Drug manufacturer Hoffmann-La Roche just lost a UDRP on the domain name diet-xenical.com. Its a pretty amazing decision considering that Xenical is a trademark term for a diet drug, the domain holder didn't even response to the complaint and the domain resolves to a website that advertises Generic Xenical for sale. Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The disputed … [Read more...]
Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com
A WIPO UDRP panel awarded Apple Computers 11 domain names. Some of the domains awarded today deal with products of Apple and some are just typos. Here is a list of the 11 domain names: apole.com findmyipad.com freeiphonesoft.com hackmyipod.com ipa-iphone.net iphonefc.com iphonelyrics.com ipodcleaner.com ipodtouch5.com jailbreakmyipad.com macbook7.com … [Read more...]
NationwideLifts.com Saved in UDRP Which Should Have Been A RDNH
S & H Enterprises, Inc. DBA Nationwide Lifts of New York, New York, just lost a UDRP on the very generic domain name nationwidelifts.com S & H's site is at elevette.com which they registered in 2003 and which I'm sure all domain investors would agree is a horrible domain. S & H has trademarks on the term NATIONWIDE LIFTS: registered on June 14, 2005, with a filing date of August … [Read more...]
Spy Optic, Inc. Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On SpyOpticsOutlet.com
In A one member UDRP decision Spy Optic, Inc. of Carlsbad, California, United States of America, represented by the law firm Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker has been found guilty Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on SpyOpticsOutlet.com. The panelist, Richard G. Lyon, took the complainant and its council "out to the wood shed" over the complainant in which it cut and pasted language from … [Read more...]
After 12 Years & Over 70 UDRP’s Sony Finally Gets Around To Filing A UDRP On SonyStore.com
Sony has over 35 retail stores in the United States which sell just Sony Products and they are called Sony Stores. The official website for the stores is store.sony.com. So its pretty mind blowing to see that it took Sony over 12 years to file a UDRP on this direct match .com domain of its actual Brick and Mortar stores. The domain name was registered in 2001 and owned by a company in … [Read more...]
In A UDRP With Wide Implications In New gTLD’s Domains, Panel Awards Tes.co to Tesco
In a very interesting case having implication for the new gTLD's domain names, Tesco Stores Limited of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, UK was just awarded the domain name Tes.co on the basis of having a trademark on the term Tesco. The panel combined the left and right of the dot in the domain name to come to the conclusion that the trademark owner of Tesco was entitled to the domain. Tesco owns … [Read more...]
Scott Day Gets Hit With UDRP On 16 Year Old GoldCoast.com By Owners Of VisitGoldCoast.com
Gold Coast Tourism Corporation Ltd just filed a UDRP against legendary domain investor Scott Day and his company Digimedia on the domain name GoldCoast.com This is certainly a UDRP that will be put up on the HallofShame.com watch list. It appears the Mr. Day has owned this domain since 1997 or 16 years. Gold Coast is a common Geographical term referring to all these areas according to … [Read more...]