Here’s Some Good Advice: Let Go, Your Lego Domains

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One thing I’ve noticed watching the daily WIPO decisions as they come down, every week seems to bring another case involving  “Lego”.

So I did some research and found it wasn’t my imagination.

So far in 2010 there have been 69 cases filed according to UDRPSearch.com, by the toymaker.

and this is just the middle of June.

From 2009 to date there have been over 100 cases filed by the toymaker.

Of course some of the case involve mulitple domains.

To date, every decided case has resulted in the domain being transferred or the case being dropped (meaning the domain owner transferred the domain after the case was filed however there are several pending cases).

Not once has the domain holder won the right to keep the domain.

Not a very good track record for the domain holders 100 loses, zero wins.

I’m sure all of you have heard the catch phrase for Eggo Waffles and Pancakes “Let Go My Eggo”, so here is the New Rule, “let go of the Lego” domains and stop registering them.

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  2. TV says

    MHB,

    Unrelated, but a nice article in the WSJ today about law firms’ use of the web to attract new clients….including social networking, PPC, and some use of domains and event-specific websites. Worth checking out. I’d send you a link, but I still get a hard copy (page B4).

  3. coffee break says

    I wonder if any of the innocent have been caught in the legal net?
    Like (all hypothetical)- Legome,com MikeLego,com LegoFamily,org

    Similar to the ebay confusion – ChesapeakeBay

  4. sdsdf says

    These Melbourneit con artists are just fcuking their big client, most of thos domains are crap, likely registered by Melbourneit itself.

  5. Steve M says

    Ahhh … brings back some “fond” memories this posting does.

    After a much longer and tougher fight than the Lego folks had expected due to a couple of unique legal grounds I had in my favor; the one-person “panel” found in favor of Lego … while electing to completely ignore without comment these specific grounds in their decision.

    If these names had been worth the time and cost, a US court would have overturned their decision.

  7. Cartoonz says

    on its own, legover.com would be defensible… but used as it is – slam dunk for Lego.

  8. MHB says

    Steve M

    “Ahhh … brings back some “fond” memories this posting does”

    Very Yoda of you

  9. Steve M says

    Mike, hey; you’re right!

    And not even on purpose. It’s what I get for “over” watching Star Wars back in the day (first 3 movies only; the others were junk comparatively speaking … Jar Jar Binks … ugh!)

    “Do not try. Do or do not.”