A three member UDRP panel found that "The Preferred Prepaid, Inc. d/b/a TPP represented by Clifford D. Hyra, of Virginia, engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempting to grab the three letter domain name TPP.com which was registered in 1994 by Thomson Reuters. The three member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC, Clive Elliott, QC and Darryl C. Wilson found the facts … [Read more...]
Delta Airlines Loses UDRP To Grab Domain Delta.Tours
Delta Air Lines, Inc. just lost its bid to grab the new gTLD Delta.tours in a one member panel UDRP of Douglas M. Isenberg. The domain holder's case was greatly helped because he registered four other .Tours domains on the same day. ""Complaint states that the Disputed Domain Name was registered on July 8, 2015, that “[w]ithout [Complainant’s] authorization, Respondent is likely intending to … [Read more...]
Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
On August 19, 2015 hackers released a huge amount of data from the breach at AshleyMadison.com and the race was on. Several websites were set up to allow users to "search" the data, allowing users to see if a specific email address was included in the release. One of those websites, according to TheHill.com is CheckAshleyMadison.com. That domain name was registered, well, yesterday on August … [Read more...]
Twitter Files 3 New Trademarks: Including It’s Stock Symbol TWTR
Twitter Inc. has filed 3 new trademarks including one for TWTR which is the NYSE stock symbol for the company. The trademark states: "Providing business and corporate information via a web site and via social media". Twitter Inc. currently does not own the matching domain name TWTR.com according to whois records. The domain name is for sale currently on domain name marketplace Sedo.com, with … [Read more...]
Biggest Threat to the Domain Industry
What is the biggest threat to the Domain Industry? That government action or over reaction to attempt to deal with trademark infringement issues is the biggest issue we face as an industry. Looking toward 2008 I believe that the trademark issues still are the biggest threat. Here are some domains that are dropping today which already have multiple backorders at … [Read more...]