A one member World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel of Christopher J. Pibus has denied the attempt of the Societe du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, to grab the domain name figaro.club The domain name is owned by Cognac Inc., Juan Hervada of Florida. It's an interesting case because the term "Figaro" is heavily trademarked by the Complainant, Societe du Figaro, which has has … [Read more...]

      Marchex has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name eBottle.com The Complaint was filed by Lerman Container Corporation. Marchex has owned the domain name since at least 2009. The Complainant Lerman Container Corporation, has a federally registered trademark on the term eBottles.com which is applied for on May 21, 2013, which was Published for Opposition on … [Read more...]

  A UDRP has been filed on what seems to be a very generic term GreatRun.com which was has been owned by the same owner, Product Reports, Inc which has owned the domain name since at least 2007 by the owner of the non-profit GreatRun.org Actually the only change in the ownership of GreatRun.com since November, 2007, is that the owner moved its address from to Melville, New York to … [Read more...]

      The owner of the domain name airlineonline.com just got hit with a UDRP by the owner of the domain name Airlineonline.aero It doesn't look like the ownership of the .com has changed since at least January 2013. Obviously in my opinion as generic a domain as you can get The Complainant was filed by Efzed Pty Ltd. Mr. Frank Zimmermann Simulate Pty Ltd. which … [Read more...]

Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it's owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com. The three member panel of the The Hon. Nelson A. Diaz, the Hon. Neil Brown Q.C., and David E. Sorkin found that the term Vanity … [Read more...]

Booked Ltd of London which owns the domain Booked.xyz and Bookedxyz.com was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Booked.com in one of the most baseless UDRP cases we have ever read. Its too bad there is not any penalties for those who bring frivolous UDRP cases other than a finding of Reverse Domain Name hijacking which the three member panel rightfully … [Read more...]

Fotocom Société Anonyme of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, just lost its bid to grab the generic domain Photo.com. Although the three member panel threw out the case out finding the Complainant failed on the first element of not proving trademark rights the panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). Here are the highlights: Based in Belgium, Complainant describes … [Read more...]