A domain owner shouldn't have to prove the second element of UDRP to get a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. Semiconductor company ARM has filed a handful of UDRP cases against arm.tld domains this year. It won cases for arm.click and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Middle East mall operator loses refiled UDRP
· Policy & LawCompany tries a second crack at domain in UDRP. Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC has lost a cybersquatting claim against MallOfOman.com for a second time. The company, based in Egypt, operates malls around the Middle East using the "Mall of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
IT company tries reverse domain name hijacking ITDC.com
· Policy & LawCounsel for domain owner warned Complainant last year that a UDRP filing would likely result in a reverse domain name hijacking decision. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found HBA Holding LLC guilty of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Soft Trust Inc. tries to reverse domain name hijack eCourier.com
· Policy & LawDomain name was registered well before the Complainant was incorporated. The Canadian operator of a secure file transfer service called e-Courier has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name eCourier.com. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tecme S.A. displays “remarkable lack of realism” in cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawWorld Intellectual Property Panelist finds that the company committed reverse domain name hijacking. Tecme S.A., a company in Argentina that manufactures ventilators used in hospital intensive care units, has been found to have engaged in reverse ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO gets 50,000th cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawOrganization receives its 50,000th cybersquatting case over two decades. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reports that it has received its 50,000th cybersquatting case. The majority of these are under the Uniform Domain Name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
· Policy & LawPennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Cybersquatting cases at WIPO trending up in 2019
· Policy & LawNumbers up slightly so far this year, but still represent a very small subset of domains. The caseload of cybersquatting disputes at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is trending upward so far in 2019. 2,723 cases were filed during ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Panelist declines RDNH because…well, I don’t know
· Policy & LawMoonchul Chang doesn't give a reason for not finding reverse domain name hijacking in a dead-on-arrival case. A World Intellectual Property Panelist has decided a UDRP decision for the domain name MIAX.com in favor of the domain name owner. But for an ... Continue Reading4 Comments
This WIPO panelist forgot something
· Policy & LawVodacom filed dead-on-arrival case and domain owner said it was an abuse of the policy, but... A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has correctly found in favor of the registrant of VideoPlay.com, but he forgot something: to ... Continue Reading7 Comments