Legal services company tries to lay claim to WeThePeople.com. A legal document company that operates at the domain name WeThePeopleUSA.com has lost its attempt to secure the generic domain name WeThePeople.com through UDRP arbitration. In a case ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Chad Wright Defends the South Pole(.com)
· Policy & LawFollow up: Panel finds against clothing manufacturer. Photo from Wikimedia CommonsHere's a follow up to Domain Name Wire's story in July about Wicked Fashions filing a UDRP for SouthPole.com. Wicked Fashions manufacturers a line of clothing called ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Nike and Wells Fargo Join CADNA
· Policy & LawCompanies join associations representing trademark interests. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, an organization of mostly Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it has two new members and is concerned about changes at ICANN. Nike (NYSE: NKE) ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Arbitrators Define DeepThroat.com
· Policy & LawArbitration panel finds in favor of domain registrant in DeepThroat.com case. "Honey, I'm just doing some homework for a legal case I'm working on." That's what the three panelists in a recent UDRP arbitration through National Arbitration Forum must ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Domain Arbitration Inconsistency: FoodEmporium.com/.net/.org
· Policy & LawThink UDRP panels are inconsistent? Here's proof. If you think UDRP panel decisions are inconsistent, look no further than three cases involving New York grocer The Food Emporium. It filed three separate actions under UDRP for FoodEmporium.com, ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Big Companies Go After .Mobi Domain Names
· Policy & LawA sign of strength for .mobi? Big companies file UDRPs to get .mobi domains. Are big companies starting to pay more attention to .mobi? Recent UDRP filings with WIPO and National Arbitration Forum show this may be the case. In the past two months, ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Arbitrator: Fired.com Complainant “Sorely Misguided”
· Policy & LawWorld2Work Corporation loses Fired.com claim; panel has harsh words for company and lawyer. A one person panel has found in favor of the owner of Fired.com in a bizarre UDRP case. World2Work Corporation and founder Scott R. Sargis, which runs the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Max Levchin’s Slide Loses Domain Name Challenge
· Policy & LawWidget company loses UDRP arbitration for 128 domain names. PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and his internet widget company Slide have lost a UDRP decision to obtain the domain SlideTV.com and 127 other associated domain names. Slide has raised over ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Giants Play Ball for GiantsBaseball.com
· Policy & LawMajor League Baseball continues aggressive campaign for team names. Major League Baseball and the San Francisco Giants want to to get their hands on GiantsBaseball.com. The domain is owned by a Carmel, California man and was registered in 1999, and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Guest Article: How Do I Become a UDRP Arbitration Panelist?
· Policy & LawA look at the qualifications of UDRP arbitration panelists. [Editor's note: a few weeks ago a couple readers, who were distraught by a recent domain dispute that seemed to be decided unfairly, asked what it takes to be a UDRP panelist who decides ... Continue Reading4 Comments