Site owner changed use to one about alligators after receiving cease & desist letter. The University of Florida will soon own the domain name FloridaGators.com after winning a cybersquatting dispute. The domain name was registered by a Florida man ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NAF panel orders transfer of FatTuesday.com to owner of Fat-Tuesday.com
· Policy & LawPanel really screwed this one up. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name FatTuesday.com to David Briggs Enterprises, Inc. The complainant operates bars under the name Fat Tuesday and uses the ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Panelist asks complainant to modify its case to snag domain registered in 1995
· Policy & LawDomain wasn't registered in bad faith, but panelist asks complainant to make a different argument. I'm dumbfounded. A single member UDRP panelist with National Arbitration Forum has ordered the domain name VideoLink.com be transferred -- after, ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Uniform Rapid Suspension by the numbers
· Policy & LawA look at which new top level domain names are getting hit with the most URS cases. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced along with new top level domains as a sort of faster, cheaper version of UDRP. Companies can make a cybersquatting claim ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Was Michele.watch registered for Pole Dances or for Watches?
· Policy & LawDomain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I've got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put up ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Owner of CountryGirlStore.com guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany abused policy to try to deprive rightful owner of CountryGirl.com domain name. LML Investments, owner of Country Girl branded clothing sold at CountryGirlStore.com, has been admonished by a panel for abusing the Uniform Domain Name Dispute ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Busted: UDRP panelist contradicts his earlier decisions
· Policy & LawPanelist's rationale for latest decision directly contradicts earlier ones. National Arbitration Forum panelist Héctor A. Manoff has found against Restomod, Inc. in a UDRP it filed for the domain name restomod.com. The decision is probably correct, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
UDRP panel gets AustinPain.com decision wrong
· Policy & LawPanel awards generic domain name to company with questionable trademark rights. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name AustinPain.com, and I believe it got the decision wrong. The case was filed by Austin Pain ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Panel won’t find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking due to whois privacy
· Policy & LawUDRP panelist cites whois privacy as reason for not finding RDNH. A single member National Arbitration Forum panel has found in favor of the owner of Finell.com, but declined to find reverse domain name hijacking because the owner used a whois privacy ... Continue Reading5 Comments
IBM wins first new top level domain URS case
· Policy & LawPanel hands down decision within one week. IBM has won the first ever Uniform Rapid Suspension case for new top level domain names. A National Arbitration Forum panelist ruled in the company's favor in a dispute over IBM.guru and IBM.ventures. Both ... Continue Reading1 Comment