World 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
Donald Trump loses cybersquatting fight against Mar-A-Lago domain
· Policy & LawA World Intellectual Property Organization panelist sides with man who registered the domain in 1997. Donald Trump and his Mar-A-Lago club have failed to secure the domain name mar-a-lago .com through a cybersquatting complaint. Trump's ... 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
Snap! Mobile attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanel didn't buy the Complainant's common law trademark argument. A UDRP panel has ruled that online fundraising platform Snap! Mobile attempted reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain SnapRaise.com, filed a UDRP ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This might be my favorite UDRP decision ever
· Policy & LawPanelist David Sorkin didn't need many words to express his dismay. UDRP panelists sometimes feel the need to be verbose. So I love the decision David Sorkin wrote for NattyOutdoorstore .com. Microtech Knives, Inc. filed the dispute against ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Sleep Number tries to reverse hijack beds.com
· Policy & LawCompany wrongfully alleged that the domain owner stole the domain. A UDRP panel has found that mattress company Sleep Number Corporation tried to reverse domain name hijack beds.com. Sleep Number once owned and used the domain name, and in 2018, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
IBA is no IBM
· Policy & LawMedical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Another day, another incompetent cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawPlease hire a lawyer familiar with UDRP. If you think someone is cybersquatting on your brand, please hire a competent lawyer familiar with UDRP to evaluate and file your dispute. For the second day in a row, a Complainant has failed to make ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Sex and massage at nursing homes make for strange cybersquatting complaints
· Policy & LawA French nursing home operator thought these domains were targeting it. I doubt it. Sex and massages at nursing homes? That makes for a curious targeting claim in two recent UDRP cases, which were decided differently. Korian, a French nursing ... Continue Reading1 Comment
IBM narrowly avoids reverse domain name hijacking ruling
· Policy & LawIBM's case was "ill conceived and poorly executed," but panelist stopped short of finding reverse domain name hijacking. IBM has lost a cybersquatting claim it made against IBMS.com, and the panelist found that IBM's "prosecution of the Complaint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
