Marchex (MRCX) just filed a federal lawsuit over the UDRP decision in PriceShoes.com. You might recall a three member panel awarded the domain name to the trademark holder of "Price Shoes" Administradora de Marcas y Franquicias, S.A. de C.V desipte a strong dissenting opinion. The case is important to all domainers since the majority of the panel placed an additional burden on Marchex who … [Read more...]
GED.net Hit With UDRP & Its Not A Parked Page
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GED.net, by the American Council on Education GED Testing Service LLC whose official site is Acenet.edu. According to its site, The American Council on Education (ACE) develops and delivers the GED test. The domain name GED.net is an informational site about the exam which says its been copyrighted since 2005 however the whois record is … [Read more...]
Audi Loses UDRP On AudiCity.com
A one person UDRP panel just ruled against Audi AG of Germany on the domain name audicity.com The case seemed to turn on the fact that the domain name was "registered for over 10 years, and there is no evidence that the Respondent has ever attempted to sell the Domain Name". "Furthermore, when asked by the Complainant to transfer the Domain Name, the Respondent refused without making a … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Turns Back Ireland Governmental Agency Bid To Grab DrivingLicence.ie
A UDRP rejected the complaint of the Irish Road Safety Authority Act, which :has sole authority and competence in Ireland for oversight of the driving licensing system, including management of the driving test, development of driver licensing policy and drafting licensing legislation" on the domain name drivinglicence.ie. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Taylor’s Estate Wins Rights To LizTaylor.xxx
A one member UDRP panel just award the domain name LizTaylor.xxx to the The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics Company who all brought the UDRP. The decision is more interesting that you think. Also I'm not sure how the domain holder got the domain registered in the first place as the panel found they were not a member of the adult … [Read more...]
Zak Muscovitch, Esq., Gets UDRP Panel Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GTMS.com
Global Transmission Media Solutions of Utah was just found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name GTMS.com by a UDRP panel from the National Arbitration Forum The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch. The one member panel found that the complainant, "who, on no evidence at all, accused the Respondent of acting in bad faith." "That, itself, is an act … [Read more...]
Deluxe.Org Gets Hit With UDRP
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name Deluxe.org The domain name is owned by The Tidewinds Group, Inc. of Mass and looks like it was under privacy until yesterday. The complainant is not yet listed however Deluxe.com, is owned by the Deluxe Enterprise Operations Inc which has a tm Symbol on the site. The domain Deluxe.org which has a creation date of 2004, is currently forwarding to … [Read more...]