A WIPO panel has rejected another Legal Rights Objection to the new gTLD .Music . This objection was to Famous Fours application to operate the .Music registry and was filed by another applicant for .Music, DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos. The panel basically found that the community trademarks of the Objector were not bona fide: The Objector filed for registration of its .MUSIC and … [Read more...]
Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s new gTLD App For .DIY
A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s New gTLD application of .diy Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Objector holds United States Registration No. 2457989 (registered June 5, 2001) for DIY. The mark is registered in International Class 042 as a standard-character service mark for “providing a website of information about … [Read more...]
Pinterest Lastest To Lose Legal Rights Objections To .New gTLD .Pin As 3 More Objections Are Thrown Out By Wipo
WIPO has decided three more Legal Rights Objections to New gTLD application and in all three cases the Objector has lost and the New gTLD applicant has won. The cases decided today are: Pinterest's objection to Amazon's application for the new gTLD .Pin; Defender Security Company objection to Merchant Law Group's application to its application for the new gTLD .Home and The Canadian … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Denies Constantine Roussos Objection Amazon’s Application For .Tunes
A one member WIPO panel has rejected the objection of Dot Tunes Limited, which is Constantine Roussos company, to Amazon's new gTLD application of .Tunes. Another one of Mr. Roussos company's DotMusic Limited is an applicant for .music and also filed objections to all other applicants for .music Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: "The Objector is the registered … [Read more...]
Afnic (.Fr) Opens Comment Period On Alternative Dispute Resolution For Domains
Afnic the organization that manages the ccTLD's of .fr ( (France), .re (Reunion Island), .yt (Mayotte), .wf (Wallis and Futuna), .tf (French Southern Territories), .pm (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon) is launching a public consultation about setting up an alternative dispute resolution procedure, in conjunction with WIPO and has opened up the topic for comment. "As part of its assignment to provide a … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn't even ask for a RDNH finding. The panel found the Complainant case conduct was poor especially in light of its pre-filing discussion with the domain holder , it made a finding of … [Read more...]
WIPO Named by ICANN as Exclusive Provider of Dispute Resolution For Trademark Objections To New gTLD’s Strings
According to a press release out today WIPO “has been appointed by ICANN as the exclusive provider of dispute resolution services for trademark based ‘pre-delegation’ Legal Rights Objections under ICANN’s New gTLD Program,” WIPO has a Q&A page on their site about this. ""The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has embarked on a program of allowing new generic … [Read more...]