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A look at the history of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

January 9, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

With the news out today that Lotto.com was saved in a UDRP complaint, though there was no finding of reverse domain name hijacking. There is an article published by Gerald M. Levine a few weeks back at IPlegalCorner.com that's worth reading. Mr. Levine takes a look back at the history of RDNH and provides some other stats on UDRP's as a whole. From the article: Between 2000 and 2019 (with … [Read more...]

new gTLDs made up 16 percent of the 2016 cases at WIPO

October 20, 2017 by Raymond Hackney

Ip-Watch.org published an article on the WIPO annual report. In that article William New broke down some statistics related to domain disputes. 2016 showed an increase of 10% in domain cases. From the article: In 2016, the total number of WIPO cybersquatting cases rose 10 percent, with a record 3,036 cases brought by trademark owners, involving 109 countries. The top three sectors for … [Read more...]

Attorney Who Represented Wi.com in UDRP Offers To File Response For New Owner For Free If Another UDRP is Filed

March 15, 2017 by Michael Berkens

Yesterday we published a post about the domain name Wi.com which is in auction at Namejet.com and was the subject of an unsuccessful UDRP filed in 2015. The attorney who successfully represented the current owner of the Wi.com,   Stevan Lieberman in the 2015 UDRP has just left a comment on TheDomains.com post offering to file a response for the buyer of Wi.com if a UDRP is filed against the … [Read more...]

Curt Schilling Files UDRP on Matching Domain CurtSchilling.com

January 5, 2017 by Michael Berkens

Boston pitching legend Curt Schilling has filed a UDRP on his Matching .Com domain name CurtSchilling.com Mr. Schilling has also spoken about political ambitions running for Senator against Sen. Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts' 2018 Senate race. It appears the domain names has been owned by  third parties since at least 2002. The domain name CurtSchilling.com currently forwards to … [Read more...]

WIPO UDRP Filings up 4.6% in 2015

March 18, 2016 by Michael Berkens

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "cybersquatting claims" by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) claims were filed, a 4.6% increase on the number in 2014. New gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of the number UDRP's filed. The New gTLDs .xyz, .club and .email were among the most common new suffixes to be the … [Read more...]

Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Wins Another UDRP on 16 Year Old Torneo.com

November 3, 2015 by Michael Berkens

Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc represented as usually by John Berryhill, Ph.D, Esq., has won another UDRP this time on the domain name Torneo.com which was registered on September 28, 1999. "Torneo” is the common Spanish and Italian word for “tournament” The UDRP was filed by Sport and Fashion Management PTE. LTD. of Moscow, Russian Federation which owns the domain name torneo.ru … [Read more...]

2014 Final UDRP Stats From WIPO & NAF: 0.003% of All Domains Subject to A UDRP/URS

October 16, 2015 by Michael Berkens

This week the WIPO published it stats for the cases it determine under Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP")  in 2014. Back in September the other major organization that hears UDRP and the only one to decide cases filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System ("URS") the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) announced their stats for 2014. So now that we have the stats for … [Read more...]

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