NGO loses attempt to get valuable domain name. International Electrotechnical Commission, a non-governmental organization, has lost a UDRP it filed against the owner of IEC.com. Although the respondent is listed as IEC Communications Ltd., it ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Emazing.nl nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawWeb design firm in Netherlands is a reverse domain name hijacker. Web design firm Emazing B.V., which uses the domain name Emazing.nl, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Emazing.com. Amazingly, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ChinesePot.com owner can keep domain name despite not responding to UDRP
· Policy & LawOwner of ChinesePod.com loses case against ChinesePot.com. Language instruction service Chinesepod Limited, which uses the domain name ChinesePoD.com, has lost a UDRP against the owner of ChinesePoT.com. It's a case of a "typo" also being a common ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Orient Express Travel Group engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawAustralian company didn't disclose prior purchase attempt and its rights post-dated domain registration. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Australian travel company Orient Express Travel Group to have engaged in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Optilead Ltd. engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawWIPO panel determined UK company filed domain name dispute in bad faith. UK company Optilead Ltd has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Optilead.com. Optilead Ltd uses the domain name Optilead.co.uk for ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
· Policy & LawWIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
MomAndMe.com spared in UDRP. Should have been RDNH?
· Policy & LawIndian company should not have brought case. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Mahindra & Mahindra Limited of India in its UDRP against the owner of MomAndMe.com. Even though the domain name owner ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Clearwater Systems Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & LawCase contradicts prior rulings involving the same complainant, but the panelist in the other cases probably got it wrong. Clearwater Systems of Akron, Ohio, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. It's a decision that might make the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reverse domain name hijacking ruling over SaintLazarusUSA.com
· Policy & LawWIPO panelist hands down RDNH ruling. Every once in a while I read a UDRP involving organizations in a world I simply didn't know existed. Such is the case in The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus, Inc. v. Thierry Villejust over the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Panel denies QIQ.com UDRP, but denies RDNH
· Policy & LawQIQ.com to remain with domain name owner after WIPO decision. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has denied a UDRP filed against the domain name QIQ.com. However, she denied a reverse domain name hijacking claim without giving any sort ... Continue Reading1 Comment