Mithral Communications & Design, Inc. brought a UDRP Complaint against the domain names cosm.com, and cosm.net, which the domain holder bought for "over $55,000". The three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holder despite a Trademark and desipte cosm.net doesn't even resolve, based of a planned use of the domain name by the holder. Here are the relevant facts and … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Refuses To Hand Over Newmd.com to Owner of TM For NueMd
A one member UDRP panel just rejected the claim of the trademark holder of NeuMd seeking to take away the domain name NewMd.com" "Complainant filed for registration of its NUEMD mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 16, 2000." " The registration was accepted on January 29, 2002 and was effective as of August 16, 2000. " "The Complainant has used its mark in … [Read more...]
Generic DietCenters.com Hit With UDRP
The generic domain name DietCenters.com just got hit with a UDRP filing. The domain name with an original registration date of 1997. The domain goes to a directory of called the Diet Centers Directory Directory, which has links to some site and some PPC type of links but is not a traditional parked page. The complainant is a company named Diet Center Worldwide, Inc. which seems to hold, … [Read more...]
Generic Domain Name Buff.com Hit With A UDRP From Owner Of Buff.eu
The domain name Buff.com has just been hit with a UDRP The complainant is Original Buff, S.A. which owns a Trademark on the term Buff in many countries but seems like the main one is spain. In the US it looks like the trademark was just filed in 2011. It looks like Buff's offical site is at buff.eu Looks like Buff makes scarves and buffs like you see on Survivor. The domain is owned … [Read more...]
Vertical Axis Loses UDRP On Tytan.com But Gets A LONG Dissenting Opinion
Vertical Axis after a nice string of wins, just lost a UDRP on the domain name tytan.com The three member panel voted 2-1 in favor of the trademark holder but the honorable Neil Brown in well reasoned dissent made the argument of why the case should have went for the domain holder. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: "Since at least 1997, Complainant has produced and … [Read more...]
In The Last Of A Trio Of Cases Already In Federal Court, A UDRP Panel Finally Refuses To Rule
In the last couple of weeks we have cited two UDRP cases in which they domain holder had already filed a federal court action for declaratory judgement and the UDRP panel decided the case anyway. Today a UDRP panel finally did the right thing and passed on ruling on the UDRP based on the pending federal court case in a UDRP on the domain name Triba.com The previous two cases involved the … [Read more...]
Seminole Tribe of Florida Loses UDRP On SeminoleCasino.com & SeminoleGaming.com
The Seminole Tribe of Florida which operates in conjunction with Hard Rock, the Hard Rock Seminole Casino's in Hollywood Florida and in Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on three domain names, seminolecasino.com, seminolegaming.com and casinoseminole.com. The domain holder is M.M.Commerce of Florida which seems to be the original registrants of the domain going back to 2004. The official … [Read more...]