Follow up to Domain Name Wire story about Chicago2016.com. The battle over Chicago2016.com is turning into an olympic-scale battle. Stephen Frayne Jr., who owns Chicago2016.com, has filed a lawsuit to keep the domain name that is currently pending a ... Continue Reading5 Comments
There’s a Lot of B.S. Around BS.com
· Policy & LawDomain name at center of lawsuit and WIPO action. The previous owner of BS.com failed to recover the domain in a WIPO arbitration. In a decision dated September 1, the three person panel found that the complainant failed to prove it had a trademark ... Continue Reading7 Comments
BMEzine.com Picks up BME.com in WIPO Dispute
· Policy & LawGregory Ricks loses three character domain name. Long time domainer Gregory Ricks has lost the domain name BME.com to BMEzine.com, LLC. Ricks lost the case because of the content of recent parked pages on the domain and because the panel found that ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Big Companies Go After .Mobi Domain Names
· Policy & LawA sign of strength for .mobi? Big companies file UDRPs to get .mobi domains. Are big companies starting to pay more attention to .mobi? Recent UDRP filings with WIPO and National Arbitration Forum show this may be the case. In the past two months, ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Guest Article: How Do I Become a UDRP Arbitration Panelist?
· Policy & LawA look at the qualifications of UDRP arbitration panelists. [Editor's note: a few weeks ago a couple readers, who were distraught by a recent domain dispute that seemed to be decided unfairly, asked what it takes to be a UDRP panelist who decides ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Chicago Olympics in 2016? The Games have Begun Online.
· Policy & LawChicago Olympics committee wants to get Chicago2016.com. The Olympic focus right now may be in Beijing for the summer Olympics, but there's already an Olympic battle in Chicago. Chicago is in the running for the 2016 Olympics and the Chicago ... Continue Reading6 Comments
C.S. Lewis Beats off .Mobi Cybersquatter
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedC.S. Lewis estate gets hands on Narnia.mobi. I have to hand it to Richard Saville-Smith and his family. Ever since the estate of C.S. Lewis, famous for The Chronicles of Narnia books, filed a UDRP against him for registering Narnia.mobi, his family ... Continue Reading12 Comments
.UK Registry Nominet Gets Nominet.com
· Policy & LawRegistry for United Kingdom domain names gets .com version of its name through UDRP. Nominet, the registry responsible for managing the .uk country code domain name, has won the domain name Nominet.com through arbitration at World Intellectual Property ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Arbitration Panel Punts on All.com
· Policy & LawAll.com domain dispute denied by WIPO panel; forgery claims too much to handle. A three member WIPO panel has denied a complaint for the domain name All.com, saying the case is outside of UDRP's scope. The case involves an alleged sale of the domain ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Facebook Wins Facebook.com.au Domain Name
· Policy & LawSocial networking behemoth wins domain name from Australian company. Facebook has won the Facebook.com.au domain name from Australian company Callverse Pty Ltd. The domain name currently advertises a "click to call service" that is "coming ... Continue Reading7 Comments