Back on 9/13 we wrote about MySchool.com getting hit with a UDRP for the second time in four years. We published the article as soon as the UDRP was filed, so we had no clue to who was filing the UDRP this time around. Well it was the same person as the first time, Joseph L. Carpenter. The first UDRP was brought against Andy Booth who owned the domain at the time. In July of 2012 the domain … [Read more...]
Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Filing A Response: Judgmentfree.com
PFIP, LLC (“Complainant”), represented by Teresa C. Tucker of Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger PLLC, New Hampshire, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name hijacking in a UDRP decision on the domain name judgmentfree.com The one member panel of David E. Sorkin found RDNH even though the domain holder didn't even file a response and therefore didn't even ask for a RDNH finding. Here … [Read more...]
SimpleBank.com Lost in UDRP To Common Law Trademark Holder of The Word “Simple”
Simple Finance Technology Corp (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name SimpleBank.com which is owned by CDN Properties Incorporated. Simple alleged that it had a common law trademark to the term "Simple" however the case seemed to turn on that the domain name in question SimpleBank.com which was first registered in 2003 is the reverse of the company's website at BankSimple.com, … [Read more...]
UDRP On Tasers.com Is Dropped, As Domain Name Is Now Owed By Tasers International
A UDRP was filed on the domain name Tasers.com with WIPO, last month is showing as having been terminated. That means the Complainant of the UDRP, TASER International, Inc dropped the UDRP, however according to the whois record the domain name is now owned by JUSTIN CLARK,Esq, whose email address … [Read more...]
TeleSign Corporation Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking As Esqwire.com Wins 11 In Row
TeleSign Corporation, of California was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name PhoneId.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc, which was represented as usual by Esqwire.com According to my records its the 11th win in row for Esqwire.com and the 5th finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The three member panel of Paul M. DeCicco, Esq., Diane Thilly … [Read more...]
Berryhill: “We’re Taking This to Court” As UDRP Rules Against Marchex’s Generic Banco24horas.com
Tecnologia Bancaria S.A. of São Paulo, Brazil, just was awarded the generic domain names banco24horas.com and banco24horas.net Banco is Spanish for the word Bank and of course, "24 horas" translated from spanish is "24 hours" so the domains transferred we're "24 hour bank" in .com and .net Marchex Sales Inc. which was represented by John Berryhill lost three member panel decision by a … [Read more...]
Iron Man Star; Actor Robert Downey Jr Files UDRP on The Domain RobertDowneyjr.actor
The star of the Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes movie series, Robert Downey, Jr has filed a UDRP on the new gTLD domain name RobertDowneyjr.actor. The domain was registered less than a month ago on August 31st by a Shashank Agarwal of India at Godaddy.com The domain name RobertDowneyjr.actor is going to a Godaddy placeholder. The actor does seem to own the domain name robertdowneyjr.com … [Read more...]