Company filed cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy a domain name it wanted. Italian clothing company Malo S.p.A. tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain malo.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reverse domain name hijacking cases hit record high in 2023
· Policy & LawNearly one in five of denied complaints was reverse domain name hijacking. The number of cybersquatting cases filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2023 hit a record. So did the number of cases filed in bad faith, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TextMechanic owner tires reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanelist says the company should have known this case wasn't winnable under UDRP. The owner of a text manipulation tools site has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Vantage Solutions, LLC, which operates TextMechanic, filed a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unified Carrier Registration Plan tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawGroup that manages UCR registrations loses case against registration filing service. A UDRP panel has found Unified Carrier Registration Plan to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name UCRRegistration.com in an interesting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Adult cam site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking finding
· Policy & LawSite owner successfully argued that "love cam" is a common descriptive term. TMD Swiss AG, which operates an adult video cam site at xlovecam .com, has been found guilty of trying to reverse domain name hijack lovecam .com (pdf). ICF Technology ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Warehouse optimization company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed a dispute against domain registered before it had any rights in the mark. A company that helps optimize warehouses has been found to have engaged of reverse domain name hijacking. Element Logic AS filed a dispute (pdf) with World ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
German company tries to reverse hijack obo.com
· Policy & LawThe company either didn't undertake basic research or ignored what it discovered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that OBO Bettermann Holding GmbH & Co. KG tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Indian matrimony site attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawWorld Intellectual Property Organization panelist finds case was brought in bad faith. An Indian matrimony website has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain jodii.com, which is owned by competitor ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Law firm now zero for SEVEN in UDRP complaints
· Policy & LawAnother month, another reverse domain name hijacking loss for this law firm as it failed to win a UDRP complaint for the seventh time in as many tries. Two weeks ago, I wrote about Gearhart Law losing its sixth UDRP complaint as a representative in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Ouch: law firm goes 0 for 6 filing UDRP disputes
· Policy & LawThis law firm appears to have lost every UDRP case it has filed on behalf of Complainants. Its latest resulted in a reverse domain name hijacking decision. When is it time for a law firm to brush up on UDRP rules? How about when it goes to 0 for 6 ... Continue Reading2 Comments