Alton Flanders represented by John Berryhill, just beat back a UDRP on his domain name CondomWorld.com The complaint was bought by Nicholas Perez who claimed he owned an US Trademark on the term CONDOM WORLD and common law rights to the term. The complaint said he uses the term as the name of retail stores that sell condoms and other adult-oriented products in Puerto Rico. Here … [Read more...]
SHA.com Becomes Lastest 3 Letter Domain To Have UDRP Filed Against It
A UDRP has been filed for another three letter .com domain name The UDRP was filed by Albir Hills Resort, S.A. against the domain SHA.com SHA.com is owned by Telepathy, Inc. The complainant does own a federal US Trademark on the term SHA with a filing date of July 27, 2007 and a registration date of August 26, 2008 According to DomainTools.com, Telepathy has owned the domain name since … [Read more...]
eLeader.EU WINS The UDRP On eLeader.com: “The Fact The Trademark Registration Was Granted After The Domain Name Was Registered Does Not Prevent A Finding Of Confusing Similar”
Yesterday we wrote about a UDRP being filed by the owner eLeader.eu against eLeader.com. However the case was actually decided yesterday by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) who awarded the domain name to the owner of eLeader.eu which is a company out of Poland. Its another decision in my opinion one in which the panel decided it was going to give the domain to the TM holder and then found a … [Read more...]
eLeader.Eu Files UDRP Against eLeader.com
The owner of the domain name name eLeader.eu has just filed a UDRP against the owner of the domain name eLeader.com According to eLeader's site, it is: "one of the world's top mobile innovators in the smartphone business software market, with experience from the beginning of the smartphone industry." "eLeader’s state-of-the-art mobile enterprise solutions and associated cloud services are … [Read more...]
GirlsGoneWild Loses Its 1st UDRP On GirlsGoneWild.name & The Domain Holder Didn’t Even Defend It
Path Media Holdings, LLC (“Complainant”) just suffered what appears to be its 1st loss on a UDRP on its Girls Gone Wild Trademark on the domain name girlsgonewild.name And here's the most amazing part, the domain holder did not even respond to the complaint. At the end of the day, the domain name at issue was registered a year before the trademark was filed and the pre-registration of the … [Read more...]
UDRP Thinks 32x.com Is “Identical or Confusingly Similar” to TM For 32Red & Gives Away The Domain
Well another day another horrible decision A three member UDRP panel just gave away the domain name 32x.com to the Trademark holder of 32Red. I have no idea of how 32x.com is "Identical or Confusingly Similar" to a trademark for 32Red but that is what the panel found. The panel also disregarded the fact that the complaints waited some six years before bringing the complaint. John … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on A 3 Letter Domain, SMA.com Owned By A Non-Domainer
A UDRP has just been filed by SMA Solar Technology AG for the three letter domain, SMA.com Here's the really scary part The owner of the domain is not a domainer. The domain is owned by Specialized Micro Architects, a company's who initials match the domain SMA. The domain was first registered in 1995. The oldest record on DomainTools.com for the domain is from 2001 and at that time … [Read more...]