WIPO 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
What does BBB stand for? A Bad Bad Bad UDRP decision.
· Policy & LawI don't follow the panelists logic in this UDRP. If I told you about the domain name BBB.cc, what would come to mind? If you're in the U.S., it would undoubtedly be the Better Business Bureau. If you were a domain trader or in China, it would ... Continue Reading10 Comments
WIPO touts record UDRP filings in 2016
· Policy & LawUDRP filings at WIPO crossed the 3,000 threshold for the first time last year. 3,036 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases were filed with WIPO in 2016, a record. This record is only as it pertains to disputes filed with WIPO ... Continue Reading15 Comments
WIPO panelist lets clothing company off easy
· Policy & LawCalifornia clothing company lost UDRP and the panelist could have been a lot tougher on it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has denied LYMI, Inc.'s (d.b.a. Reformation) cybersquatting complaint against the owner of Reformation.com, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Cybersquatting complaints against .com domains are dropping
· Policy & LawHere's a story you've not heard told: For many years, the number of UDRPs aimed at .COM domains has been declining. Does that come as a surprise? We hear about high-profile UDRPs all the time, and the newsworthy cases usually involve some valuable domain ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Australian company fails to get Pepperjam domain name in UDRP
· Policy & LawRemember affiliate network Pepperjam? An Australian company wants one of its domain names. An Australian lender that uses the brand name "Pepper Money" has failed to get the domain name PepperMoney.com from an old division of eBay. Pepper Group ... Continue Reading5 Comments
National Hockey League gets NHL.net in cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawNHL gets NHL.net in time for the playoffs. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name NHL.net be transferred to the National Hockey League. The NHL filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain's owner, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ApproveMe.me tries to get Approve.me in UDRP. It’s not approved.
· Policy & LawCompany that uses a confusing .me domain name wants a better .me. The owner of ApproveMe.me has lost a cybersquatting complaint if filed against the owner of Approve.me. A single-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that ... Continue Reading5 Comments
How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
· Policy & LawCompany loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that has ... Continue Reading31 Comments
Another UDRP that should have never been filed
· Policy & LawiCloak.com was registered many years before the complainant had rights to iCloak. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has rejected a UDRP for the domain name iCloak.com. It's another example of a case that was dead on arrival, and one that ... Continue Reading2 Comments