Panel determines the case was "dead on arrival". Mountain Top ApS, which manufactures covers for pick up truck beds, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Mountaintop.com. The company uses the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Shredder company Kobra gets shredded in UDRP
· Policy & LawCompany tries to reverse domain name hijack Kobra.com. Elcoman Srl, an Italian maker of shredding products under the brand name Kobra, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Kobra.com. The company ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
· Policy & LawUDRP usually can't be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Maybe .cam IS confusing with .com
· Policy & LawI saw a .cam domain and thought it was .com. .Com registry Verisign was concerned when companies applied for the .cam top level domain. It's just one letter off from .com, and a looks a lot like o when you're just glancing at it. The company ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Reverse domain name hijacking over OpalShop.com domain name
· Policy & LawPanelist finds the complaint was brought to harass a known competitor. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd, trading as Opalshop, to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Agencias Universales S.A. tries reverse domain name hijacking GEN.com
· Policy & LawShipping company files an abusive UDRP to try to get .com matching its .cl domain. A Chilean shipping, transport and logistics company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name GEN.com. Agencias Universales S.A. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Seattle business guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanelist calls the complaint "patently deficient." UDRP panelists usually don't find reverse domain name hijacking if a Complainant represents themselves. But World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Scott Blackmer decided it was warranted ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
· Policy & LawPennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Doxing crosses the free speech line in UDRP case
· Policy & LawPanelist rules that domain used for gripe site isn't protected speech. UDRP panelists walk a fine line when considering cases involving gripe sites. Is it cybersquatting to register a domain related to a company if the goal is to complain about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A berry well reasoned cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawDecision explains that domain registrant must have targeted the Complainant to win a case. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found against blackberry producer Berry Fresh, LLC, in a cybersquatting dispute it filed ... Continue Reading2 Comments