Designer's former fashion house tried to reverse hijack the domain name from her. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) a fashion company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it tried to take a domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO panelist makes bonkers decision
· Policy & LawThis panelist needs a refresher. A recent UDRP for quobly.com was found in favor of the domain owner. But a dissent in the case is very troubling. Quobly, which uses the domain quobly.io, filed the case. The company wasn't incorporated until ... Continue Reading3 Comments
German company tries reverse hijacking domain from Tucows
· Domain RegistrarsComplainant omitted key parts of pre-dispute correspondence in its filing. A German building products company has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking a domain name. Otto Lehmann GmbH filed a dispute against the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
French human resources consulting company attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany goes after domain registered well before it adopted the matching brand name. NOOUS, SAS, a French human resources consulting company, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting claim ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A troubling dissent in a cybersquatting dispute
· Policy & LawDissent relies on a very different type of domain dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied (pdf) a complaint against the domain name CactusPartners.com. Even though the majority made the appropriate decision, there is ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain investor files lawsuit after losing $53k domain in UDRP
· Policy & LawRunner-up bidder won a UDRP against winner of expired domain auction. Domain name investment firm Mira Holdings has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the transfer of the domain name NexusMutual.com. The company bought the domain for $53,499 in a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Panelist doesn’t take the bait, denies Wal-Mart’s cybersquatting claim
· Policy & LawWal-Mart Mexico tried to get domain related to its mobile phone service. Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V., Wal-Mart's Mexican arm, has lost a cybersquatting complaint against the domain bait.mx. The retailer offers a mobile phone service in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
James Booth successfully defends .ai domain in cybersquatting dispute.
· Policy & LawCombat sports gear company fails to take domain through cybersquatting claim. AI mega-investor James Booth has successfully defended one of his .ai domain names. Do or Die, Inc, d/b/a/ Hyperfly, filed a dispute (pdf) with World Intellectual ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain buyer balks at $1,000 price, spends more on losing UDRP
· Policy & LawA $1,000 purchase would have been cheaper and avoided a reverse domain name hijacking finding. A UK man filed a cybersquatting claim that didn't make sense, especially financially. Callum Charnock, who runs a business selling extreme sports ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawFounder's Reddit post hurt its case, but it would have lost anyway. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Leancode, Inc., maker of the Plugable (misspelling of Pluggable) brand of docking stations, guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
