Panelist finds reverse domain name hijacking in pickleball domain dispute. An Oregon man has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over a pickleball domain name. Trevor Meier filed a dispute with National ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Clinton Sparks wins domain name back
· Policy & LawGrammy-nominated Clinton Sparks gets domain name back after it expired. DJ, producer and songwriter Clinton Sparks has won the rights to the domain name ClintonSparks.com, which expired after a dispute with his agent. Sparks and his Get Familiar ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Sun Valley ski resort loses silly cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawResort's owner doesn't withdraw case after it's clear that it will lose. Let's say you're the lawyer for an oil company that also owns ski resorts. One of those ski resorts is called Sun Valley. You notice that someone registers the domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ESPN takes down “ESPN Slaughter” website
· Policy & LawArmy vet set up site to criticize spending on football. Sports network ESPN has convinced a National Arbitration Forum panel to give it the domain name ESPNSlaughter.com. The domain name was used by a U.S. Army veteran for commentary about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
HeadKandy.com: why no reverse domain name hijacking?
· Policy & LawCase was dead on arrival but panelist didn't consider reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration Forum UDRP panelist Eugene I. Low has correctly decided in favor of the owner of HeadKandy.com in a cybersquatting complaint, but I'm ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Bad Karma: Reverse domain name hijacking in Karma.com case
· Policy & LawAn ironic finding in Karma.com UDRP. Karma is....a company being found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for the domain Karma.com while being represented by a lawyer who is also a UDRP panelist. Karma International, LLC filed a UDRP ... Continue Reading9 Comments
The CloudInsure.com UDRP has a lot of open questions
· Policy & LawI'm confused after reading this UDRP decision and reviewing the domain's details This morning I began writing an article about a UDRP for CloudInsure.com. My general thesis was that this should have been a case of reverse domain name hijacking. Once I ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Another reason to not let your web developer register your domain name
· Policy & LawEven if they aren't a bad person, something could happen to them. I've written many times about disputes over domain names between web developers/designers and their clients. Usually, these are cases of a web developer registering the domain in his or ... Continue Reading13 Comments
This is a really dirty UDRP filing
· Policy & LawSome of the Complainant's claims are easily disproven. I'm often amazed by cybersquatting claims under UDRP. This weekend I read a case that was extremely disturbing. Grimco, Inc., a distributor of products to the sign industry, filed a UDRP against ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reverse domain name hijacking in PetLife.com case
· Policy & LawCompany goes after domain name that was registered before it started using the name as a brand. A pet apparel and supplies company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name PetLife.com. Pet Life, LLC, ... Continue Reading1 Comment