The California Milk Processor which has a trademark on the term "got milk"  lost its bid to get the adult domain name GotMilf.com, as the majority of three member panel found that the domain is not confusingly similar to the trademark. If you don't know what the term Milf means, I will go with the definition the panel found: "A MILF may be defined as a mother – not one’s own, for there does … [Read more...]

Phase Eight (Fashion & Designs) Limited of London, just lost its bid to get the domain name phaseeight.com through a UDRP. Unlike the case we discussed yesterday, this panel was most concerned that nine years had passed from the date of registration to the date of the complaint. The panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) based on the fact that the domain was parked … [Read more...]

Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo's for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan "Shop Your Way" Here are the domain subject to the … [Read more...]

The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. Having said that we have often noted that almost every word, saying, expression and two and three letter combination has a trademark on it somewhere The domain name … [Read more...]

In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012 and didn't form his company in the state of California until 2001. The company  didn't registered the domain it operates its business at until  2006 (shopurbanhome.com). The domain UrbanHome.com was … [Read more...]

The domain name Opulence.com has been hit with a UDRP. With almost 8,000,000 references in Google opulence is a dictionary word that has been registered since at least 2000 according to Domaintools.com The domain name was owned until recently by  Opulence Communications Ltd of the UK with an expiration date of 2018. Suddenly in early 2013 the domain name whois information was gone and the … [Read more...]

                  A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now filed a UDRP on the domain name RonPaul.org The domain RonPaul.org is being forwarded to RonPaul.com which is a "fan site". The domain … [Read more...]