CITY BANK (not CitiBank) whose site is CityBankOnline.com and CityBankTexas.com, represented by Kristi Dent of Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, Texas, USA was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain in question was CityBank.com. The three member panel UDRP panel of Fernando Triana, Esq, James A. Carmodym, and Dennis A. Foster, Esq said on the issue of RDNH: ""In … [Read more...]
Dealhunter A/S of Denmark Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On DealHunter.com
A three member UDRP panel has found Dealhunter A/S of Frederiksberg, Denmark, represented by Aumento, Denmark guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DealHunter.com The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com The domain name was registered in 1998. The Complainant was incorporated in 2007 and first registered its … [Read more...]
After Losing MyArt.com in UDRP, Fed Court Awards Owner Domain + Damages + Attorney Fees
According to a post on the site of the law firm Lewis & Lin, the domain owner of MyArt.com who lost a UDRP in April, filed a lawsuit in federal court and not only stopped the transfer of the domain name but got an award of statutory damages, attorney’s fees and litigation costs. We wrote about the UDRP back in April of this year and noted it was the 2nd UDRP filed by the same complaint on … [Read more...]
Pinterest Has Universal Rights On Word PIN? Files UDRP On PinSex.com and PinGay.com
Pinterest, Inc. filed a UDRP back in June against two domain name PinSex.com and PinGay.com Before you check out the two domains subject to the UDRP, I should mention that you better be over 18 and have a strong tolerance for some serious adult material that appears immediately as soon as the sites load. The domain names are fully developed adult sites and which are not commonly the types … [Read more...]
BleachStain.com Loses Bid To Grab 8 Year Old Bleachstains.com In UDRP Without A Trademark
Jerry G. Roper of Payson, of Utah just lost his attempt to grab two domain names about a generic as they get; Bleachstains.com and Carpetbleachstains.com BleachStains.com was registered in 2006 The domain owner was Dave Chretien and Color Spot Carpet of Torrance, California, US. The Complainant which didn't have a trademark but a patent In October 2000, Complainant began selling a … [Read more...]
Owner of Mobile.Pro Loses UDRP Bid To Grab Mobile.Co
Inter123 Corporation lost its bid to grab the domain name mobile.co who was represented by David D. Lin of Lewis & Lin LLC, New York. The Complainant launched its website in March 2013 at mobile.pro, to provide an online community for mobile communications industry professionals and filed a trademark on the term Mobile.co on March 20, 2014. Its a pretty interesting case in terms of dealing … [Read more...]
After Just 12 Short Years Discover Finally Files A UDRP ON DiscoverCards.com
The credit card company Discover Financial Services, Inc. filed a UDRP on the domain names DiscoverCards.com and DiscoverCredit.com. Discover uses two main domain names to access it services and promote its credit cards Discover and its Discover It. They own the domain name Discover.com, as well as the domain DiscoverCard.com Discover is paying Google on a Pay Per Click … [Read more...]