Company goes after domain registered before it existed. Lukka, Inc. has lost its second attempt to get the domain name Lukka.com through a UDRP. The company, which provides crypto asset software and data, uses the domain name Lukka.tech. It has ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Registering NFT domains? Skip the trademarks
· Policy & LawCompanies are filing cybersquatting disputes against people who register domains including their brands and NFT. As the NFT (non-fungible token) craze continues, it's not surprising that domain name investors are registering NFT-related domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Facebook wins GameRoom.com dispute
· Policy & LawCompany that used the domain MyGameroom.com tried to get Gameroom.com through a cybersquatting dispute. Facebook has successfully defended a cybersquatting dispute against its domain name Gameroom.com. The social media company acquired the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
This panelist let the Complainant off the hook for RDNH
· Policy & LawThere appears to have been plenty of bad faith in this dead-on-arrival UDRP. I've written about UDRP panelists sometimes letting Complainants off the hook for reverse domain name hijacking if they didn't hire a lawyer. That's bad, but I think ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Hair loss cybersquatting fight ends in reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawI can understand why the Respondent was pulling his hair out over this dispute. A National Arbitration Forum panel has found Florida company Gapardis Health and Beauty, Inc. to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Peoples Bank of Mississippi tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawSmall bank did not prove that the domain name owner registered PeoplesBank.com to target it. A National Arbitration Forum panel has determined (pdf) that Peoples Bank of Mississippi tried reverse domain name hijacking PeoplesBank.com in a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Using a trademark in a domain for comparative advertising
· Policy & LawTwo mattress makers square off over a domain name. National Arbitration Forum published a UDRP decision today that is worth reading. It deals with a competitor using another company's brand name in a domain name. Bed and mattress company Hästens ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
UDRP for Catalyzer.com could have easily been avoided
· Policy & LawThis dead-on-arrival UDRP could have been avoided by asking the Complainant a simple question. Catalyzer, Inc, a leadership training organization, has lost a UDRP for Catalyzer.com. The case was dead on arrival. Catalyzer recently changed its ... Continue Reading5 Comments
UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
· Policy & LawGrocer fails to heed John Berryhill's good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
National Arbitration Forum phones its in on WellPath.com
· Policy & LawPanel returns a terse decision. At least it correctly denied the case. Perhaps the panel though it was deciding a Uniform Rapid Suspension case, not a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy case. That's the only explanation I can come up ... Continue Reading3 Comments
