk
    November 21st, 2011 | 10:37 am

    …or is their partnership no longer active?

  3. Andrew Allemann
    November 21st, 2011 | 11:26 am

    They still have the SAP Gold logo on their web site.

    Since the SAPapps.com domain wasn’t active it’s possible they didn’t investigate ownership thoroughly.

  4. jp
    November 21st, 2011 | 8:36 pm

    So due to SAP’s record of frequently being on the losing end of a udrp are they technically barred from being able to apply for the tld “.sap”?

  5. Andrew Allemann
    November 22nd, 2011 | 8:24 am

    @ JP – they would have to be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking three times. I’m not aware of any RDNH cases against them.

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