Beehive.com, LLC a corporation formed in the State of Delaware, lost a UDRP brought against the domain holder Alliance Capital Management of New York. The Disputed Domain Name beehive.com is registered with Melbourne IT Ltd (the “Registrar”) which is generally a brand protection company adding to being an unusual case. The one member panel found that the complainant didn't meet any of the … [Read more...]

SuperModel Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford, who was once married to Richard Gere, has filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) seeking the domain name CindyCrawford.com According to Screenshots.com the domain name CindyCrawford.com as of as recently as August 2012 and going back to 2005, was going to what appears to be the official site for the model, however if you … [Read more...]

Ari Goldberger, Esq of ESQwire.com just beat back a UDRP on the domain name LiveOne.com brought by LiveOne Group, Ltd The three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holders who registered the domain in September 2007, against the trademark holder who just registered it trademark on May 15, 2010 which was  granted on Sept. 6, 2011. However the panel did not make a finding of Reverse … [Read more...]

The two letter domain name YU.com just got hit with a UDRP. The domain is under privacy at Moniker and goes to a Hit Farm parked page. The name of the complainant is Two Way NV/SA This seems like an attempted RDNH. The more interesting case, is the UDRP involving Marchex which also got hit with a UDRP this morning on the domain name NVIA.com The domain name NVIA is also parked but … [Read more...]

Another day and another complaint filed against a generic term. In this case its the NameAdministration owned domain name ColdFront.com that was hit with a UDRP complaint filed with The National Arbitration forum (NAB). According to DomainTools.com, the domain name  has been owned by Name Administration since at least 2003. The domain name is generic of course and even has its own … [Read more...]

A one person UDRP panel just rejected the complaint of the national fast food company Chick-fil-A, on the domain name chickfilafoundation.com. Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, two Brooklyn-based comedians and social commentators, owned the domain and operated it as a parody website against  the fast food company, that was thrust in the national spotlight this year for its stance against gay … [Read more...]

Marchex (MRCX) just filed a federal lawsuit over the UDRP decision in PriceShoes.com. You might recall a three member panel awarded the domain name to the trademark holder of "Price Shoes" Administradora de Marcas y Franquicias, S.A. de C.V desipte a strong dissenting opinion. The case is important to all domainers since the majority of the panel placed an additional burden on Marchex who … [Read more...]