Last month we asked how could it take over 5 months for a  UDRP decision. We were talking about the UDRP case for the highly valuable  two letter domain name YU.com. The UDRP was on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Today is June 11th 2013 and there has not been a decision in this case. We wrote about the UDRP when it was filed back in December … [Read more...]

Miss Universe L.P., LLLP which is owned by Donald Trump just won the rights to the domain name MissUniversCanada.com, in a one member UDRP decision. "These proceedings are between two parties who organize what are referred to as beauty pageants where female participants compete to be judged on their appearance. "The Complainant or its predecessors in title have for many years organized what … [Read more...]

A UDRP has been filed on the domain name MyBank.com. The domain just came off of privacy days ago at Moniker.com MyBank.com was under privacy since 2009 before privacy was removed a few days ago. MyBank.com back in 2009 was owned by another party than currently appears to hold the domain. The domain shows a original registration date of 2002 when it was owned by  Berea National Bank … [Read more...]

A UDRP has just been filed by Television Division of Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited against Marchex  on the domain name ZoomTv.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). If you thought that the complainant of the UDRP is the owner of Zoom.tv you would be wrong. That domain is owned by  Herethereandeverywhere, Inc The complainant however is no small fry. The … [Read more...]

Microsoft has filed a third UDRP attempting to gain control of more Xboxone domain names this time on the following domains: xboxone.co xboxone.me xboxoneforum.net xboxonewiki.com xboxonehelp.com xboxonecheat.com xboxoneblog.com All of the domain names were registered on the same day, May 21, 2013 the day that Microsoft announced the name fo their next generation gambling system  by a … [Read more...]

Jakri ApS of Vildbjerg, Denmark just lost a UDRP decision on the domain name indura.com which was owned by Sanela Jankovic of Copenhagen who represented himself in the proceeding. The domain was acquired through a NameJet.com auction in just February of this year. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel" The Complainant is part of the Indura group of companies, … [Read more...]

Gucci this morning Won a  UDRP seeking 165 domain names which all contain the famous trademark. The complaint was filed by the formal name of the company that owns the trademark to the Gucci brand, Guccio Gucci S.p.A. Many of these domains make no sense and its hard to believe that they would even get enough traffic to cover registration fees. Domain names like guccihomeequity.com or … [Read more...]