The global brand company Johnson and Johnson just filed a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com Johnsons.com is owned by Widome Design of Potomac, Maryland. The domain has been owned by the company or its principal since at least 2001 according to DomainTools.com As you can see from above according to Screenshots.com as of the last archived record it had, Johnsons.com was … [Read more...]

Rive, LLC lost its bid to take away the domain name Rive.com from the domain owner who registered it back in 2004, based on a trademark registered with the USPTO,  on August 23, 2011 The Complainant argued that the domain owner registered and used the domain name in bad faith, "because Respondent attempted to sell the domain name for $45,500, fails to make an active use of the domain name, and … [Read more...]

BRG Partners, LP (“Complainant”), lost its attempt to take the domain AspenHeights.com away from Wild Escape Theme Park who was represented by Traverse Legal. However the panel found the lack of response to the Complainant's emails  was somehow fatal to a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The Complainant had a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office … [Read more...]

Over a month ago we told you about the UDRP filed by GoodTherapy.org, LLC to grab the .com version of the domain. Tonight the UDRP decision is out GoodTherapy.org lost its attempt to grab the domain GoodTherapy.com, without the domain owner even filing a response. Although the .Org domain holder had a registered trademark with the USPTO, the trademark wasn't registered until January 9, 2007 … [Read more...]

Oversee Domain Management, LLC,  just lost a UDRP on the domain name OnlineBacarrat.com to  Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France The domain name OnlineBacarrat.com was registered on June 12, 2012 I have no idea of why Oversee would register this domain or pay for a three member panel to try to save it. The domain is a typo of the casino game Baccarat The domain is also a typo of the famous … [Read more...]

Quirk Productions, Inc. (“Complainant”), which owns QuirkBooks.com  lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Quirk.com The domain holder officially was TobyClements.com, LLC / Toby Clements but in fact the domain was owned by Michele Wilson d/b/a Exotic Design Group (“EDG”) since 2004, who was represented by John Berryhill. There is a lot of mud slinging between the parties and a lot of … [Read more...]

Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN,  Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next and the preverbal double dipper domain, one which infringes as two Trademarks by two different companies, myspace-facebook.com Here is the full … [Read more...]