Company filed cybersquatting claim after failing to buy domain.
Frank Schilling, with the help of attorney John Berryhill, has defended his company’s domain name OceanBreeze.com in a UDRP.
The case was filed by JC Global. That company sells air conditioners and dehumidifiers under the Ocean Breeze brand.
JC Global’s case was dead on arrival. The domain name was registered well before JC Global got a trademark for Ocean Breeze. It’s also a fairly generic domain, and the parked page for the domain showed ads related to cruises.
This was clearly a “Plan B” UDRP filing. JC Global inquired about buying the domain name but wouldn’t meet the asking price.
The National Arbitration Forum panel did not consider reverse domain name hijacking.
DName says
Thank you for this news, it’s great to know we have people like Frank & Rick (+many others) to send a clear message. To me, it’s no different than if someone took one of their valuable dehumidifiers and decided they didn’t like the price – so they try to steal it, really? It’s wrong, immoral, and says much about the company who tried this scam. I wouldn’t want to a customer of theirs, they are UN-trustworthy. Thanks again DNW and Frank!
Bob says
Congrats Franks and John!
Logan says
Congrats Franks and John!
Steve says
Still no penalty for attempted theft. Joke system.
JOHN COLASCIONE says
And even if it was deemed a reverse domain name hijacking attempt, there is still no real penalty. Let the nonsense UDRP processes continue. The fees collected to file these nonsense claims must be a reason there is a lack of any real change or penalty implemented.