A three member UDRP panel has denied the attempt of Okruzhnost LLC of Penza, Russian Federation, attempt to grab the domain name ifunny.com owned by Six Media Ltd. of Hong Kong, represented by Esquire.com Here are the facts and findings from the three member panel, which consisted of Gabriela Kennedy, Nicholas Weston and The Hon Neil Brown Q.C.: The Complainant is a software company that … [Read more...]
14 Year Old eMoney.com Hit With UDRP; URS Filed On Sci.Technology
The owner of the domain name eMoney.com has just gotten hit with a UDRP. The domain name according to DomainTools.com has an original registration date of 2000 and the registrant/administrative contact still as it was in 2000, a "E Will". The domain name current seems to be directing into an advertising program as opposed to going to a site or a PPC or landing page. The domain was until … [Read more...]
Mrs. Jello Loses UDRP On Milly.com After Rejecting Offer To Sell & Not Filing An Answer
Milly LLC of New York, New York, just won control of the domain name Milly.com in a UDRP which was owned by Mrs. Jello, LLC which of course the company owned by the late Igal Lichtman. Sadly no one responded to the UDRP on behalf of Mrs. Jello, LLC, although someone apparently rejected an offer presented sometime this year by the Complaintant and changed the parked page from adult links to … [Read more...]
Patient.co.uk UDRP Bid To Grab Patient.com Denied; $2 Million Asking Price May Have Doomed RDNH
Egton Medical Information Systems Limited of the United Kingdom which owns and operates Patient.co.uk, lost its attempt to grab the domain name Patient.com in a UDRP. The domain owner is Health Axis Group of Tampa, Florida. Despite the three member panel of Gabriela Kennedy, Nick J. Gardner and David E. Sorkin finding that the Complainant didn't meet any of the three requirements of the … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On BigBang.com
Javier Zetter Casillas of Guadalajara, Mexico, represented by AN-KI, Mexico, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH) on the domain name BigBang.com, which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by ESQwire.com PC. Mr Casillas brought his case based on trademarks in the United States , Canada and Mexico based on registered trademarks for the term … [Read more...]
15 Year Old Generic Kaleidoscope.com Hit With A UDRP
The domain name Kaleidoscope.com, about a generic as a term as you can get, was just hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned by Xedoc Holding SA., who has owned the domain since at least 2001 and maybe as far back as 1999 Of course the term has its own Wikipedia entry. The company who filed the complaint is not yet … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Spilts On 20 Domains; Domain Holder Keeps Developed Domains Loses Parked Domains
A UDRP panel just awarded several domains to the trademark holder while denying the transfer of others. The only difference to the panel is what the domain owner was doing with the domains. The domain holder got to keep those domains that had "developed websites" on them but but the panel ordered all the parked domains transferred to the trademark holder The Complainant is Blue Diamond … [Read more...]