Legendary performer Stevland Morris a/k/a Stevie Wonder filed his 11th UDRP to gain control of the  domain name LittleStevieWonder.com The case was filed with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Stevie Wonder won a UDRP back in 2005 for the domain name Steviewonder.com Mr. Wonder won all 10 previous  UDRP's he filed with the NAF including the domain names: thesteviewonderstory.com; … [Read more...]

Reckon Limited of North Sydney Australia, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Reckon.com which is owned by Multitech s.r.l. of Rome, Italy. The domain name was originally registered in 1996 but has been owned by the current domain holder since 2005. The complainant has a trademark on the term "reckon" registered in 2007. Here are are the relevant facts and findings by the one member … [Read more...]

Infiniti Retail A 100% owned subsidiary of  the India conglomerate Tata filed a UDRP on the domain name Croma.com According to Tata's website "The Croma chain of stores offers, in different cities of India, a wide range of consumer electronics products across categories and brands. The stores are spread over 12,000 to 20,000 sq ft and have more than 6,000 products and 180 brands in eight … [Read more...]

DomainTools, LLC  just won its 1st UDRP gaining control of 10 typo's of its URL. The domain were registered as early as 2007 and as recent as 2011. Here is the list of domains transferred today: doaintools.com doimaintools.com domailtools.com domaintoolls.com domaintoos.com domainttols.com domaiontools.com domaitools.com domanitools.com domsintools.com … [Read more...]

A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a  "a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies...an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Management." "Through years of continuous use in commerce in the United States and abroad, the name “Esther Heesch” has acquired the sufficient secondary meaning under … [Read more...]

Orbitz Worldwide, LLC which was represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., just lost a UDRP on the domain name Obotz.com a domain which has been parked for the last five years. How could a UDRP panel reject the claim of Orbitz you ask well the domain holder registered the domain back in 2001 "with the intention of developing a series of stories about robots called “Orbotz” on a planet in outer … [Read more...]

The Music Zoo Corporation whose website is TheMusicZoo.com just lost a UDRP on the domain name MusicZoo.com which was registered way back in December 8, 1998. The Complainant, had a trademark for both  MUSIC ZOO and THE MUSIC ZOO however the trademark for the MUSIC ZOO wasn't filed until October 7, 2010, & registered November 8, 2011 and for the THE MUSIC ZOO which was filed October 7, … [Read more...]