BREAD & Butter GmbH & Co. of Berlin, Germany, which operates under the domain name 14oz.net just lost its bid to gain control of the domain name 14oz.com in a one person UDRP decision. In the year 1999 the Complainant established a retail and wholesale business under the brand “14oz”. The business mainly focusses on the design, production and retailing of high quality apparel. Until … [Read more...]
HealthySolutions.com Owned Since 2000, Lost In UDRP As Panel Rejects Laches
Health Management Resources Corporation just won the rights to the domain name HealthySolutions.com in a one member panel National Arbitration Forum Decision, despite the fact that the domain was registered and owned by the domain holder Todd Kingsley since March 6, 2000 and the case seemed to turn on the fact the domain name was parked and some of the links were found to be in the classes covered … [Read more...]
Paramount Pictures Gets Paramount.co.uk In Nominet Ruling After Owner Asks For £120,000
Paramount Pictures Corporation was awarded the domain name the domain name Paramount.co.uk in an arbitration decision by Nominet when operates the .Uk ccTLD. Its a pretty interesting decision since the domain Paramount.co.uk, was first registered as on June, 25th 2005 with the then Registrant identified as TagNames Limited (UK Co. No. 4534942), and with the Administrative Contact listed as … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On 12 Year Old Generic Domain Name Canary.com
A UDRP has been filed on the generic domain name Canary.com According to DomainTools.com the domain name was create in 2001 by a Lin ZanSong of China who still seems to be the registrant. The domain name does not currently resolve however there appears to have been a Chinese baby clothing site on the domain back in 2012 and the domain was parked in 2011 with most links going to topics … [Read more...]
Infiniti Retail Limited of Mumbai Guilty Of RDNH On 17 Year Old Domain Croma.com
Infiniti Retail Limited of Mumbai, India, represented by Anand & Anand, India was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. We don't need to bore you with the details. The domain name was registered on October 3, 1996 some 17 years ago, for use in connection with a business called Croma Web Services which operated from or around February 1997. This website subsequently … [Read more...]
TM Holder Pay Thousands Of Dollars To Get ConsumentengidsOnline2013.com In UDRP
Trademark holders, god love them. I still have a hard time understanding how large companies think, operate and spent their money when it comes to domain name and brand protection. Today we have a company Consumentenbond of The Hague, who has a trademark on the term Consumentengids that went out and spent thousands of dollars in filing and attorney fees and won a UDRP on the domain name … [Read more...]
Trademark Loses UDRP On Direct Match Domain Bongrille.com Used As A “Sucks” Site
Deskan S/A of Nassau, the Bahamas, which owns a trademark to the term Bon Grille In Brazil lost a UDRP seeking 3 domain names including the direct match domain bongrille.com. The other 2 domains sort in the UDRP were franquiabongrille.com and franquiabg.com The domain bongrille.com is basically a 'sucks" type of site and the panel engaged in a very interesting discussion of free speech and … [Read more...]