A three member panel not only ruled in favor of Rick Schwartz's company eRealEstate.com on the UDRP on the domain name SaveMe.com, but the panel found the complainant engaged in abuse of process amounting to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Mr. Schwartz was represented by Howard Neu, Esq. Here are the relevant facts and findings: "The Complainants are corporations incorporated in … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Affirms Its Not The Forum For Recovery Of Stolen Domains As It Turns Down RareCoins.Com + 6 More
A three member panel just affirmed what we pretty much knew already that the UDRP is not a proper forum for the recovery of allegedly stolen domain names. In this case, Austin Rare Coins, Inc. brought the UDRP to recover 8 domain names they alleged were stolen by a Hoa Nguyen. The domains at issues … [Read more...]
WallStreet.com Hit With A UDRP
I think qualifies as a "Wow" The domain name WallStreet.com has been hit with a UDRP. The complaint is Wall-Street.com, LLC. Wall-Street.com has an original creation date of April 24th 1995 WallStreet.com which has been sold a few times now is showing an original creation date of only November 2010. WallStreet.com site is just registrar placeholder. The domain is registered with … [Read more...]
Telepathy Represented By Ari Goldberger Beats Another UDRP, This Time On INW.com
Instrumentation Northwest, Inc. of Seattle, Washington, brought a UDRP on the three letter domain name INW.COM which is owned by Telepathy, Inc. of Washington, and who was represented by ESQwire.com. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: "Complainant is a supplier of water monitoring and sampling systems in the environmental field. Complainant has used the mark … [Read more...]
Republican Jack Abramoff Files UDRP On His Matching Domain, JackAbramoff.com Owned By The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Republican Jack Abramoff has just filed a UDRP On His Matching Domain name, JackAbramoff.com which is Owned By The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Jack Abramoff, has had a colorful past and his story is the subject of a movie Casino Jack. The domain JackAbramoff.com, actually forwards to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee site at … [Read more...]
UDRP Winners: The Kentucky Derby, Red Bull, Jay-Z, Apple, Google, McDonald’s, Holiday Inn & Gucci
In a bunch of UDRP cases either decided, withdrawn or terminated in the past few days, The Kentucky Derby, Red Bull, Jay-Z, Apple, Google, McDonald's, Swarovski, Dolce & Gabbana, TD Bank, Holiday Inn, Betsey Johnson, DrMarten, Fandango & Gucci all got domain names awarded to them. KentuckyDerby.info was awarded to Churchill Downs Incorporated (case # … [Read more...]
Natura.TV Beats Back UDRP Challenge
A one person panel has just denied A UDRP on the domain name Natura.tv (Nature in Spanish) The Complaint was brought by Natura Cosméticos S/A, which has a trademark on the term Natura. The panel seemed to give a lot of weight to the fact that the domain name was parked by Sedo as a third party, whereby the owner didn't seem to share any revenue from the parking revenue. Also the panel … [Read more...]