Microsoft just won control over 13 domain names infringing on its Bing Trademark. Some of the domains like BingFrance.com, BingSpain.com and BingBrazil.com are easy to see why the company would want the domains. Some others like Bing119.com and BingFace.com are a bit stranger. One domain BingBaidu.com was a double threat infringing on the trademarks of two companies which I assume either … [Read more...]
ThePrive.com Loses Bid To Grab 17 Year Old Prive.com In A UDRP
Fortrend Group LlC of Port Orange, Florida, whose website is located at Theprive.com, lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Prive.com Unfortunately the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking and even failed to discuss the issue although the complainant only started in business in 2008, only received a trademark in 2010 and the domain name was registered in 1996 and of course … [Read more...]
Cognac Maker REMY MARTIN Loses UDRP On TheRemyMartin.com: Domain Holder Is Saved By Social Networks
E. REMY MARTIN & C° of Cognac, France, just lost a UDRP on the domain name TheRemyMartin.com to a "Remy Martin" of Palm Desert, California who appears to have represented himself. The one member panel found that the domain holder did not register the domain in bad faith despite the fact that the domain was inactive and was being held to develop a blog of restaurant … [Read more...]
17 Year Old Domain Vendita.com (Sale In Italian) Saved In UDRP & Narrowly Misses RDNH Ruling
Vendita Technology Group, LLC just lost its bid to grab the domain name Vendita.com The domain owner was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com. Although the complainant had a trademark on the term Vendita the three member UDRP panel found the term was generic and would have found Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) if not for the citation of one case by the … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On 14 Year Old Three Letter .Com: QLP.com
Quality Logo Products, Inc. has filed a UDRP against Get On The Web Limited of Great Britain on the 3 letter domain name QLP.com As you can see the domain name goes to a page where the domain is being offered for sale for $125,000 The site on QLP.com says: Get On The Web Limited … [Read more...]
Radix, TLDH & Westerdal Asks ICANN To Suspend All Pending Expert Panels In New gTLD Process
Three large applicants to the new gTLD program sent a letter to ICANN yesterday to complaint about the Experts appointed by The Dispute Resolution Service Providers relating to the Community Objection process especially those at the ICC and asked ICANN to "ask all contracted arbitrators to temporarily suspend their decision making until ICANN can conduct a basic level of training for the actual … [Read more...]
FileSense, Inc. Loses 2nd UDRP This Year On The Domain FileSense.com
FileSense, Inc. represented by Ronnie Allen Sheppick of Utah just lost its 2nd UDRP this year on the domain name FileSense.com. Back in March 2013, we covered this same company's attempted to grab this same domain name away from the same domain owner. The domain name owner has now defended two UDRP on the same domain per se, (without the representation of an attorney) so he didn't have to incur … [Read more...]