A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under privacy. UDRP filed on Two character domain names are pretty rare so we will keep on our eye on this one. ON another note if your a fan of the HBO series Entourage you may know that they started the filming of the Entourage movie … [Read more...]
17 Year Old interbanking.com Saved In UDRP: 1 out 3 Panelist Vote For RDNH
Interbanking S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, just lost its bid to grab the domain name interbanking.com from domain investor, Alexander Lerman who was represented by John Berryhill, Phd Esq. The domain name was registered on March 4, 1997. The Complainant was founded on September 25, 1996, when Datacash S.A. and Newnet S.A. merged to form Interbanking S.A. The Complainant owns a number … [Read more...]
Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) "Founded in 1984, NCI is one of the top designers, manufacturers and vendors of metal coatings, components and buildings for nonresidential construction in North America." The … [Read more...]
Trademark Holder Loses UDRP Bid To Grab Domains Registered Early As in 1999 With 2012 TM
Ednovo d/b/a Gooru of Palo Alto, just lost its attempt to grab the domain names Gooru.com; Gooru.net; Gooru.org; and Gooru.biz registered in 1999 on the basis of a trademark filed in 2012 with a UDRP Panel Here are the relevant facts and findings from the one member panel The Complainant is a non-profit organization established in 2011, and based in the United States of America, that … [Read more...]
Registered In 1994 Graceland.com Hit With UDRP
Someone, presumably the Elvis Presley Estate just filed a UDRP on the domain name Graceland.com The domain name Graceland.com has an original registration date of December 23rd 1994. The domain is owned by a Simon Higgs of Burbank California who has seemed to have owned the domain name continuously since at least the earliest Domaintools.com entry which is from 2004. The domain names … [Read more...]
Cobb International Of South Africa; Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Cobb International (Pty) Limited of Wynberg, Sandton, South Africa, represented by DM Kisch Inc., South Africa. has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain names cobbamerica.com and cobbq.com The Complainant contends that the Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant’s registered trade marks, that the Respondent has no rights or … [Read more...]
Company Wins UDRP On Domain It Let Drop After Domain Holder Says He Bought It For $21K
We just wrote about a guy who bought a domain name for $31,000, let it drop and lost a UDRP to regain control. This time Intrac Group AB of Stockholm, just won the rights to the domain name intrac.com, from intrac.biz, who said they paid $21,500 for the domain. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel The Complainant is the registered owner of a trademark for … [Read more...]