Strike two In a pretty rare situation, a trademark holder that filed and lost a UDRP, filed for a second time and lost again. The domain at issues is CompareTheMarket.xxx You can read the case summary below but you got to love the trademark holders opinion of the UDRP system, one which I don't think I have ever heard before: ""With regard to the decision of the Panel in Administrative … [Read more...]

According to the domain holder who fought back a UDRP on his domain name etatil , a three member UDRP panel just handed down the first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for a domain holder located in Turkey. We don't have any independent knowledge if this is truly the 1st finding of RDNH for a Turkish owned domain but the domain owner is quite sure. The domain at issues was … [Read more...]

Facebook, Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name Facebook.info The domain name was registered in September 2004. Most recently the domain was going to a page which stated on the top: "not in any way affiliated with the social network available at Facebook.com" The domain was not a "parked page" and did not contain any advertising, but news feeds of stories for Facebook, TechCrunch and … [Read more...]

John Berryhill, Esq just beat back yet another UDRP this time on the domain name Sidetrack.com brought by Side by Side, Inc. /dba/ Sidetrack. The domain name was owned by generic domain investor, Alexander Lerman one of the newest members of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Its a good and proper decision but more importantly to domain investors in general it contains some good … [Read more...]

Apple was awarded the domain name,  iTunes.net and i-tune.com and today in a  UDRP decision. The domain was owned under privacy and going to a parked page. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished control of the domain. In other UDRP decision, a one member panel rejected the claim of a 'Steven L. Vensand, contends … [Read more...]

A three member panel has just ruled in favor of the domain holder on the UDRP brought by SMA Solar Technology of Germany, on the domain name SMA.com. We noted back on May 1st when the UDRP was just filed that the domain holder was not a domainers, and actually a company whose names initials where SMA, Specialized Micro Architects. The panel denied the complaint despite the fact that the … [Read more...]

A one member UDRP panel awarded Apple two domain names that are pretty obviously typo's The domain names are applestor.com and wwwitune.com and considering that the domain holder didn't even respond to the complaint and that the domains were going to parked pages full of links to Apple products the only surprising part of the decision  is how long it was. These types of cases typically have … [Read more...]