TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center ("ADNDRC"). Some of the language in the decision is troubling as is the failure of the panel to even consider or discuss the legal concept of latches due to the 16 year delay in taking action. The Complainant … [Read more...]
TM Holder Of Beauty Lab Loses URDP Bid The Grab The Domain MyBeautyLab.com: Too Generic
The owner of the trademark for BeautyLab just lost its attempt to grab the domain name TheBeautyLab.com The sole UDRP panelist Brigitte Joppich bascially found that although the Complainant had valid trademarks registered before the domain name, including in the country where the domain holder operates, the term Beauty Lab was too generic to enjoy any protection in the UDRP process. Here are … [Read more...]
Another No Trademark UDRP Claim Denied Without Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
In yet what is becoming a long line of cases, a UDRP panel summarily dismissed a case against the owner of the domain name RockGaming.com which was registered over 10 years ago back on November 18, 2004 The complaint was brought by Rock Gaming LLC of Michigan who alleged in its complaint that it had "trademark rights in ROCK GAMING" However on this issue the one member panel of Debrett G. … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Wins UDRP On TableForTwo.com; Complainant Didn’t Like The 89K Price
Frank Schilling's Name Administration won a UDRP on the domain name TableforTwo.com who was defended as usual by John Berryhill. The complaint was brought by Julie Wampler of Washington, D.C. back on September 15th who runs a blog at TableForTwoBlog.com and got a trademark on the term TABLE FOR TWO on March 13, 2013. The Domain Name TableForTwo..com was registered on September 8, … [Read more...]
After 6 Years, AlJazeera Wins Contorol of Aljazeera.Tv
AlJazeera Media Network of Doha, Qatar, was awarded the domain name Aljazeera.tv by a one member UDRP panel of Assen Alexiev The domain holder did not respond to the UDRP, nor did the domain seem to be in use in the 6+ years since it was registered. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member: The domain name … [Read more...]
MDon-line.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab The Domain MDonline.com
MD On-line, Inc. of Parsippany, New Jersey, just lost its bid to grab the domain name mdonline.com through a UDRP. The Sole panelist was Christopher S. Gibson Complainant provides background that it was founded in 1995 as a health care technology company working closely with providers, payers and others in the health care industry to increase electronic healthcare transactions between … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Throws Case Out But Doesn’t Find RDNH On Domain Registered 9 Years Before TM
Jobetty LLC, dba Mudpuppy’s Tub & Scrub lost its attempt to grab the domain name mudpuppies.com The three member panel of Nathalie Dreyfus, Sandra J. Franklin and Diane Thilly Cabell basically threw the case out finding the Complainant's trademark was filed some 9 years after the domain name was registered. However on the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking the panel … [Read more...]