Runner-up bidder won a UDRP against winner of expired domain auction. Domain name investment firm Mira Holdings has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the transfer of the domain name NexusMutual.com. The company bought the domain for $53,499 in a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain buyer balks at $1,000 price, spends more on losing UDRP
· Policy & LawA $1,000 purchase would have been cheaper and avoided a reverse domain name hijacking finding. A UK man filed a cybersquatting claim that didn't make sense, especially financially. Callum Charnock, who runs a business selling extreme sports ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawFounder's Reddit post hurt its case, but it would have lost anyway. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Leancode, Inc., maker of the Plugable (misspelling of Pluggable) brand of docking stations, guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Fragrance company tries to reverse hijack domains from Procter & Gamble
· Policy & LawConsumer products giant registered domains before fragrance company existed. A fragrance company attempted to reverse hijack two domain names from consumer product giant Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), a World Intellectual Property Organization ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Colombian logistics company tries to reverse hijack domain name
· Policy & LawCompany went after a common Spanish word registered nearly three decades ago. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Agencia de Aduanas Pasar Ltda., a logistics company in Colombia, guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Cybersquatter regains domain after post-UDRP transfer blunder
· Policy & LawAfter 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
Company files UDRP after making $103,750 offer for domain name
· Policy & LawPanel rules no-code company Glide failed case in bad faith. No-code app building company typeguard, inc. dba Glide, has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name glide.ai. The company uses the domain GlideApps.com for its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
French real estate firm tries to reverse hijack domain name
· Policy & LawCompany tried to get .com that matches its .fr domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) that K Holding, which owns the real estate firm Junot Investissements, attempted to reverse hijack the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Financial firm files a “poster child” reverse domain name hijacking case
· Policy & LawPanelist admonishes company for complaint over creditGPT.com domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined (pdf) that CCP3 LLC filed a case that's a "poster child for RDNH". The company filed the dispute over the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
