The domain name LGI.com has been hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned and forwards to the website of Libertyglobal.com which according to its site is the World's largest international TV and broadband company. The Complainant who filed the UDRP is unknown as this point Here are the key facts listed on their website: Key Facts: World's largest international TV and … [Read more...]
2016 Could be a record year for domain disputes at the WIPO
Doug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,"WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (since there are four other service providers), but WIPO traditionally has been the most popular provider and, in any event, … [Read more...]
UDRP Battle Between Dating Sites CheekyLovers.com & CheekyDevil.com Results in Punt
Together Networks Holdings Limited which owns the domain name CheekyLovers.com and a trademark on the term CheekyLovers lost a UDRP to grab the domain CheekyDevil.com Complainant is an online dating business and operates a number of websites, including one linked to the domain name, <cheekylovers.com>, which was registered on June 13, 2011. Complainant filed an application on November … [Read more...]
TV Station Loses Bid To Get WDBJ.com Domain Name Through UDRP
Gray Television Group, Inc. just lost a UDRP in an attempt to grab the domain name wdbj.com. The Complainant is the owner of numerous television stations in the United States, including WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, which it purchased from WDBJ Television Inc. in 2015. WDBJ is the call sign for this station, which broadcasts on Channel 7 The Complainant owns United States Patent and Trademark … [Read more...]
No UDRP on This One, TM holder brings lawsuit instead
There was a post recently on Namepros that a member was not sure what to do about a demand for a domain name they owned. Some of the comments felt the person should keep the domain, and at the end of the day it's only a UDRP. I posted in the thread that the first rule of domaining is to not take legal advice from domain investors with no background in law. The other thing I mentioned was the … [Read more...]
Drop Catchers Beware: Domain RaiseMe.com Lost in UDRP Despite Lack of Registered Trademark
Raise Labs, Inc (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name RaisemMe.com in a UDRP/ The US-based company did not have an US federally registered trademark. The one member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC found the company had common law rights to the name in part based on the fact that the Complainant owned the domain but let it lapse in 2013. The decision also … [Read more...]
18 Year Old Domain EquipmentTrader.com Lost To TM Holder of “HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRADER”
In another horrible decision, The domain name EquipmentTrader.com was just lost in UDRP, United States trademark registration for the words HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRADER. Registered January 19, 1988; and filed on June 11, 1987 The domain was registered on April 15, 1998 and is due to expire on April 14, 2017. The one member panel of Peter L. Michaelson, found that the domain owner who was … [Read more...]