A one person UDRP panel just denied the Alcohol Monitoring System, Inc attempted grab of the generic domain name Scram.com While the Complainant owned registered Trademarks for SCRAM and SCRAMx with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 2,902,677), registered November 16, 2004 (“the Trademark”) the panel found that the term was generic and the domain holder didn't act in bad … [Read more...]
After 5 Wins, A UDRP Panelist Denies Claim of TM For Novartis AG
The global drug company Novartis AG just lost a UDRP on the domain name QuickDailies.com based off a trademark for the term "Dailies". Apparently the company beliefs its own any domain name that has the word "dailies" in it and as silly as it sounds several UDRP panels have transferred domains names to Novartis AG based on the same claim and the same trademark. Since 2012, the company has … [Read more...]
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On UniversalAssistance.com
Universal Assistance S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann's Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on the domain name UniversalAssistance.com The Complainant had a trademark on the term, Universal Assistance since 1994 but the panel seemed to be willing to give them a common law right to the term even if they didn't have the trademark. The company official site was … [Read more...]
5 Arbitration Institutes Team Up To File An UDRP For 17 Domains
Well here is something you don't see everyday 5 Arbitration Institutes have jointly filed one UDRP seeking 17 domain names which seem to be mainly comprised of the name of the association with the word arbitration added. These are exactly the types of domain names we call trademark holders and other out on for not registering years ago. Most of the domains were registered on May 10, 2010 … [Read more...]
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses 21 Facebook Domains In One UDRP
Mike Mann's Domain Asset Holdings of Potomac, Maryland just lost a UDRP to Facebook, Inc on 21 domain names which it didn't even respond to The domain at issue … [Read more...]
Purva.com Bought In May 2012 Saved in UDRP: Godaddy Placeholder May Have Saved It
The Complainant is Puravankara Projects Limited of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, just lost a UDRP on the domain name purva.com which turns out to be a pretty interesting case with a long fact pattern. The domain was orinally owned by the Complaintant who lost it many years ago do to non-renew it appears. The domain was acquired by the domain holder in May 2012 Namejet.com auction and wound … [Read more...]
NiceCar.com Owned For 13 Years Lost in Horrible UDRP Decision
In another horribly lazy opinion, the domain name NiceCar.com was just awarded to NICE CAR, INC. by a one member UDRP panelist Sandra J. Franklin to a trademark holder. Although the complainant had a federal trademark it was only registered in 2007 while the domain holder owned the domain for 13 years. The panelist which never said one word about the generic nature of the term, Nice Car, … [Read more...]