J Vineyards & Winery, L.P. which owns the domain jwine.com, lost a UDRP on the domain name jwines.com which was registered on December 17, 2005. The domain holder acquired the domain name from its previous owner on August 1, 2011. The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com. The three member panel found that while the complainant owned … [Read more...]
Fairwinds: Time For UDRP Reform To Change Bad Faith Requirement From Registration Date To Renewals
Fairwinds Partners, which also heads up the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has weighted in on the recent UDRP decision on Big5.com and whether the bad faith for a domain holder should be judged from only at the time the domain was first registered or acquired or each time the domain name was renewed on its blog today. Domain investor Nat Cohen wrote an excellent analysis of the … [Read more...]
Designer Isaac Mizrah Loses UDRP Bid To Get The Domain isaacMizrahiLive.com
In a UDRP decision certain to drive brand owners crazy, IM Brands, Inc. which represents designer Isaac Mizrah lost a UDRP on domain name isaacmizrahilive.com Its so interesting that some UDRP panels use all sort of convoluted logic to give generic domains to trademark holders,2 this panel didn't seem to question why the domain owner would own this domain without the trademark holder in … [Read more...]
NaturallyBorn.com Saved In UDRP
The domain name NaturallyBorn.com was saved in a UDRP today The domain holder was represented by John Berryhill Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant made the following contentions. 1. Complainant established the website <naturallyborn.net> in December 2010. This website provides information about natural methods of child birthing and … [Read more...]
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Queensland, Australia, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, represented by McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Australia has been found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on two domain names owned by two different owners; cairnsairportparking.com.au (first domain name) and airportparkingcairns.net.au (second domain name) "Paragraph 15(e) of the Rules provides that, if “after considering the … [Read more...]
Trademark Holder Lets Its Domain Drop & UDRP Says They Can’t Have It Back
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. lost its attempt to grab the domain name valiant-ent.tv which was registered on August 18, 2013. Its an interesting opinion and one of the first times I have ever read a UDRP decision where the panel recognizes that a company that allows its domain to drop is at least partially to blame: "The Panel finds that the Complainant’s failure to renew its domain … [Read more...]
United Parcel Service Wins UDRP On The Domain Driveups.com
United Parcel Service of America Inc. just won a UDRP on the the Domain Name Driveups.com UPS asserted that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and instead, in light of the fame of Complainant’s mark, is acting with opportunistic bad faith. Complainant points to the extensive use by Complainant of its UPS mark years prior to Respondent’s acquisition and … [Read more...]