A UDRP has just been filed against Marchex Sales, LLC on the domain name WebAnywhere.com The domain name has been owned by Marchex since at least 2008. There is a trademark filed with the USPTO in February 2010 for the term Webanywhere by a Delaware company by the name of WebAnywhere, Inc. which was granted in Feburary 2011 for "website design for others, namely, educational institutions … [Read more...]
Horrible UDRP Ruling; No Trademark; No Bad Faith & No RDNH On 14 Year Old Domain RT.org
A one person UDRP panel rejected the attempt of the The Restored Church of God of Wadsworth, Ohio, to steal the domain name RT.org from Alexa Properties, LLC of Las Vegas, Nevada. But the bigger story is the panel failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) despite the panelist couldn't even attempt to utter the grounds for which she did not issue a RDNH finding. For one the … [Read more...]
Freshlook.com Purchased For $3,500 In SnapNames Auction In Feb Lost In UDRP
Freshlook.com a domain bought at a SnapNames.com drop auction for over $3,500 in Feburary has just been lost in a UDRP. The UDRP, which we wrote about when it was first filed two weeks after the end of the auction was decided by a one person panel from the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) The domain was still in the name of the registrar Endurance International Group when the UDRP was filed … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Gives 30 Rock/SNL Star Tracy Morgan Control Of TracyMorgan.com
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP panel just awarded the domain name TracyMorgan.com to 30 Rock and former SNL star, Tracy Morgan. Tracy Morgan's official site is currently TracyMorgan.net According to DomainTools.com, the domain name has an original registration date of 2001. The domain is owned by PPA Media Services and Ryan G Foo Now that the ruling is out here … [Read more...]
WIPO: UDRP 2012: Complainants Win 91%; Parties Settle 20% of Cases
Here are UDRP stats of cases filed under WIPO in 2012: Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). This represents an increase of 4.5% over the record established in 2011. Since the UDRP’s launch in December 1999, the WIPO Center has … [Read more...]
Add Edward Smith To The Reverse Domain Hijacking List
A three member UDRP panel has found Edward Smith of Riverside California, Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in the attempt grab of the domain name Joopa.com Mr. Smith, who just filed for a trademark on the term Joopa on March 2011, which was granted in December 2012, tried to use the trademark to grab the domain name Joopa.com which was registered some 12 years earlier on January … [Read more...]
After Offering To Buy Domain For $15K, 6 Years Ago TM Holder Loses UDRP
Zija International, Inc. of Utah just lost its UDRP bid to get control of the domain name zija.com, a domain it repeatedly tried to buy from the domain holder for $15,000 since 2006. Yes way back in 2006 after a series of letters back and forth, the domain holder refused to sell the domain name for $15,000 or even or counter with a selling price. Fast forward 6 years later and the trademark … [Read more...]