Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com, just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab the domain name Pupa.com How generic is Pupa? A search under Google for Pupa returns a wikipedia.org entry for the term in the 1st position. Pupa … [Read more...]
On The Heals Of Yesterday’s Loss On Faci.com, BuyDomains Is Hit With Another UDRP On JoyfulEvents.com
Buydomains.com which just lost a UDRP on the domain name Faci.com yesterday, just got hit with another UDRP filing today. Today its another generic term at issue. The domain is JoyfulEvents.com, which is going to a parked page returning results for things like Weddings and Quinceanera Dresses. Although the complainant is not yet listed I did find a couple of live trademarks for the term … [Read more...]
GoldCoins.org, GoldPrices.com, RareCoins.com & RareCoins.org Become Lastest Target Of A UDRP
Yup someone just filed for a UDRP on a bunch of generic domain names including: GoldCoins.org, GoldPrices.com, RareCoins.com & RareCoins.org The filing also includes the domains: acoins.com austinreport.com goldinfo.net silverinfo.net All of the domain name are currently owned according to the whois by a "Hoa Nguyen" but were owned in December of last year by Aleks Krasnopolski … [Read more...]
Buydomains.com Loses Faci.com In a UDRP
A three member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name FACI.com, owned by BuyDomains.com to FACI Industries of Bolingbrook, Illinois Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: "Complainant markets its wares under the trademark FACI, which was registered as a word mark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) in 1998 and 2011." "Respondent, since 1999, has … [Read more...]
Schwartz’s eRealEstate.com Responds To UDRP On Saveme.com; Asks For Reverse Hijacking & Blasts The Complaint
Rick Schwartz's company eRealEstate.com, has just filed its response to the UDRP on the domain name SaveMe.com, filed by the owners of SaveMe.com.br. The full response is posted on Ricks site erealestate.com The response was written by Howard Neu, Esq, who blasts the complainant and asks for a finding of reverse hijacking. Here are some of the more interesting parts of the … [Read more...]
In A Case That Looks A Lot Like Saveme.com; UDRP Denied On RentFaster.com
In a case that bears some resemblance to the Saveme.com UDRP, a one member panel just denied the claim of a trademark holder for the generic domain name RentFaster.com In this case like Saveme.com a domain holder registration predated the trademark holders registration and that simply carried the day for the one member panel. Here are some quick facts and findings: The domain holder … [Read more...]
SideTrack.com Becomes Latest Generic To Get Hit With A UDRP
A UDRP has been filed on the domain name Sidetrack.com. The domain name is parked but with reference to pretty general stuff including a lot of links to travel sites. Side track is a common expression and a dictionary word. According to wikipedia.org "Side Track is railroad track that is auxiliary to the main track". According to thefreedictionary.com, Side Track means: 1. To … [Read more...]