According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "cybersquatting claims" by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) claims were filed, a 4.6% increase on the number in 2014. New gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of the number UDRP's filed. The New gTLDs .xyz, .club and .email were among the most common new suffixes to be the … [Read more...]
ButtonMakers.com Registered in 2007 Lost in UDRP To Co. That Registered TM in 2014
The domain name ButtonMakers.com which was registered by the domain holder in 2007 was just lost in a UDRP to Rockstar Industries, LLP which registered a trademark in 2014. The one member panel of Dr. Katalin Szamosi found the Complainant had established common law trademark rights to the term "Button Makers" as early as September 2004, despite that it's pretty generic as far as I'm … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 and then was transferred to another Chinese buyer in October 2015, and transferred once again to another Chinese registrant in December 2015. The … [Read more...]
LeBoeuf Corporation Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on Leboeuf.com
LeBoeuf Corporation (“Complainant”), represented by Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld of KRONENBERGER ROSENFELD, LLP, California, USA, has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain Leboeuf.com ""The three member panel of the Honorable Karl V. Fink (Ret.) (Chair), David J. Steele Esq., and The Hon Neil Anthony Brown QC found that the domain name was generic as the term “le boeuf” … [Read more...]
TM Holder Wins UDRP, Fails To Renew Domain & Gets Domain Back in Another UDRP
Here's a case you don't see everyday. Bebidas Fruki S.A. of Lajeado, Brazil, won a second UDRP on the domain name Fruki.com after failing to renew its domain back in 2013. The domain was originally registered on January 2002. In 2011 the domain name was transferred to the Complainant under UDRP case Bebidas Fruki S.A. v. NitroTrade LLC, WIPO Case No. D2011-0913. However in 2013 the … [Read more...]
After 11 years Victoria Beckham gets her Typo .Com Domain: VictoriaBeckam.com
A UDRP panel just award the typo domain name VictoriaBeckam.com to the former Spice Girl and the wife of David Beckham whose website is Victoriabeckham.com The domain was first registered in 2004 so its been kicking around for quite a while making someone presumable some PPC money over the years Here is the highlights: "The Complainant is Victoria Beckham, a former Spice Girl and … [Read more...]
Wolfram Alpha Owner Loses UDRP To Grab The Domain WolframVentures.com
Wolfram Group LLC has lost its attempt to grab the domain name wolframventures.com Here are the highlights: The Complainant is a provider of computational knowledge and mathematical software with offices in Paris, Tokyo, Lima, Linkoping, Bangalore, Boston and Champaign (Illinois). It has been operating under the name "Wolfram" since 1987. Perhaps, its most well-known service to the general … [Read more...]