This is a pretty interesting UDRP. Basically you have the Complainant which has been operating under the the domain name directorschoicetourandtravel.com since 2006 filed for a federal trademark on the term DIRECTOR’S CHOICE around July 15th of this year with the USPTO, which is says its been using "since at least as early as April 1997 used in connection with Complainant’s Services, namely, … [Read more...]
C-and-A.com Wins UDRP On C-A.Com Purchased For $3K & Offered To .Com Holder For $340K
Cofra Holding AG of Zug, Switzerland which owns the domain name C-and-A.com, just won the rights to the domain name C-A.Com. The three member panel did not like the fact that the domain owner who purchased the domain name C-A.com in January 2014 for $3k was asking for six figures to the .com holder of the domain name CandA.com Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: T the … [Read more...]
UDRP Round Up: iWantValium.com; Viagra.Ninja; Minnesota.Life; Landshark.Beer; Playstation.co
A few UDRP/URS case caught my eye over the last day or so. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG the makers of Valium filed a UDRP on iwantvalium.com Doesn't everyone? The domain name was just registered back in June Pfizer Inc just won two separate UDRP on the domain names ViagraNinja.com and Viagra.Ninja Now that those are great domains. The .com was registered a year ago, however I have no … [Read more...]
Guess I Was Wrong There Is A Lot Of Cybersquatting Going On In The New gTLD’s: 15X As Much?
Well it seems as the trademark lobby predicted there isa lot of cybersquatting going on in the new gTLD space, a lot more than I thought we would ever see. I was one who thought there would be a negligible amount of trademark infringing domain names registered in the new gTLD space due to the high cost of registration and the small probability of any type in traffic. However just looking at … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Gives EasyGroup Rights To The Word “Easy”? Awards Domain It Let Expire In 2009
A one member UDRP panel, of William R. Towns seemingly granted EasyGroup Limited of London, the right to all domain names that start with the word "easy" that the company has or will trademark in the future. EasyGroup is the owner of a Community trademark ("CTM") for EASYTRAIN in connection with transportation services, which is was registered on October 21, 2011. I get why the domain holder … [Read more...]
Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Ever: Asia Charts Of Singapore Guilty & 1st For Asian UDRP Provider
The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) has returned what we believe is that providers first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling on the domain name AsiaCharts.com, and its on the exact type of case that we have been complaining about, one in which the complainant did not have a trademark. Even worse the domain name was registered 4 years before the Complainant was … [Read more...]
16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not the Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate
TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center ("ADNDRC"). Some of the language in the decision is troubling as is the failure of the panel to even consider or discuss the legal concept of latches due to the 16 year delay in taking action. The Complainant … [Read more...]