After losing a UDRP, the cybersquatter managed to get the domain back when the complainant transferred the domain to another registrar. The Internet Commerce Association's weekly UDRP Digest featured an interesting case today. Law firm Gibson, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Mining company tries to hijack four letter .com domain
· Policy & LawCompany acknowledged the domain was registered before it existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Deepak Mining Solutions Limited, which provides mining chemicals and consulting, tried to reverse hijack the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Produce company harvests a reverse domain name hijacking finding
· Policy & LawThe domain name was registered more than two decades before the company had any trademark rights. A Forum panelist has ruled that produce company Planet Harvest, LLC, attempted to reverse hijack the domain name planetharvest.com. The company uses ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO offers backdoor UDRP privacy buster service from $20 a domain
· Policy & LawPrice reduction for withdrawn cases could lead to more people using UDRP to get registrant data. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) introduced new pricing options today, and one change will allow people to peek behind Whois privacy ... Continue Reading2 Comments
UDRP cybersquatting decisions fell in 2025
· Policy & LawGigaLaw's latest report shows a slight decline in UDRP decisions in 2025. The total number of decisions under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2025 fell slightly from the year before. GigaLaw's Domain Name Dispute ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Entrepreneur fails to take down gripe site through cybersquatting complaint
· Policy & LawPanelist rules that registrant has rights or legitimate interests in domain name. An Austin-based real estate entrepreneur has lost a cybersquatting case he filed against a gripe site. David Lawver filed the dispute against DavidLawverScammer ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Financial company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanelist found RDNH even though domain registrant didn't respond. A UDRP panelist has found Zelig AI, LLC, which offers a financial education service at ValuSyncIt .com, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Zelig filed a cybersquatting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
