Cybersquatting disputes relating to new gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of WIPO’s UDRP caseload in 2015, which covered a total of 4,364 domain names. Among these names, .XYZ, .CLUB and .EMAIL were the most common new …
Read More »Camilla.com UDRP Panelist Christopher Gibson Has Also Ordered The Transfer Of CafeInternet.com
Panelist Christopher S. Gibson that was one of the 3-member panel in the controversial Camilla.com WIPO case was also part of some other questionable decisions in the past. I don’t think that anyone thinks this …
Read More »UDRP Complaint For The Domain Name Toyotomi.com Denied (RDNH missed only by a slim margin)
Victory! We just won the complaint for the domain name Toyotomi.com. The complaint was denied by a three member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Complainant didn’t submit all evidence to the Panel, …
Read More »UDRP Panelist: “Panels Don’t Look Kindly Upon Re-filed Complaints That Blame UDRP Panels For Their Own Ineptitude”
The Hon. Neil Brown QC, a very well known UDRP panelist, wrote an article on his personal blog about “Re-Filing of a UDRP Complaint”. He is commenting on a recent decision: Reliance Telecom Limited v …
Read More »2,634 UDRPs Filed With WIPO In 2014 – Philip Morris Filed 81 Cases (+Infographic)
Since the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center administered the first Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) case in 1999, total WIPO case filings have passed the 30,000 mark, encompassing over 58,000 domain names. In …
Read More »Meet The Attorney That Represents Attorneys In UDRPs
Website attorney Steven Rinehart recently won several new UDRP domain name disputes involving common law trademarks. Rinehart issued a press release about successfully establishing common law trademarks rights for two attorneys who were the target …
Read More »Potential Scandal At WIPO Involving Director General Francis Gurry
TheRegister did an article yesterday exposing allegations of bizarre and potentially illegal conduct within the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The Register obtained access to an internal report indicating reasonable grounds to suspect serious misconduct …
Read More »Pharmaceutical companies filing a lot of UDRP complaints
I was going through UDRP complaint fillings and noticed that a lot of pharmaceutical companies are quite active in filing complaints lately. There was always a company that was going stronger at one time or …
Read More »Apple is going after misspellings of Apple.com with UDRP
Apple is going after misspellings of its official website Apple.com using UDRP complaints. Apple, Inc filed 2 UDRP complaints for the domain names appke.com (k is next l in qwerty keyboards) and applw.com (w is …
Read More »First Ever UDRP Complaint Filed For a New gTLD Domain Name: Canyon.Bike
The first ever UDRP complaint for a New gTLD domain name was filed today, February 11th, at WIPO. The UDRP complaint with WIPO Case Number D2014-0206 was filed by Canyon Bicycles GmbH, a German bicycle …
Read More »UDRP for Gooru.com denied but no RDNH – Owner declined selling domain registered 13 years before trademark
*UDRP Panelist Gabriela Kennedy is also working for a law firm and often submits UDRP complaints on behalf of her customers. Her fellow Panelists decide on her cases.* The UDRP complaint for the domain names …
Read More »Aged domain names: a change in ownership is considered as a new registration in UDRP
There are a lot of people that buy aged domain names. By aged I mean domains that have an old registration date. You can buy these domains either directly from the previous owner or in …
Read More »Azzaro perfumes wins 14-year-old domain Azzaro.com after refilling a 13 year old UDRP complaint
Loris Azzaro BV of Apeldoorn, Netherlands that produces the popular Azzaro perfumes just won a UDRP complaint (D2013-1780) for the 14 year old domain Azzaro.com. The interesting part is that this UDRP complaint was a …
Read More »JenniferAniston.com returned to Jennifer Aniston’s PR company after almost a year
The domain name JenniferAniston.com was returned toJennifer Aniston’s PR company PMK-HBH after being in a “Pending Renewal or Deletion” state for almost a year. The domain name, registered with Network Solutions, expired in July 2012 while owned by PMK-HBH Public Relations, a PRcompany based in Beverly Hills. The domain then entered …
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