General Motors just lost a UDRP on the domain name mycadillac.com desipte the domain holder offering to sell the domain to GM for as much as almost $57,000 Here is what the domain holder contended: -The Disputed Domain Name is not confusingly similar to the CADILLAC Trademark because “[t]he only similarity that I can find between my domain name and the Complainant’s is the last name of … [Read more...]

Anyone who follows UDRP files will tell you that the toy maker Lego is one of the most prolific filers of UDRP's I count over 500 UDRP's on domain names filed containing the term "lego" and many cases contain more than one domain. However despite all the filings and wins by the toy maker the it has finally won a UDRP on the bang on matching domain of its trademark Lego.net. The domain … [Read more...]

A UDRP has just been filed by Ferrero S.p.A. on the Generic domain name kinder-chocolate.com If you don't know "kinder" is German for "children". Here is the interesting part, the same company owns the domain name kinderchocolate.com which they just registered in August 2012. The domain name kinder-chocolate.com was registered back in 2009. The domain kinderchocolate.com which is owned … [Read more...]

Marchex represented by John Berryhill got a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name petexpress.com, in what could be the longest complaint and certainly the longest response to a complaint I have ever read. The domain name was acquired by Marchex back in 2004 as part of the $165 million dollar acquisition of Ultimate Search.  The domain was registered in 2001 by … [Read more...]

A one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name smartrecovery.com to the Complainant; Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help Network, Inc., d/b/a SMART The domain owner did not submit a formal response. The complainant owned a trademark on the term dated 1996. The registration date of the domain name was not discussed by the panel. Complainant is the owner of the SMART RECOVERY mark … [Read more...]

Liam Sutcliffe, Eurocycles & Eurobaby and Eurotrek Group Limited of Dublin, Ireland (LIAM) brought a UDRP against Marchex (MCRX) who as always was represented by John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq on the domain name Eurobaby.com The problem with the case is that the complaint (LIAM) that claimed registered and common law trademarks basically did have either. I don't know if the domain holder … [Read more...]

A one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Manhattan Center Studios, Inc. on the domain manhattancenter.com The domain name is owned by James Lawson who won this UDRP without the representation of an attorney and almost got a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), although we are not sure why the panel did not makes such a finding in this case The domain holder acquired the … [Read more...]