Several companies joined forces to file a single UDRP to gain control 17 domain name. The company's filed the UDRP were Alexa Internet, Amazon Technologies, Inc, eBay Inc., Elance, Inc. and PayPal, Inc. Most of the recovered domain name awarded by the UDRP panel were typo's but Amazon won control of the domain name Kindle6.com, Kindle7.com Kindle8.com Here is the complete … [Read more...]
Consuela, LLC Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Consuela, LLC of Austin Texas, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted grab of the domain name Consuela.com Consuela, LLC site is: consuelastyle.com Consuela, LLC was represented by Erik Paul Belt of McCarter English, LLP, of Massachusetts The domain holder Alberta Hot Rods (“Respondent”), represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com As for … [Read more...]
ThePrive.com Files UDRP On The Generic Prive.com
The Fortrend Group LlC which owns the domain name ThePrive.com is seeking to upgrade its domain name by filing a UDRP on the generic domain Prive.com Prive is a french word that mean private in English. Armani has a line of clothing name Prive There is a hair salon in Miami name Prive There is a sexy nightclub in South Beach name Prive. According to their website, like … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Rejects Attempt To Grab SM.Net
The complaint was brought by Fundación Santa María-Ediciones SM, against the domain holder M.A. Stenzel. The one member UDRP panel rejected complainant contention that they had trademark rights to the term "SM" "The Complainant holds numerous trademarks consisting in part of the letters “sm”. In particular, it holds US (n° 3702735) and Mexican (n° 933780) semi-figurative trademarks composed … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Awards Bodvbuildinq.com To BodyBuilding.com Finding Common Law TM Right
A one member UDRP panel awarded Bodybuilding.com, LLC the domain name bodvbuildinq.com The interesting part of the case is that the panel found that Bodybuilding.com by virtue of the domain registration itself combined with the use of the domain over the 14 years, amount of traffic it received and the general success of the site, gave rise to common law trademark rights which the panel then … [Read more...]
After Winning A UDRP On GED.net, GED Testing Service LLC Files UDRP On GED.Org
American Council on Education (“ACE”) GED Testing Service LLC (“GEDTS”) which won a UDRP on the domain name GED.net back in February has now filed a UDRP on GED.org The domain name GED.org is parked and pull a page full of links about the GED test and other links related to the GED test. The domain appears to have been registered in 2008. We will keep our eye on this one and let … [Read more...]
Vertical Axis Gets Hit With UDRP On The 12 year Old Domain Lulac.com By Owner Of The .Org & .Net
A UDRP has been filed against Vertical Axis, Inc. on the domain name Lulac.com Although the Complainant is not listed, the most likely suspect is The League of United Latin American Citizens, which was established in 1929 and operates under the domain names Lulac.org and Lulac.net As for Lulac.com that domain name goes to a parked page where it returns a lot of links containing … [Read more...]