Doug Isenberg at Giga.Law posted a video and post on a record year for domain name disputes. From the article: One more reason that could be contributing to the rise in domain name disputes is a little bit of additional interest in some of the new top-level domains. In the second quarter of 2021, the .shop TLD appeared in the most number of disputes behind .com across all of the UDRP dispute … [Read more...]
John Berryhill posts a masterclass on LLL acronyms and the UDRP
A member at Namepros had a question about a recent dilemma they were facing regarding a LLL.co domain name. I have received an email from my registrar about an LLL.co acronym domain, one big multi billionairy company demanded to give them a domain, that this is their TM, although this is a common acronym. Members chimed in with their opinions and then elmoney included the letter from the … [Read more...]
Indian domain dispute filed over a sub-domain
The publishers over at Our.in published a post about an INDRP proceeding that looks to be dealing with a sub domain. Ravi Kanth wrote: In case you read our previous story about appointment of new Arbitrators at .IN Registry / NIXI, as a result of NIXI introducing new INDRP rules and the new eligibility criterion for the Arbitrators in September 2020 as posted under Announcements. So NIXI … [Read more...]
“Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass”
Doug Isenberg over at Giga.Law has started a UDRP masterclass. “Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass” is a YouTube video series from attorney Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw that provides basic and advanced information about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and other topics helpful to trademark owners fighting cybersquatters. Watch each episode below or on GigaLaw’s YouTube … [Read more...]
Buyer was begging for a UDRP and got one
On May 18 I wrote about BarclaysBank.com being sold for $3,003 on NameJet. The domain was registered in 1999 and owned by Roy Edward Messer the man who sold Vodka.com for $3 million in 2006. In the comments Roy said: roy e messer says May 18, 2020 at 6:50 am I tried multiple times to GIVE the name to Barclay and no one from the bank followed up on the transfer, thus, i let exprire. Well … [Read more...]
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man's opinion, but John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal disputes. In a series of posts at Namepros John has commented that, "The UDRP rules will never be amended in a manner that is favorable to domain … [Read more...]
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote about Barclays redirecting their .com to .barclays. They said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said … [Read more...]