Long before American Idol, and America's Got Talent, there was The Gong Show. The last time original episode on of the Gong show appeared on Network Television it was 1989, well before the Internet, and well before the 1st domain name was registered. Today an UDRP was filed on the domain name GongShow.com. The domain name GongShow.com has an original registration date of October 7th … [Read more...]
Fox Sports 1 Network Launches Next Month; Files UDRP Seeking 22 Domains Including Foxsports1.Com/.Tv
Fox Sports is launching a new sports network called Fox Sports 1 next month and today Fox filed a UDRP seeking control over 22 domain names, including FoxSports1.com and FoxSports1.Tv as well as FoxSportsone.com and FoxSportsone.tv. The UDRP was filed with the National Arbitration Forum and was assigned case number 1509782. Fox has huge plans for Fox Sports 1 so the move is not unexpected … [Read more...]
14 Year Old Domain Wala.com Saved In UDRP Desipte Trademarks & A $5 Million Dollar Price Tag
A three member UDRP panel just rejected the attempt of WALA-Heilmittel GmbH of Bad Boll, Germany, to grab the domain name Wala.com This is another UDRP with an interesting set of facts which was first registered in 1999 and for a time had on its homepage a message that the domain was for sale for $5,000,000. Here are the revelant facts and findings by the three member panel: The … [Read more...]
Apple Files 2 UDRP Seeking 28 Domains Including FindMyiPad.com & Macbook7.com
Apple Computers filed two UDRP's today seeking 28 domain names in total with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Some of the domain names sort are typo's like apole.com,appestore.com, applesore.com, applestpre.com, applestroe.com and appllestore.com while others are product domains or variations on of Apple's products like ipodtouch5.com, FindMyiPad.com & Macbook7.com The … [Read more...]
The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting that concluded on Thursday. First for the report, then some comments will follow: ""Issues relating to Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution … [Read more...]
Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com
In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by Premier Models International Inc of New York. The three member UDRP had a split decision with two panelist voting to deny the complaint and one voting to transfer the domain to the trademark … [Read more...]
After Losing UDRP For WIIU.com, Nintendo Allows Domain Like Wiisport.com GamesforWii.com To Drop
After losing a well publicized UDRP decision on WiiU.com, Nintendo allowed other bang on Wii domain names to drop this week only to sit by and watch them be re-registered by companies other than Nintendo. We have pointed this corporate mentality many times before, one in which company's are willing to spend thousands of dollars in costs and fees to file UDRP's to attempt to gain control of … [Read more...]