A one member UDRP panel just ruled against the domain holder of OOVH.com based off a trademark on the term OVH which is an acronym for “On Vous Héberge”, In English this translates as “We Host You”. The Complainant provides webhosting services through dedicated servers, private servers, domain registrations and email services. It business is described more fully at its French language website … [Read more...]
Marchex Loses UDRP On PriceShoes.com & Panel Places Additional Burden On “Professional Registrants”
A three member UDRP panel ruled against Marchex who was represented by John Berryhill, on the domain name priceshoes.com, with one panelist filing a dissenting opinion. The complainant is Administradora de Marcas y Franquicias, S.A. de C.V. which the panel found to own "numerous trademark registrations for PRICE SHOES in various jurisdictions" which were registered years prior to Marchex … [Read more...]
UDRP On CrowdSurfing.com Rejected: The Domain Holder Just Bought the Domain & Didn’t Respond
A one member panel just rejected the UDRP brought by LiveOne Group, Ltd. on the domain name CrowdSurfing.com despite the fact that Liveone had an US trademark on the term, the domain name was recently purchased and the domain holder didn't even bother to respond to the UDRP. The complainant apparently had the opportunity to buy the domain for around $6,000 through Buydomains.com between May and … [Read more...]
Bluff Blog Beats Back UDRP Challenge On Buff.com; Despite TM, Parked Page & Links To The Complainant
Original Buff, S.A. of Igualada, Spain, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Buff.com The domain holder was represented by ESQwire.com Law Firm. The domain is parked and according to the complainant has been parked for some 15 years. Also it appears from the fact presented to the panel that the parked pages at times contained links to the complainant's products. The three member panel … [Read more...]
Marchex Gets Hit With UDRP From P&G On The Domain Swash.com
Protector & Gamble just filed a UDRP on the domain name Swash.com which is owned by Marchex, Inc. (MCHX). The domain Swash.com has an original registration date of 2000. I found a trademark by P&G on the term Swash one dated in 2007 and one dated 2011 but there are 5 other live trademarks in the USPTO for the term Swash many which pre-date P&G's including by: Arion … [Read more...]
Wow: Google Loses UDRP On Woogle.com & Domain Holder Didn’t Even Respond
In what could be the strangest decision of the year, Google Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name woogle.com and the domain holder didn't even respond. The decision was handed down by the National Arbitration Forum The one member panel found that Woogle.com was not confusingly similar to Google.com """ Typosquatting (without more) does not appear in the UDRP as a ground for … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed Against ManhattanCenter.com
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name manhattancenter.com A quick check of Google finds a lot of places in Manhattan that are called the Mahattan Center, including manhattan center high school manhattan center hotel manhattan center dog shelter Manhattan Center Adelphi University Manhattan Center Restaurant Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics But the … [Read more...]