Panelist calls out Complainant for making "spurious allegations" against domain name owner. Playhouse International, which fashions itself as a more "sex-worker friendly" version of OnlyFans, has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy wins reverse domain name hijacking case
· Policy & LawCoffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy's NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found (pdf) that the Complainant, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
IBA is no IBM
· Policy & LawMedical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Another day, another incompetent cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawPlease hire a lawyer familiar with UDRP. If you think someone is cybersquatting on your brand, please hire a competent lawyer familiar with UDRP to evaluate and file your dispute. For the second day in a row, a Complainant has failed to make ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Man sentenced to 5 years for IP address scheme
· Policy & LawMan set up companies to request additional internet protocol addresses. IPv4 IP addresses are in high demand. Recent auctions at Hilco Streambank have fetched between $30-$40 per IP address. All of that money has captured the attention of people ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
No-code development agency tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawComplainant didn't address the last two elements of UDRP. An agency that develops apps using no-code platforms has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Zeroqode, Inc. filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Private equity group sues over “banks” typo
· Policy & LawFirm sues to get domain name registered well before it existed. A private equity group that focuses on consumer packaged goods has sued the owner of bansk.com. Bansk Group was formed in 2019. SiteTools has owned bansk.com since 2013, and it has ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Royal Caribbean Cruises attempts domain piracy
· Policy & LawPanel rules that the company tried to reverse domain name hijacking. Royal Caribbean Cruises was involved in a case of piracy, but it was the perpetrator, and it didn't take place on the high seas. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
iWoman.com dispute filed in bad faith
· Policy & LawPanelist admonishes Complainant for filing unwinnable cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Cathleen Trigg-Jones to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Sex and massage at nursing homes make for strange cybersquatting complaints
· Policy & LawA French nursing home operator thought these domains were targeting it. I doubt it. Sex and massages at nursing homes? That makes for a curious targeting claim in two recent UDRP cases, which were decided differently. Korian, a French nursing ... Continue Reading1 Comment