Tag Archives: UDRP

Avaya Inc., a multinational company with over 17,500 employees worldwide, was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a 3-member Panel at the National Arbitration Forum. I represented the Respondent, Avayo Electronics, in these proceedings. Avaya …

Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” failed to win a UDRP complaint for the domain name OrganizingForAction.com and OrganizingForAction.org at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) after failing last week to get OrganizingForAction.net at NAF again. Pursuant …

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center published its 2012 review on UDRP called “Internet Domain Name Dispute Resolution”. In 2012, trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the …

Paypal, Inc. filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for the domain name, MyPaypal.com. The domain was registered in January 2000 and the current owner is from New …

Getty Images, Inc. filed a UDRP complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The complaint was filed for the domain name, GettyImage.com. The domain was registered in July 2001, meaning that the company waited almost …

Twitter, Inc. won the domain name Twitter.org at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. The owner was accueil des solutions inc of Vancouver, Canada, did not reply to the Complainant’s contentions. The Center appointed Richard Tan as the …

Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” failed to win a UDRP complaint for the domain name OrganizingForAction.net at the National Arbitration Forum. Panelist Hon. Karl V. Fink (Ret.) denied the complaint because the Complainant didn’t have …

Napster, the legendary p2p file sharing application, seems to still be alive. Napster, created in 1999, was merged with Rhapsody, a US online music store subscription service, in 2011. Rhapsody International, Inc. filed a UDRP complaint …

The Generic Names Supporting Organization Working Group tasked with addressing the issue of locking of a domain name subject to Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Proceedings has published its Initial Report for public …

Xerox filed a UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The complaint was filed for 50 domain names, most of them appear to be printer model numbers such as: …

General Motors LLC won the domain name MyChevrolet.com at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center after waiting 12 years to file a complaint. The disputed domain name MyChevrolet.com has resolved to an inactive website since it was …

Is this really what the UDRP was designed for? Is ICANN happy with this travesty? The domain uhealth.org was transferred to the complainant in a case that was decided by a 2-1 majority of the …

A UDRP complaint for the domain name Swash.com, that belongs to Marchex was denied by a 3 member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Panel also made a finding of reverse domain name …

A UDRP complaint for the domain orbbitz.com was denied by a 1 member panel at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., filed a complaint for the domain orbbitz.com owned by …