A few UDRP decisions are out today worth noting. Enterprise Rental Cars won a UDRP and the rights to the domain name Enterprise.tv The domain name was registered in 2011, the domain was parked and the domain holder did not respond to the UDRP. "The panel noted that the domain Enterprise.tv went to  a pay-per-click website that hosts hyperlinks to websites of Complainant’s competitors in … [Read more...]

United Parcel Service has filed a UDRP against the 11 year old domain name Driveups.com which is generic in nature, but actually has a double meaning. While the term Drive up can refer to a any business that serves their "customers  while they remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated"  like a fast food joint like Sonic or a bank's drive up windown it can also mean someone who … [Read more...]

American Airlines filed a UDRP on the domain name f*ckamericanairlines.com today with the National Arbitration Forum While we are use to seeing companies going after "sucks" domains its pretty rare to see a company going after a domain containing the F bomb. This appears to be only the 8th UDRP ever filed over a domain containing the F Bomb and only the 2nd since 2007. By contrast there … [Read more...]

Two generic domain names got hit with UDRP's today Share.tv which has a creation date of 2010 was hit with a UDRP. While the complainant is not yet listed I'm going to guess its the owner of ShareTv.Org which says they have over 200,000 registered users. According to Screenshots.com there hasn't been much of the domain since 2010 when it was parked. Another domain hit with a UDRP today … [Read more...]

Gongshow Gear Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name GongShow.com, after the domain holder asked for $18,000 to sell the domain. Complainant contends it has rights in the GONGSHOW mark, used in connection with lifestyle hockey apparel. Complainant has rights in the GONGSHOW mark with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) (e.g., Reg. No. 3,400,170 registered March 18, … [Read more...]

ABC Liquors, Inc. of Florida, just won a UDRP on the domain name abcliquor.com. Its an interesting case, although living in Florida I know ABC Liquor to be the largest chain of Liquor stores in the state, however also having a house in North Carolina I know all the liquor stores in many states are run by the state, rather than privately and referred to as ABC stores (Alcohol and Beverage  … [Read more...]

Fox gained control of 22 domain names around its new network, Fox Sports 1 which just launched a few weeks ago through a UDRP. As you can see from the list below there are some bang on domain names for this new network included in this list FoxSports1.TV, FoxSport1.com and Foxsportone.com All the domain names were registered by a James Carter a/k/a JCI Here are the domain names Fox Sports … [Read more...]