Hobbex AB of Borås, Sweden, just won a UDRP on the domain name Hobbex.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. The case is disturbing because  the domain holder registered the domain four years before the trademark holder got their trademark yet the majority of the three member panel gave the domain to the trademark holder finding that they used the "trademark for many years before it secured … [Read more...]

The government of Quebec just lost its bid to grab the domain name Quebec.com, but the domain owner failed to get a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling. If you're in to extremely long proper names,  the complainant in the UDRP is "Ministre des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur (Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and External Trade), acting … [Read more...]

One of Frank Schilling Name Administration domain names has been hit with a UDRP. The domain name ClearCare.com has been owned by Name Administration since at least 2008 according to DomainTools.com The complainant is not listed but Alcon a publicly traded company (ACL) makes a contact lens cleaning productknown as Clear Care, which it uses the URL Clearcaresolution.com. There are … [Read more...]

Canyon Bicycles GmbH of Koblenz, Germany, just won the first UDRP decision on a new gTLD domain name, canyon.bike (all other decision up to now have been URS cases) The one member panel found that when it comes to new gTLD's the will take the entire domain name, both on the left and right of the dot in determining whether the domain name infringes on a trademark: The Panel finds that, given … [Read more...]

A UDRP has been filed on the domain name BigBang.com by Javier Zetter Casillas The domain name BigBang.com was originally registered back in February 1995 making it 19 years old. The domain name changed hands a few times but has been owned by Vertical Axis, Inc since at least 2006. The domain name is parked Of course the most famous meaning  of the term Big Bang refers to how some … [Read more...]

Namecheap, Inc, just lost a UDRP on its attempt to get the domain name namechap.com The domain holder defended the registration of the domain which was just registered in 2013 by saying it was a term in and of itself "Name Chap" Interesting case. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel who found the domain name was NOT confusing or similar to the trademark holder … [Read more...]

A domain name registered to Mrs. Jello, LLC which was the company formed by  the late Igal Lichtman  has been hit with a UDRP. A UDRP has been filed by the Milly LLC on the domain name Milly.com According to Business Week, Milly LLC is a private company which "designs apparel for women worldwide. It offers dresses, tops, bottoms, outerwear, swimwear, handbags, fashion jewelry, and … [Read more...]