HVAC company agrees to pay $40,000 after filing cybersquatting complaint in abuse of the UDRP.
In May 2017, Nat Cohen’s domain name investment firm Telepathy successfully defended its domain name AirZone.com in a UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel found that Corporacion Empresarial Altra S.L., which owns the domain name AirZone.es, had engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by filing the case.
WIPO panels cannot hand out monetary penalties for reverse domain name hijacking…but courts can. So Telepathy filed suit.
It has entered into a settlement agreement (pdf) with the HVAC company. The agreement requires Corporacion Empresarial Altra S.L. to pay Telepathy $40,000. Telepathy has recovered money for reverse domain name hijacking in other cases, too.
Telepathy finds itself on the receiving end of lots of frivolous UDRPs because of its high-quality portfolio of valuable domain names (including many three-letter .coms). Lawsuits filed against perpetrators should make companies think twice before filing a UDRP against Telepathy.
See more reverse domain name hijacking cases on RDNH.com.
Vito says
Its about time! Im sure Telepathy spent a bit of money to defend themselves and their domain properties so hopefully this was more than their budget for defense. Congrats!!!
Andrea Paladini says
Congrats to Nat, well done! 🙂
Acro says
With a name such as this, Telepathy knew about the result in advance. 😉
Let’s hope the lawyers of the party at loss get fired.
Dn Ebook says
LOL
Tom T says
Telepathy showing us ALL how it is done. Congrats to Nat and the entire Telepathy team!!
Bob Mountain says
Nice work Nat, congrats!
Fred Mercaldo says
Love to see the “good guy” win. Nat Cohen is a class act and role model. Period.
dcn says
….should make companies think twice before filing a UDRP against ANYONE! Congrats to Telepathy!
AbdulBasit.com says
Thanks for sharing Andrew!
Congrats Nat! Great job!
tommybutler says
Congrats Nat well done. Good to see you taking it to courts and winning.
Cihan says
Awesome
ALOHA.technology says
Excellent!
jose says
Kudos to Nat for given these guys a hard time. It is good for the industry as a all too.