1D Media Limited of London, just won control of the domain name OneDirection.video in a UDRP on behalf of one of the most famous pop bands in the world. The one member panel of Richard G. Lyon awarded the domain on a pretty easy case saying "that the term ONE DIRECTION has no sensible or reasonable meaning that does not relate to the Complainant or its activities." The panelist found that … [Read more...]

TripAdvisor, brought a UDRP on two domain names, tripadvosor.com and trpadvisor.com and walked away winning one and losing the other David A. Einhorn as Panelist awarded the domain name Trpadvisor.com to TripAdvisor but refused to hand the domain name tripadvosor.com over to the company. The same person owned both domain name and didn't bother filing an answer. CitzenHawk represented … [Read more...]

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (“Complainant”), which is known As BART and owns the domain Bart.org and Bart.gov, just won the rights to the domain name Bart.net The sole panelist Dennis A. Foster awarded that the domain name which was registered initially in 1995 and has been sold and resold by a number of entities until Respondent acquired the name in June 2015 where is now … [Read more...]

Complainant Cary Pinkowski, Darren Little, and Joe Whitney (together the “Complainant”), which were represented by Eric Misterovich of Revision Legal, Michigan, USA, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Blackjack.com The three member UDRP panel of Sandra J. Franklin, Dawn Osborne and The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC  quickly dismissed the complaint … [Read more...]

Philip Morris just lost a UDRP on the new gTLD domain name marlboro.party The disputed domain name was registered on February 18, 2015 and the domain owner represented himself in the suit and claimed he registered this domain and hundreds of other as a Geographic domain such as Marlboro, New jersey rather than anything to do with the cigarette brand. Here are the highlights: The … [Read more...]

The Brooklyn Brewery Corporation has filed 7 separate UDRP's this year the most recent one was filed yesterday. The company owns and operate its website under the domain name BrooklynBrewery.com The company has a Federally Registered Trademark for the term "Brooklyn Brewery" Mark BROOKLYN BREWERY Goods and Services IC 032. US 045 046 048. G & S: Brewed malt-based alcoholic … [Read more...]

Givkwik Inc.just lost its bid to grab the domain name givequick.com in a UDRP Nathalie Dreyfus was the sole panelist who found although givequick.com was confusingly similar to Complainant’s GIVKWIK IMPULSE PHILANTHROPY mark the domain holder did not act in bad faith in registering or using the domain that they bought from BuyDomains.com in April 2014. givequick.com was registered on … [Read more...]