Almost exactly 5 years ago, a UDRP decision was made that had most domain investors saying WTF! The domain name Vanity.com was lost in a UDRP. Mike wrote about it on Jun 20, 2012. And now today Mike uncovered this from Hilco Streambank that the complainant in the case has filed Chapter 11 and that their assets will be auctioned off. Chapter 11 Acquisition Opportunity Intellectual Property … [Read more...]
Three time Tour De France champ now going after cybersquatters
Over the years you run into people who don't care much about trademark infringement. They register names that infringe on someone else's intellectual property. The thought was that if they got a UDRP they would just let the complainant take the domain name, no big whoop. But I would always say to these people, the complainant doesn't have to go the UDRP route, they can go for damages under … [Read more...]
Domain Investors Need To Learn Some Trademark Law
By now everyone knows that Rick Schwartz prevailed in the UDRP filed on Queen.com. There was also a finding of RDNH. Last year Mr. Schwartz was dealing with enforcing his trademark for "Domain King." While he lost his dispute for DomainKing.biz some of the comments on our two posts about Rick enforcing his trademark for "Domain King" left me scratching my head. Frankly I was pretty shocked … [Read more...]
Who makes the first move matters
Gerald M. Levine wrote an excellent article that domain investors, especially those that do outbound marketing should read. Levine delves into the subject of who makes the initial contact in a domain negotiation. Levine highlights the loss of Halifax.com and how even fellow domain investors agreed on the respondent losing. From the article: Woe be the impatient respondent! Even domain … [Read more...]
The downside to losing a UDRP
Companies and organizations have to think real hard before filing a UDRP. They need to weigh the cost of losing and seeing a name become unobtainable versus just buying the name from the get go. If you get an experienced domain investor angry you are going to get a price adjustment that will be pretty expensive. Mike Mann just won a UDRP and tweeted the following: We just won UDRP for … [Read more...]
A chat with Heidi Powell
We have written a few times about Heidi Powell the "Grandmom" and her battle with Heidi Powell the "fitness trainer." The domain at the subject of the dispute is HeidiPowell.com. Angela St. Julien from DNHouston and Brand.Bar had a chat with Grandma Powell and posted it on You Tube. … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz takes the Queen.com UDRP up another notch
As reported first by Elliot Silver, a UDRP has been filed on Queen.com. The domain is owned by Rick Schwartz who is probably the last person someone wants to file a questionable UDRP against. Well seems like Rick upped the ante: Wanna play Frands?? Your party! I now own https://t.co/otbL4inFRE & https://t.co/vFNftTU1US To SHARE MY story. #Domains #RDNH #hijacker … [Read more...]