Electronic dance website guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after engaging in "duplicitous dealings". I have to admit, I don't expect much business or legal sense from a company that uses the domain name digi10ve.com for a site it calls ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Introducing RDNH.com: a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases
· Policy & Law129 reverse domain name hijacking cases and counting... Today I'd like to introduce you to RDNH.com, a site that provides a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases under UDRP. The site is a "collaboration" between myself, Nat Cohen, and ... Continue Reading13 Comments
California man guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawSorry, you can't just take a domain because you have a business plan for it. A California man starting a business called Joopa has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Edward Smith attempted to purchase the domain name ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ECommerce company Eyemagine found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany claimed rights to domain registered in 1996, well before it started using the name as a brand. Irvine, California eCommerce technology company Eyemagine Technology LLC has been found by the World Intellectual Property Organization to be guilty ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Two cases show the inconsistency of RDNH
· Policy & LawTwo cases, three different view of reverse domain name hijacking. Two recent UDRP cases show the inconsistency of how reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) is applied. In the first case, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, Inc. v. Ashantiplc Ltd, the panel ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Tarheel Take-Out guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Takeout.com
· Policy & LawFood delivery service guilty of abusing proceedings. When Tarheel Take-Out, LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name Takeout.com, it was a pretty good bet that it would be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. A three member World ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
· UncategorizedPatents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” - Go Daddy got a patent on a way ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawWall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ... Continue Reading5 Comments
City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawParis guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, ordered to pay over $100,000. A U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Nat Cohen wins reverse domain name hijacking charge against spa for SHA.com
· Policy & LawSpanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen's Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Wellness ... Continue Reading4 Comments