There was an article published on AmericanBar.org from June that dealt with one lawyer's interpretation of domain investing. Tamara Kurtzman titled her article The Continued Hijacking and Ransoming of the Domain Name System by Modern-Day Corporate Privateers. Ms. Kurtzman coined the phrase "Anticipatory Cybersquatting" From the article: Anticipatory cybersquatting is the practice of … [Read more...]
What it costs to file a UDRP
Many times someone on a forum or blog comment will ask, "How much does a UDRP cost?" Doug Isenberg wrote a great little checklist article to give you all the info you need. Doug gives a breakdown of the fees charged by the four providers — the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Forum (formerly the National Arbitration Forum), the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), and the Asian … [Read more...]
Francois Carrillo looks to have retained ADO.com
A little less than 1 year ago, Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com, lost ADO.com in a UDRP. Gerald Levine and I wrote a piece here as well that looked at a deeper potential problem with logos. It seems like Francois successfully settled out of court and has now retained ADO.com. TRTL.com broke down the whole timeline and it looks like Francois will maintain the name. The Outcome On the 21st … [Read more...]
It would have been better to lose this UDRP
The registrant of JustBulbs.com was able to win two (1, and 2) UDRP decisions, 11 years apart. But 3 years later they ended up losing the domain name, $50,000 and attorney's fees in an ACPA court case. Gerald Levine wrote about the case here. What I also found was the lawyer who represented the company bringing legal action vs Greg Ricks, the domain owner, taking great pride in their … [Read more...]
Sometimes you get too greedy and lose a UDRP
So here is an interesting story on GeekWire.com (tip of the cap to Namepros Member Mems). TitleTownTech.com was a domain sought after by the Green Bay Packers. According to the article: The Packers apparently reached out via a service to anonymously engage the Harris family in September after discovering the domain name had been “just two weregistered eks before.” The team offered $5,000 for … [Read more...]
Gerald M. Levine on ADO.com and asking high prices for domains
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 against … [Read more...]