Company fails to take D1.com domain name from rightful owner.
D1 Sports Holdings, LLC has lost a UDRP complaint it filed against the domain name D1.com.
As you can imagine, D1.com was registered a long time ago. It was registered in 1995 and belongs to New Dimension One Spas, Inc, which acquired the assets of Dimension One Spas earlier this year.
Get it? Dimension One, or D1?
Apparently D1 Sports Holdings, which claims it started using the D1 mark in 2003, didn’t get it. Thankfully, the panel did and ruled in the domain owner’s favor.
The panel did not find that D1 Sport Holdings had engaged in reverse domain name hijacking, but didn’t really give a good reason for this.
This is D1 Sports Holdings second misguided UDRP filing. It also lost a case for D1Sports.com, a domain that was also registered before the complainant had any rights in the term.
D1 Sports Holdings was represented by P. Jay Hines of Cantor Colburn LLP.
Debo says
Wow. Talk about some stupid people.
Actually, not just stupid, but it appears they want to be both stupid and thieves. If they are thieves, how can you trust them in any capacity?
IMO, this goes to show: Do NOT trust d1sportstraining.com or D1 Sports Training because they are no better than a thug in an alley with a rusty knife against your neck. What makes them better? Just because they are a corportation? Please! I rather deal with an alley thug.
What losers.
Shame on You! says
P. Jay Hines of Cantor Colburn LLP also should be ran through the oven too for pulling this. How unethical. I hope they get disbarred one day.
In my opinion, P. Jay Hines of Cantor Colburn LLP knew very well that they did not have a leg to stand on but decided to try to steal this domain anyhow.
Where are the ethics? They knew the domain was registered WAY before the trademark, yet took their client’s dirty money anyhow and rolled the dice.
I believe D1 Sports and P. Jay Hines of Cantor Colburn LLP should be remembered for trying to steal domains two times by abusing the UDRP process, knowing full well it was a gamble since they did not have any merit to bring a UDRP against the owner.
Lastly, I hope these people burn in Hell. I don’t believe in Hell, but if there is one I hope they go there. That’s how much I hate these kinds of lawyers and domain thieves.
acroplex says
The Complainant is clearly from another dimension.