Another month, another reverse domain name hijacking loss for this law firm as it failed to win a UDRP complaint for the seventh time in as many tries. Two weeks ago, I wrote about Gearhart Law losing its sixth UDRP complaint as a representative in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donald Trump loses cybersquatting fight against Mar-A-Lago domain
· Policy & LawA World Intellectual Property Organization panelist sides with man who registered the domain in 1997. Donald Trump and his Mar-A-Lago club have failed to secure the domain name mar-a-lago .com through a cybersquatting complaint. Trump's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
OnlyFans competitor tries to reverse hijack Playhouse.com
· Policy & LawPanelist calls out Complainant for making "spurious allegations" against domain name owner. Playhouse International, which fashions itself as a more "sex-worker friendly" version of OnlyFans, has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Royal Caribbean Cruises attempts domain piracy
· Policy & LawPanel rules that the company tried to reverse domain name hijacking. Royal Caribbean Cruises was involved in a case of piracy, but it was the perpetrator, and it didn't take place on the high seas. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
iWoman.com dispute filed in bad faith
· Policy & LawPanelist admonishes Complainant for filing unwinnable cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Cathleen Trigg-Jones to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Stable.com, bought for $1M, saved in reverse domain name hijacking case
· Policy & LawDomain buyer revealed in WIPO dispute. It's been over a year since stable.com sold for just over $1 million. The domain has been parked ever since, and I've wondered who the buyer was. Now we know, courtesy of a cybersquatting dispute. Unlimint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This WIPO panelist deserves kudos
· Policy & LawPanelist uses critical eye in UDRP filed unopposed. People don't respond to UDRP filings for a couple of reasons. One is that they aren't aware of the case against their domain. Perhaps they don't check their email frequently, the information ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Allegedly stolen domain PV.com returned via UDRP
· Policy & LawCompany uses UDRP to regain control of domains it says were stolen. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered (pdf) the domains PV.com and PacketVideo.com to be returned to PacketVideo Corporation in California. The company ... Continue Reading2 Comments
This is not what UDRP was designed for
· Policy & LawA WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This UDRP was a trademark dispute, not a cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawThe majority of the panel got it right. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that the registrations of patek-maison .com and patekmaison .com should not be transferred in a UDRP case. One panelist ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
