WIPO panelist hands down RDNH ruling. Every once in a while I read a UDRP involving organizations in a world I simply didn't know existed. Such is the case in The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus, Inc. v. Thierry Villejust over the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Roundup: this week in the Domain Name Business
· UncategorizedIt was another exciting week in the domain name industry. Here's a look back. Domain Registry of America may finally get cut off from ICANN. The notorious company that sends misleading domain renewal notices to domain owners has been suspended by ICANN ... Continue Reading3 Comments
North Carolina company guilty of Reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany claims rights dating to 2010 and domain name was registered in 2002. But... Personal Communication Systems, Inc of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDRP against the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Egton loses Patient.com UDRP, but it should have been reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawEgton Medical loses big time, but panel doesn't admonish it for frivolous filing. Egton Medical Information Systems Limited has lost a UDRP it filed against Health Axis Group LLC in March over the domain name Patient.com. This was a particularly ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why no RDNH for Thingify.com?
· Policy & LawA classic abuse-of-proceeding case, but no RDNH finding. A WIPO panel just handed down a decision in a UDRP for Thingify.com. It follows a familiar story line: 1. Person starts company, but matching .com domain is taken. 2. Company opts to use a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
FICEP SPA guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in dirty UDRP case
· Policy & LawThis case is particularly dirty. Italian machine tool manufacturing company FICEP SPA has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for FICEP.com. Czech Arbitration Court panelist Jane Seager got the call right as this is a very ... Continue Reading1 Comment
UDRP complainant shoots self in foot with supplemental filing
· Policy & LawCompany effectively admits its original complaint was destined to fail when it makes supplemental filing. Inbay Limited of the United Kingdom has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for Inbay.com. The three person panel ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
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
UNiDAYS guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany that uses MyUnidays.com tries to hijack Unidays.com. UK company MYUNiDAYS, which offers products at a discount to college students under the UNiDAYS brand, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting case. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Cobb International guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed UDRP case even though the domain names at issue were not registered in bad faith. South African firm Cobb International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property ... Continue Reading1 Comment
