Gerald M. Levine over at ip legal corner wrote an excellent article discussing the ADO.com UDRP. Mr. Levine has a lot of experience and expertise in these matters and gives a very detailed breakdown of the case. (tip of the cap to GeorgeK) I wrote about the case here and how it could have other implications. From the article: The single most prominent reason long-held domain names are … [Read more...]
The ADO.com decision brings up another potential problem
With all the news yesterday about the ridiculous UDRP decision on ADO.com, I read a comment on DNW.com that I thought was very interesting. The point made by commenter RP may require people to rethink whether all these logos are needed to sell very short names like three and four letter .coms. As Andrew Allemann pointed out, part of the discussion that motivated these 3 panelists to rule … [Read more...]
Nat Cohen gives some food for thought on potential UDRP reform
This kind of went under the radar except for some replies on Namepros. Nat Cohen replied to a post and outlined what could be in the works for domain investors if there is significant UDRP reform. I came across this after reading the excellent back and forth between Josh and Elliot on the purple.com post that DomainInvesting.com published. Elliot had alerted Josh to paragraph 2 and the rule … [Read more...]
new gTLDs made up 16 percent of the 2016 cases at WIPO
Ip-Watch.org published an article on the WIPO annual report. In that article William New broke down some statistics related to domain disputes. 2016 showed an increase of 10% in domain cases. From the article: In 2016, the total number of WIPO cybersquatting cases rose 10 percent, with a record 3,036 cases brought by trademark owners, involving 109 countries. The top three sectors for … [Read more...]
Will Stiftung Ethereum make a play for Ethereum.com?
Domain Gang wrote about projectethereum.com being lost in a UDRP. Stiftung Ethereum (Foundation Ethereum) the people behind the cryptocurrency filed the UDRP. The question on a lot of people's mind is will they make a play for Ethereum.com? The landing page on Ethereum.com makes it clear that the domain was registered in 2011, long before the cryptocurrency came along. There are 8 live … [Read more...]
Karma’s a bitch (.com)
Almost exactly 5 years ago, a UDRP decision was made that had most domain investors saying WTF! The domain name Vanity.com was lost in a UDRP. Mike wrote about it on Jun 20, 2012. And now today Mike uncovered this from Hilco Streambank that the complainant in the case has filed Chapter 11 and that their assets will be auctioned off. Chapter 11 Acquisition Opportunity Intellectual Property … [Read more...]
Three time Tour De France champ now going after cybersquatters
Over the years you run into people who don't care much about trademark infringement. They register names that infringe on someone else's intellectual property. The thought was that if they got a UDRP they would just let the complainant take the domain name, no big whoop. But I would always say to these people, the complainant doesn't have to go the UDRP route, they can go for damages under … [Read more...]
