Complainant tries to argue that domain name owner forfeited rights to domain name by not using it. A simple call to a lawyer could have prevented a Minnesota dog charity from being labeled a reverse domain name hijacker. Can Do Canines, which owns ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Organizer of “Great Run” events engaged in reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanel finds that group brought was attempting to reverse domain name hijack GreatRun.com. Nova International Limited, the company that organizes the Great Run series of events, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Orient Express Travel Group engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawAustralian company didn't disclose prior purchase attempt and its rights post-dated domain registration. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Australian travel company Orient Express Travel Group to have engaged in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO panel finds chemical company engaged in RDNH
· Policy & LawPanel determines that company submitted "selective and incomplete story". A three person WIPO panel has found NH Resources LLC of Texas to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name No-Heat.net. It's a bizarre case in which ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Optilead Ltd. engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawWIPO panel determined UK company filed domain name dispute in bad faith. UK company Optilead Ltd has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Optilead.com. Optilead Ltd uses the domain name Optilead.co.uk for ... Continue Reading6 Comments
2 panelists say RDNH, other says domain name should be transferred
· Policy & LawHow did one panelist think a domain should be transferred when the other two say the case was brought in bad faith? It's fairly rare that a panelist files a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. Usually a three person panel comes to the same conclusion, ... Continue Reading18 Comments
Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
· Policy & LawWIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
LeadPages is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
· Policy & LawWIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Investment firm RVK engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on RVK.com
· Policy & LawCompany changed its brand last year, filed UDRP to get matching three letter domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found investment advisory firm RVK (formerly R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.) guilty of engaging in reverse ... Continue Reading9 Comments
MomAndMe.com spared in UDRP. Should have been RDNH?
· Policy & LawIndian company should not have brought case. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Mahindra & Mahindra Limited of India in its UDRP against the owner of MomAndMe.com. Even though the domain name owner ... Continue Reading1 Comment