For the first time a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) complaint has been denied. URS panelist Douglas M. Isenberg Denied Virgin Enterprises URS on the domain name Branson.Guru. The domain was registered by Lawrence Fain of Chicago who didn't even bother to respond Here is the decision of the panel: Complainant has provided the following explanatory text, in toto, in its Complaint (subject to … [Read more...]
Dana.Holdings Gets Suspended in URS Decision
The public company, Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) just won a URS it filed on the domain name dana.holdings. The domain name was suspended based on the URS decision Findings of Fact: Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) is a publicly traded Fortune 500 company based in Maumee, Ohio; Dana Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dana Holding Corporation. Dana Limited is the owner of … [Read more...]
Dior Files URS On Dior.Clothing & I’m Going To Blame The Company For This One
A URS wwas filed by designer fashion house Christian Dior on the domain name Dior.clothing yesterday. I'm going to blame the company for this one. No one likes to pay for insurance just like no one wants to spend money to register defensive domains, but if your in business you need to do certain things and make good business decisions. So while I don't expect any brand (although some did) … [Read more...]
Quickest Legal Action On A Domain Registration? bbva.careers Hit With URS 5 Days After Registration
In what maybe the quickest action filed by a trademark holder against a domain holder, the domain name bbva.careers has been hit with a URS 5 Days After Registration. The domain name bbva.careers was registered on March 5th on the last day of EAP for many times general availability rates which would have gone into effect the following day on March 6th. The URS was filed today on March … [Read more...]
URS Filed On Branson.Guru This Could Be A Game Changer For The New gTLD’s
A Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was filed today on the domain name Branson.Guru This is the first URS that has been filed which in my opinion should not be granted. The complainant is not listed but based on recent activity I'm going to assume its Richard Branson CEO of Virgin. The problem is that there is also a city by the name of Branson, which is in Missouri, and a pretty large … [Read more...]
First URS Decision Published on New gTLD’s
The first Uniform Rapid Suspension decision has been issued. The case was decided 9 days ago, which was 6 days after the 1st URS was filed on the domain names; ibm.guru and ibm.ventures. So while the decision was known 9 days ago, the actual decision was just published today so this is the first time we are seeing at how these URS decisions will look: DOMAIN … [Read more...]
IBM Wins Its URS On IBM.ventures & IBM.Guru 6 Days After Filling
IBM has won the first Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) filed on new gTLD domain names. On February 6th IBM filed the first URS on the new gTLD domains IBM.ventures and IBM.Guru Yesterday the Nation Arbitration Forum is showing as the domain names being in SUSPENDED FINAL status. Unlike the UDRP dispute resolution system, the winner of a URS does not get ownership of the domain name but only … [Read more...]