The majority of the panel got it right. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that the registrations of patek-maison .com and patekmaison .com should not be transferred in a UDRP case. One panelist ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Pre-made meal company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany went after domain registered 14 years before it existed. A pre-made meal company in Florida tried to reverse domain name hijack IdealNutrition.com, a UDRP panel has found. Ideal Nutrition, LLC uses the domain IdealNutritionNow.com. It ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Real estate company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany neglected to inform panel about its attempts to buy the domain name. A UDRP panel has found that real estate management company Leumas Residential, LLC tried to reverse domain name hijack leumas.com. Leumas Residential sent many emails ... Continue Reading1 Comment
AKU.com transferred in questionable cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawShoe retailer gains a valuable domain through a questionable decision. What does it take for a three letter trademark to be well known and famous? We have a new low bar. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Dentless.com and Standout.pro UDRPs denied
· Policy & LawPanelist denies both cases but doesn't find reverse domain name hijacking. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has denied two UDRPs filed against common word domain names but did not find reverse domain name hijacking in either ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Hey panelists: you can find RDNH even if the domain owner doesn’t respond
· Policy & LawThis case was doomed from the outset. Why no reverse domain name hijacking finding? Some UDRP panelists are hesitant to enter a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. They'll only consider it if the domain owner asks for it, and sometimes even ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Painless.com UDRP is painful
· Policy & LawOuch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Dental Supply Co. filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum against Pain Management, Inc. As the registrant's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
This UDRP was rejected for an interesting reason
· Policy & LawI bet the Complainant was surprised. The first hurdle for a company to win a UDRP filing is to show that the domain is identical or confusingly similar to the mark in question. Most panelists rubber stamp this requirement, even when it strains ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Limble.com dispute validates brandable domain investing
· Policy & LawPanel provides a solid, nuanced discussion of domain investing that doesn't run afoul of UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has rejected (pdf) a cybersquatting claim for limble.com, and its rationale will be valuable for future ... Continue Reading3 Comments
eBay tries (and fails) to use UDRP in a trademark dispute
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedeBay tried to shoehorn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting dispute. eBay has lost a dispute it filed to get control of the domain name BillionaireBay .com in a UDRP cybersquatting case. National Arbitration Forum panelist Nicholas J.T. Smith ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment