Panelist lets company shoehorn a trademark dispute into UDRP. It's not often that I thoroughly disagree with a UDRP decision, but I take issue with a recent FORUM (National Arbitration Forum) decision for mento.ai. Mento Technologies Inc., which ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Seattle bar Monkey Loft tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawDomain was registered before the bar's incorporation. A National Arbitration Forum panel has found that the Seattle bar Monkey Loft Lounge tried to reverse hijack the domain name MonkeyLoft.com. Monkey Loft filed a cybersquatting claim against ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Law school LSAT test organization loses cybersquatting claims against tutors
· Policy & LawPerhaps Law School Admission Council needs to go back to law school. The organization behind the LSAT test students take to get into law school has lost three cybersquatting claims against LSAT tutors. Law School Admission Council, Inc. filed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Hummingbird.com UDRP (unsurprisingly) denied
· Policy & LawThis case was dead on arrival. Hummingbird RegTech, Inc. has failed to get the domain name hummingbird.com through a cybersquatting claim. The case was dead on arrival, and I'm a bit surprised that the panelist didn't consider reverse domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This UDRP shouldn’t have been filed
· Policy & Law...or it certainly should have been withdrawn later. Last week, National Arbitration Forum published a decision for the domain openbots.com in favor of the domain owner. I think this case should have never been filed and, giving the most favorable ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Wow, just wow: This BFD.com domain dispute
· Policy & LawThe Complainant must believe it has a crystal ball. A three-person National Arbitration Forum panel has denied a UDRP filed against the domain name BFD.com but declined to find reverse domain name hijacking. And this case is a doozy. BFD, Inc. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
This UDRP decision is worth reading
· Policy & LawIt was David vs. Goliath and David didn't even respond. So why did David win? Every day, I scan the latest UDRP decisions and look for cases worth writing about. I look for things that jump out at me, such as a valuable dictionary domain. Other ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Coinbase loses cybersquatting challenge
· Policy & LawChinese registrant argued it was in the physical coin base. But maybe not. Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name coinbase.info. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reverse domain name hijacking in oovo.com dispute
· Policy & LawA somewhat novel expiration argument false flat on its face. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has found Vacation Pig, LLC d.b.a OOVO guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get oovo.com. The Complainant uses the domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Company’s UDRP to recover expired domain fails
· Policy & LawPet products company filed a UDRP after somehow allowing its "principal domain" to expire over a year ago. Healthy Pets, Inc. d/b/a Pet Health Solutions has lost a UDRP it filed to recover a domain name it let expire. The company sells the Joint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
