4chan wanted to get the domain name 4chan.com.
Popular bulletin board site 4chan has lost a case it filed to get the domain name 4chan.com.
4chan, LLC, which operates the top 1,000 site 4chan.org, filed the complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against Oversee.net back in March.
One commenter on my original story about the UDRP case thought it was odd that 4chan was just now coming after the domain name. That person also pointed out that 4chan was a name similar to another board called 2chan, which is why the name was selected in the first place.
The three person panel determined that 4chan did not prove that the domain name was registered in bad faith.
This was a lengthy determination, but essentially the panel said it was plausible that Oversee.net registered the domain name without the bulletin board, which was created a few months earlier, in mind. After all, there are other number-chan sites, like the aforementioned 2chan.
Given the length of time it took 4chan to file the case, it was harder for the panel to determine why Oversee.net originally registered the domain name.
Oversee.net has since sold its portfolio of domain names to Rook Media (technically the portfolio went to Sol Invictus Comiti, LP, according to the UDRP). This transaction took place shortly after the case was filed. My reading of the decision is that perhaps Oversee.net’s lawyers made things harder for Rook going forward by asking the question of whether this is a transfer of the domain to a new registrant by the rules of UDRP.
This story has been updated to include additional details from the UDRP case decision.
Craig says
Doesn’t help when your imageboard has the reputation that 4chan’s has.
richard m. s. says
ayy lmao
neet4lyfe says
ok, kid.
dragoneer says
>install gentoo
>tracert 4chan.com
>receive domain name
4chan Mod says
Trying to make 4chan a “.com” website?
Moot is really trying hard to make those shekels.
probed 400 says
yya lamo
chandan says
do they offer anything before filing this dispute?
Reddit says
AYY LMAO
Myron Gains says
AYY LMAO
Anonymous says
AYY LAMO