Settlement overturns bad WIPO decision. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) wrong has been righted. In February 2018, a three-member WIPO panel made an atrocious ruling that ADO.com should be transferred to a Mexican bus ... Continue Reading7 Comments
WIPO panelist: “not necessary” to make reverse domain hijacking finding
· Policy & LawPanelist cops out of finding RDNH. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist decided it was "not necessary" to make a reverse domain name hijacking finding on a dead-on-arrival cybersquatting dispute. WEDIA SA of Paris, France filed ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Fertilizer company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany intentionally provided incomplete material evidence, panel determines. Ferm-O-Feed B.V., a fertilizer company based in the Netherlands, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Fertiplus.com. The ... Continue Reading14 Comments
UDRP after GDPR: challenges without Whois
· Policy & LawLack of public Whois makes filing a UDRP a two-step process. GDPR is impacting the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy process. Without public Whois, companies that believe someone is cybersquatting on their domain might have to "go blind" into a UDRP ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Some panelists are afraid to find RDNH
· Policy & LawI can't believe this panelist didn't find RDNH. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found in favor of the owner of CAGI.com in a cybersquatting complaint but, for some mysterious reason, failed to find reverse domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
WIPO panel explains a common expired domain occurrence
· Policy & LawA company wanted a domain but failed it capture it when it expired. Then it filed a UDRP against the new domain owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has provided an unusually descriptive explanation and interpretation of a very ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A troubling connection in a UDRP
· Policy & LawThe complainant's lawyer and one of the panelists were in the same law school class and worked at the same law firm. Take a look at this World Intellectual Property Organization decision for the domain name ProntoPro.com. In a 2-1 decision, the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
WIPO panel screws Domaining.com owner Francois Carrillo out of Ado.com
· Policy & LawPanel orders three-letter domain to be transferred to Mexican bus company. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered the domain name Ado.com transferred in a bad UDRP decision. The domain name is owned by Francois ... Continue Reading39 Comments
WIPO responds to ICA’s UDRP Platform
· Policy & LawWIPO is upset and largely missed the point. World Intellectual Property Organization, one of the many groups that manages UDRP cybersquatting cases, has expressed its displeasure with Internet Commerce Association's* (ICA) opening platform for UDRP ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Gregg Ostrick wins another UDRP
· Policy & LawWIPO panel rules in favor of domain investor. Domain name investor Gregg Ostrick and his company GNO Inc have successfully defended another domain name in a UDRP. Swiss company Unilabs SA filed a UDRP against his domain name BioCheckup.com. While ... Continue Reading2 Comments