CitizenHawk just lost a UDRP on 3 domain names which are all a typo's of one of its clients Advance Auto Parts. The panel clearly indicated that CitizenHawk screwed the case up submitting WHOIS papers which indicated a  creation date for the domain name in 1969. Yes 1969, the year of the Miracle Mets and the year man first walked on the Moon. Since CitizenHawk claimed the domains were … [Read more...]

Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com, just beat back a UDRP on the domain name Mclarin.com. The complaint was filed by McLaren Health Care Corporation  which won all 11 previously filed UDRP cases including 10 it won so far in 2013 after getting a registered trademark back in October 2012. The domain name was registered November 26, 2001. ""Respondent … [Read more...]

Avaya Inc. a company with 17,500 employees worldwide, was found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted theft of the domain name Avayo.net The panel took into account two other losing UDRP decisions filed by the company, in making its finding of (RDNH) although those panels did not find RDNH. The story was first reported yesterday by onlinedomain.com, whose author … [Read more...]

A UDRP has just been filed against Frank Schilling's Name Administration on the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. The company filing the complaint is Walk the Walk Worldwide, whose site is at WalkTheWalk.org According to the organization's site it operates a charity since 1998 centered in the UK. Walk the Walk Worldwide has two trademark registered with the USPTO for walk the walk, one  in … [Read more...]

Tencent Holdings Limited just lost its attempt to grab the domain name tencentgames.com in a UDRP and the domain holder didn't even respond. Bottom line the panel found the complainant trademark was effective in 2010 and the domain name registered in 2009:   Here are the relevant facts and findings by a one member panel: "The Complainant is a Chinese investment holding company … [Read more...]

Ticket Software, LLC of South Windsor, Connecticut, just got the domain name TickerNetwork.com in a UDRP based off a trademark for the term Ticket Network. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel: "The Complainant hosts an online marketplace for event tickets to concert, sport, and theater events in the United States of America (U.S.) and globally. "Through its … [Read more...]

In an extremely short, lazy opinion, a one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Alpitour S.p.A. of Torino, Italy who tried to grab the generic domain EasyBook.com,  but failed to address the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Here are the relevant facts and findings: The complainant owns an "Italian figurative EASY BOOK trademark, used in connection with travel services, registered … [Read more...]