Canyon Bicycles GmbH has filed what appears to be the first UDRP on a new gTLD domain name Canyon.bike The domain name was registered on February 5th under privacy at Godaddy.com Although this marks the first new gTLD domain name hit with a UDRP, IBM filed either a UDRP or a URS a few days ago on the domain names IBM.Guru and IBM.Ventures It appears that as we have chatted about while … [Read more...]
BidPal Inc. Decides to take their UDRP Loss to Court
There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate rights to their domain. It was generally considered that if you registered a domain, say in 1998, and a company came along in 2008 with a trademark, you could easily show there was no bad faith in the registration unless you could foresee the … [Read more...]
Figaro.Tv Saved In UDRP Because The Domain Owner Died
Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, just lost its bid to grab the domain figaro.tv from a dead guy - The Respondent is Cut Company of Krefeld, Germany; - The owner – and seemingly only economic actor - of said company was Mr. Blumtritt. - According to the documents filed by the Complainant, Mr. Blumtritt passed away on June 28, 2013. - A cease and desist letter was sent in October … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed Against Garry Chernoff 19 Year Old Domain Gauntlet.com By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc filed a UDRP on the domain name Gauntlet.com today which is owned by domain investor Garry Chernoff's company NetIncome Ventures Inc. The domain name Gauntlet.com has an original registration date May 21, 1995. Mr. Chernoff's company according Domaintools.com has owned the domain since at least 2005 but could be the original registrant. The domain name is … [Read more...]
17 Year Old Vernet.com Saved in UDRP
Vernet, of Ollainville , France , just lost its bid to get the domain name Vernet.com in a UDRP which was registered back on April 9, 1997 The UDRP decision was handed down in French. Here are the facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is the company Vernet , a French company specializing in the production and trade of motor vehicles and health equipment and heating … [Read more...]
7 Year Old StableTable.com Saved In UDRP
Hedera AB of Lund, Sweden, just lost its bid to grab the domain name stabletable.com in a UDRP which was registered back on November 24, 2007. The Panel basically threw the Complainants case out and only failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking because they believed the owner of the domain changed in 2011. The domain holder who is represented by Mike Rodenbaugh, Esq. already filed a … [Read more...]
Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP
Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asserts the following: Policy ¶ 4(a)(i) Complainant owns rights in the INSURANCE.PRO mark through registrations of the mark with the United States Patent … [Read more...]