In one of the more interesting UDRP cases I've not because of the law or the decision but because of the fact pattern. Jeremy Same (The Complainant) just lost his bid to get iSound.com back, a domain he bought in 2012 for $31,000 and let drop, to the company that he tried to sell the domain name to for $4 Million dollars. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel The … [Read more...]
Trademark Owner Loses Bid To Grab 11 Year Old Domain With 1 Year Old Trademark
Andtech Corporation just lost its attempt to grab the domain name andtech.com from the domain owner Portmedia Domains/Portmedia Holdings Ltd which was represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com The Complainant Andtech got its trademark on Christmas Day 2012. The domain name owner registered the domain September 4, 2003. The Complaint offered $1,000 for the domain and the domain owner … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Oversteps Its Authority & Transfers 17 Year Old Murko.com
UDRP's were to settle clear cut disputes for trademark holders where a matching domain name or one which was confusing similar. I think this panel has gone way beyond a set of facts that qualifies for simple in awarding a domain name murko.com registered some 17 years ago back in 1997 to a complainant on common law trademark rights grounds. Moreover for to order a transfer of a domain name … [Read more...]
RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai, India, represented by Anand & Anand, India has just been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain RpgLife.com by a one member UDRP Panel. The domain name was registered back on October 28, 2005 Despite generating some $47 Million in revenue in 2012-2013 the company tried to grab the domain name away from its owner without … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Hands Over KnowhowInsurance.com To TM Holder of KnowHow
A one member UDRP panel just handed over the domain name KnowHowInsurance.com, to the trademark holder of "Know How" The Complainant registered the domain name KnowHow.com on June 22, 1995; knowhow.co.uk January 14, 1997, and knowhowmovies.com on June 27, 2011. The UK trade mark of KNOWHOW was registered on January 21, 2011, for goods in class 9, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40 and 42, under number … [Read more...]
18 Year Old Domain InShape.com Saved In UDRP From InShapeClubs.com
In-Shape Health Clubs, LLC who operates under the domain name inshapeclubs.com, just lost its bid to get the domain name inshape.com which was registered way back in 1995. The one member panel however failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: Complainant registered its IN SHAPE mark with the United States Patent and … [Read more...]
Guilty Of RDNH: JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Brazil
JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, represented by Baril, Brandão & Brofman Advogados (BBB), Brazil has just been found Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name neodent.com. The domain holder represented themselves. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member WIPO panel: "The Complainant is based in … [Read more...]