Most of you know that I have been a long-time member and strong supporter of the Internet Commerce Association. Anyone who has had to face a UDRP, or seen the policies that are proposed at ICANN, knows that the rights of domain owners are always under threat. Fortunately a group of members from the domain industry has banded together to create the ICA to represent the interests of the domain … [Read more...]
1st Reverse Domain Hijacking Finding of The Year & Bretzel Ditsch GmbH Of Germany is Guilty
Bretzel Ditsch GmbH from Mainz, Germany, represented by Horak Attorneys, Germany was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Ditsch.com which was registered on June 28, 1998. To the best of our knowledge this is the first RDNH finding of 2016 (although the decision was entered on December 24th but just published by WIPO today) At some point the Bretzel Ditsch was … [Read more...]
15 Year Old Domain StinkySocks.com Saved In UDRP
The Trimount Company, Inc DBA StinkySocks Hockey (“Complainant”), of Massachusetts, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name stinkysocks.com in a UDRP rather than just pay the domain holder the $6,500 he was asking for the domain. The domain was registered on February 2, 2000. The Complainant trademark was registered over 15 years later on September 22, 2015 and at that the trademark … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Milano.com By Owner of Milano.com.mx
The domain name Milano.com has been hit with a UDRP. Milano as it is called in Italy, known to the rest of the world as Milan, one of the fashion capitals of the world. The UDRP was filed by Grupo Milano, S.A. de C.V. whose website is Milano.com.mx. Of course there are a ton of other trademarks on the term from cookies to clothing to bean bag chairs. The domain recently transferred … [Read more...]
SK Lubricants Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking on ZiC.com
SK Lubricants Americas of Houston, Texas was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the three letter .com domain name ZIC.com The domain owner was represented by ESQwire.com The Domain Name was originally created on September 6, 2003 but the current owner obtained the Domain Name on February 28, 2015 and is offering it for sale, and is in the business of selling domain … [Read more...]
Owner of NewForests.com.au Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Hijacking on 16 Yr Old .Com
New Forests Asset Management Pty Limited of North Sydney, Australia, represented by Clayton Utz Solicitors, Australia was just found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name newforests.com after offering just $4,000 to by the domain The company owns the domain name newforests.com.au which was registered in June 2006 The domain name NewForests.com was registered back … [Read more...]
Reverse Domain Hijacking Found On 21 Year Old TPP.com Owned by Thomson Reuters
A three member UDRP panel found that "The Preferred Prepaid, Inc. d/b/a TPP represented by Clifford D. Hyra, of Virginia, engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempting to grab the three letter domain name TPP.com which was registered in 1994 by Thomson Reuters. The three member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC, Clive Elliott, QC and Darryl C. Wilson found the facts … [Read more...]