I know 99% of you could give a crap about a .Pro domain name but in the legal world there isn’t any different between a .pro and a .com domain and insurance.pro, as about a generic domain as you can get,just got hit with a UDRP.
The complainant is not listed but there is a trademark on the term “Insurance Pro”
| Word Mark | INSURANCE.PRO |
| Goods and Services | IC 036. US 100 101 102. G & S: insurance agencies; insurance brokerage;insurance underwriting services for all types of insurance.
FIRST USE: 20020228. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20030613 |
| Mark Drawing Code | (1) TYPED DRAWING |
| Serial Number | 78111771 |
| Filing Date | February 28, 2002 |
| Current Basis | 1A |
| Original Filing Basis | 1B |
| Published for Opposition | October 1, 2002 |
| Registration Number | 2785018 |
| Registration Date | November 18, 2003 |
| Owner | (REGISTRANT) Copeland, Christopher Scott DBA Insurance.Pro
INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES San Antonio TEXAS 78216 |
| Type of Mark | SERVICE MARK |
| Register | PRINCIPAL |
| Affidavit Text | SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20131107. |
| Renewal | 1ST RENEWAL 20131107 |
| Live/Dead Indicator | LIVE |
The domain is being re-directed at the moment to Allprodomains.com which has a lot of great .pro domain names listed for sale or lease including:
BANKRUPTCY.PRO
DISABILITY.PRO
DISCRIMINATION.PRO
LAWFIRM.PRO
LITIGATION.PRO
PATENTS.PRO
All of which are again as generic as you can get.
We will be tracking this one.
This surely raises some very large red flags when someone/company considers paying thousands for one of the new tlds . Who is going to risk paying large sums when they could lose it in a flash ?.
the outcome of this will be very telling, udrp panel member has become a very profitable job. The laws are in place to provide them a nice stream of fees, seriously almost 2014, how can this still happen…
From what I’ve seen most UDRP panelists will disregard the TLD and use the SLD to decide whether it matches the tm in question.
Now it remains to be seen whether the opposite also holds true. This is a perfect case for a RDNH imo.
And johnuk has rightly said that this might be the litmus test for new gTLDs – if the extension is included then it would be extremely worrying for new gTLDs – the URS only costs $250.
Samit,
I am pretty sure I have seen some .TV’s taken in UDRP’s and the .TV was not disregarded, it was why.
.pro is interesting but the best .pro names seem already registered, like com.pro (“I buy” in italian)
Why an Insurance Company have more right than another to acquire insurance.com?
Dosen’t make sens. I will laugh to see a trade mark UDRP another trade mark holder lol…
UDRP is a joke
Yes, a Dangerous Joke at that. The UDRP has become soooo corrupted over the years it is now nowhere near what it was supposed to be. You know what I would like to see, someone TM “ICANN” or “WIPO” for something like “jokes” and then UDRP them both !!