I don't understand why the Complainant wasted its money. Sometimes I read a UDRP and scratch my head. What was the Complainant thinking? That's my response to Healthyr, LLC v. Jonathan Curd, filed with World Intellectual Property ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Presonate.com dispute ends in reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawMan registered domain well before Complainant existed. A Hungarian company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking presonate.com. Presonate Zrt filed the dispute against a person in India who registered the domain in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Two lawyers file a UDRP and…
· Policy & LawIt's a reverse domain name hijacking case. Every once in a while, a law firm files a UDRP as a complainant. The results can be disastrous when the firm doesn't specialize in intellectual property. So I give some credit to Hale Law, P.A., in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How cybersquatting hurts domain investors
· Policy & LawThis case illustrates why panelists question domain investors' explanations for registering domain names. There's a difference between domain investors and cybersquatters. Unfortunately, the former are often grouped in with the latter and given a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Lots of Mike Morgans learn about reverse domain name hijacking case
· Policy & LawA World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found Candy Cloud IP LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) in a particularly egregious case. And bizarrely, a bunch of people named Mike Morgan were notified about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Court finds reverse domain name hijacking in celluvation.com case
· Policy & LawJudge overturns WIPO decision. United States District Judge Tana Lin has ruled in favor of domain owner Stanley Pace in a domain name dispute. Pace owns about 60,000 domain names including celluvation.com. Jos Daniel filed a UDRP against Pace ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Fly Go Voyager SRL tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawRomanian travel company files cybersquatting case against domain registered before it existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined (pdf) that Fly Go Voyager SRL attempted to reverse the domain name hijack ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Hosting company’s parking page nullifies reverse domain name hijacking
· UncategorizedA UDRP panelist has, with "considerable hesitation," determined (pdf) that a case was not reverse domain name hijacking because the registrar added pay-per-click ads to the domain's landing page. Samet Kalıp Ve Madeni Eşya Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş, which ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Makers of hit song Baby Shark win BabyShark.com fight
· Policy & LawTry to get this song out of your head. The makers of the viral hit song Baby Shark have won a cybersquatting challenge against the owner of BabyShark.com. Smart Study Co. and its Pinkfong division created the children's song named after one of ... Continue Reading7 Comments
WIPO published 4 UDRP rejections today
· Policy & LawWIPO published an unusually high number of denied cases today. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes a handful of UDRP decisions every business day. On many days, all of the cases are found in favor of the Complainant. This ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
