Medical 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
Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
· Policy & LawUDRP isn't meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This WIPO panelist deserves kudos
· Policy & LawPanelist uses critical eye in UDRP filed unopposed. People don't respond to UDRP filings for a couple of reasons. One is that they aren't aware of the case against their domain. Perhaps they don't check their email frequently, the information ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Losing expired domain bidder tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Expired DomainsBiofuels company lost an auction and filed a UDRP against the winner. A company that lost a DropCatch.com expired domain auction has tried its hand at UDRP...and has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). Kvasir Technologies ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Allegedly stolen domain PV.com returned via UDRP
· Policy & LawCompany uses UDRP to regain control of domains it says were stolen. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered (pdf) the domains PV.com and PacketVideo.com to be returned to PacketVideo Corporation in California. The company ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Newfold Digital wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
· Policy & LawParent company of Network Solutions defends valuable watchdog.com domain name. Newfold Digital, parent company of Network Solutions and other domain registrars, has successfully defended its domain watchdog.com in a UDRP. The panel found the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This is not what UDRP was designed for
· Policy & LawA WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment