A UDRP has just been filed against a great generic domain name InteriorDesign.com
The domain name is owned a by a P. A. Gordon of Guam, who lists as his email address getaway@getaway.com
Getaway.com seems to be used as a travel site, however the domain in question goes to a Sedo parked page.
The complainant is not yet listed.
A quick check of the USPTO did not find a match for a trademark for either “interior design” or interiordesign.com
The domain name has an original registration date of 1997 and has been owned according to DomainTools.com by the current owner since at least 2000.
Would seem like a clear case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking and is a prime example of why implementing the URS policy to .com’s is a horrible idea.
We will keep our eye on it and let you know how it turns out.
Just like the “Would-be” Reverse Domain Name Hijacker is out to steal and destroy someone else’s business, it is our DUTY now to try and destroy them in return. That is why I am so intent on going public on each and every case. Until laws are passed with CRIMINAL and CIVIL penalties, the court of public opinion must be harsh. VERY harsh. An attack on one is an attack on all.
My promise and commitment is to insure these companies are labeled for life. That their attorney’s are labeled for life! That any potential customer doing an ounce of research will stumble all over their names in the most negative of light.
The mission and goal has to be so treacherous that only an IDIOT would try and do this. A public company is going to have the most to lose and once we demonstrate what a COLLAPSE looks like, this will never happen again.
This UDRP is absurd. The abuse of the system continues to get worse while ICANN sits on their ass and does nothing about it.
Anyone with half a brain knows this is as generic as it gets, but that doesn’t mean a panelist will do the right thing.
You have one person, funded by the complainant, with no legal standing, who is able to make decisions on million dollar assets with no accountability and no appeal process.
If this is anything other than a RDNH, the fix is in.
The little credibility ICANN has left is being flushed down the toilet daily.
Brad
Brad
Agreed but the URS is far worse and cheaper for complainants so the problem maybe about to get a lot worse
Rick
Love the idea of holding RDNH complainants civilly or criminally responsible but back at ICANN where that would have to fly, there is no such movement.
Back at ICANN there are 200++ TM reps on their side and Phil from the ICA on ours arguing over the future of domain holders rights and unfortunately we are much closer to a world where the URS a faster, cheaper and easier process of the to take domains away than the UDRP will be imposed on .com’s than we are to getting your suggestion put into place.
A real statement as to how valuable other folks say our .com’s are
Looks like a Freeloader trying to cash in on someones business !! I can not see how this application can succeed !
If UDRP and ICANN were legit this would be summarily dismissed by competent counsel. The domain holder should not waste one second or cent on this given its blatantly generic.
“Our duty to destroy them…” and people think Im aggressive. (of course I agree though)
This might be the Complainant, they own the .net and a registered tm.
http://www.sandow.com/interior-design/
Acro
Good catch think you are right and they publish Interior Design Magazine.
So looks like Mr. Schwartz is really going to have fun with this one
I’ve known Philip since 1997 when we were both going after the premium drops that summer. That is when he registered some of the best premium domains available at the time. I met up with him in 2000 after he moved from Canada and settled in Marina del Rey, CA. He moved to the UK and I believe he is now in Asia. He still has one of the top premium portfolios in the world. He never really developed his sites and I am interested in how he protects his names in such cases. Does the UDRP show representation? FYI – Some of the names he has/had:
win.com
Republican.com
Democrat.com
UnitedStates.com
Holiday.com
3D.com
Assets.com
Bold.com
Bonaire.com
CaboSanLucas.com
Can.com
Champs.com
Cozumel.com
Creations.com
Dad.com
Defense.com
Denmark.com
Desktops.com
Fiji.com
FinancialAdvisor.com
Financing.com
FireProtection.com
FloodInsurance.com
GetAway.com
GiftShop.com
Government.com
Grapefruit.com
Harrassment.com
Healing.com
HealthFood.com
Hearing.com
Holidays.com
HPC.com
Insider.com
InsuranceBroker.com
InteriorDesign.com
Italy.com
Laos.com
Laptops.com
Latvia.com
Lend.com
Lithuania.com
Litigation.com
LosCabos.com
Management.com
Margarita.com
Mazatlan.com
Mechanic.com
MutualFund.com
Netherlands.com
NiagraFalls.com
Novels.com
Nuts.com
Opportunities.com
Optometrist.com
Orchard.com
Outdoors.com
Paint.com
Profit.com
Psychologist.com
PuertoVallarta.com
Reform.com
Relations.com
Signature.com
Spain.com
StThomas.com
Tiki.com
Tvs.com
Venezuela.com
interiordesign.net was created on 26-sep-2000
interiordesign.com was created on 19-May-97
Interior Design has trademark right in US since Nov 26 1990
refer to http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:bnkqm8.2.156
Interesting the question is
1. why did it take 12 years to bring this UDRP
2. How do they get over the generic nature of the domain
3. I didn’t see any links on the parked page go to the magazine or a competitor
Just my opinion…..Looks like Interior Design has trademark right limited to class 16 , 38 only ie for printed magazines, but don’t have other rights for other class such as class 42 ie interior design and development service/ interior decorator / interior architect services or website related to interior design resource and information services.
Yes Raymond –
Using a reverse logic their enforceable rights would really be with InteriorDesignMagazine.com just like, for example, InteriorDesignChannel.com regardless of who owns the root term INTERIOR DESIGN.
Yes – this one is looking like good company for the SaveMe.com.br thugs !!!
Yes Michael –
Those other domains he owns really suck 🙂
One of the most outrageous and blatant attempts of theft I’ve ever seen!! And that’s saying a lot. There is just no way that an ethical company/individual could, in good conscience, follow through with a process like this. I understand going after a company typo, or even a unique, one-of-a-kind url that is infringing upon a companies mark. But going after something as generic as InteriorDesign.com, with a spirit of entitlement that you own the keywords, and no one else does… is appalling!
In my view, this is worthy of a “name and shame” campaign. What Rick Schwartz did to the folks who tried to steal SaveMe.com has permanently destroyed their reputation. Never again can someone search this UDRP filers name online, and not be bombarded with headlines reporting them as domain hijackers, as labeled by ICANN. This will be there forever, and at least people will know who they are dealing with! I hope that this is the new standard and treatment these villains receive.
This is outright theft, and I am anxious to hear who the filing company is.