A UDRP has just been filed against a great generic domain name InteriorDesign.com The domain name is owned a by a P. A. Gordon of Guam, who lists as his email address getaway@getaway.com Getaway.com seems to be used as a travel site, however the domain in question goes to a Sedo parked page. The complainant is not yet listed. A quick check of the USPTO did not find a match for a … [Read more...]
Owner of Domains Seized In December By ICE Sentenced To 40 Months In Prision
Back in December 2011, we reported that the Homeland Security ICE department seized 11 domain names for selling pirated movies, TV shows and games. Yesterday the owner of two of the 11 seized domains, 36-year old Sang Jin Kim was sentenced by a federal judge to to 40 months in prison and was ordered him to forfeit more than $400,000 in assets. The two domains were 007disk.com and … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Another Day An Other Expansion of the UDRP in Favor of Complainants
This is a guest post by Paul Keating an attorney specializing in domain issues. As principal of Law.es, he provides legal advice to domain investors, registrars and service providers. Law.es has offices in Barcelona and London: Panelist Warwick A. Rothnie just released his “considered” opinion in Six Continents Hotels, Inc. v. Triptih doo (D2012-1600). I use “considered” loosely. The … [Read more...]
NAF Panelist Cuts & Pastes From Another UDRP Decision, Again
Our eagle eye, George Kirikos has caught another National Arbitration Forum (NAF) John J. Upchurch cut and pasting in a UDRP decision The decision involved the case, eyecandydigitalsignage.com but as you can see below the panelist cut and pasted language from another decision: """Complainant alleges that Respondent must have had constructive and/or actual notice of Complainant's rights in … [Read more...]
Schilling & Berryhill Get Their 2nd UDRP Win This Week On Metatrader.com & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding
Frank Schilling's NameAdministration represented by John Berryhill just won a UDRP for the 2nd day in the row, today on the domain name metatrader.com Not only did they win this UDRP but they got a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) Here are the relevant facts and findings from the three member panel: The Complainant MetaQuotes Software Corp. of Nassau, is a software … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn't even ask for a RDNH finding. The panel found the Complainant case conduct was poor especially in light of its pre-filing discussion with the domain holder , it made a finding of … [Read more...]
ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin & Digital Playground For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International, the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc, both of which filed suit against ICM and ICANN over the .XXX extension. ICM is asking the court to award it $120 Million dollars (treble damages), punitive damages, attorney fees and for injunctive relief. The … [Read more...]