Website Content Assists in Demonstrating Confusingly Similarity and Bad Faith Registration The three-member Panel rightly took note of the generic nature of the words comprised in the disputed Domain Name, noting that “Smoky Mountain” is a geographic signifier referring to “The Great Smoky Mountains that border Tennessee and North Carolina in the southeastern United States”… Read more here. We hope …
ICA AMA with John Berryhill!
Our next AMA is just a few days away! Join us this Friday for a chat with none other than John Berryhill! John is an intellectual property attorney with vast experience in copyright, trademark, patent, and domain name law. He’s well known in the domain industry for representing many registrants in UDRP hearings, defending high-profile clients, and, of course, his sense …
”Unrebutted Circumstantial Evidence” Leads to Transfer of Dictionary Term Domain Name – Vol. 3.39
“Unrebutted Circumstantial Evidence” Leads to Transfer of Dictionary Term Domain Name There is a price to be paid by not responding to a Complaint. Responding to a legal proceeding, and the UDRP in particular, affords the registrant with the opportunity of putting its facts and arguments before the Panel and rebutting the Complainant’s facts and arguments. One can therefore not …
Is This a Trademark Dispute or Cybersquatting? – Vol 3.38
Is This a Trademark Dispute or Cybersquatting? The Respondent in <ensure-nest .com> has an apparently genuine business and website selling ENSURE-branded bird nests, thereby demonstrating that this smacks of a trademark dispute rather than a cybersquatting dispute. Read more here. We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest (vol. 3.38), as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with …
Sage .ai: No Obligation for Investor to Conduct Search For Dictionary Term – Vol 3.37
The most notable aspects of <sage .ai> case are: Dealing in domain names in the secondary market is a legitimate trading activity. By its very nature, domain name investing is speculative. A domainer usually has the intention of reselling domain names at a price in excess of the purchase price. Being a domainer is a risky business and is not …
ICA AMA with Sten Lilliestrom!
We’re happy to announce that we’re restarting our AMA series this month! Join us next Wednesday, September 20th, for a candid chat with Sten Lilliestrom. Sten is a domain investor, a former radio journalist, and an IP paralegal. He is interested in the future in general and the future of brandable sales in particular. He tries to put the “name” …
Limited Panelist Research Results in Dismissal – vol 3.36
The Challenge of Applying the Passive Holding Doctrine in the Absence of a Response by Nat Cohen. While most disputes are undefended, that usually poses little problem for a Panel as the Disputed Domain Name is often put to an obvious bad faith use or it is often the typosquat of a famous, distinctive mark. Read here We hope you will …
The Challenge of Applying the Passive Holding Doctrine in the Absence of a Response
The Challenge of Applying the Passive Holding Doctrine in the Absence of a Response, by Nat Cohen Nat Cohen is an accomplished domain name investor, UDRP expert, proprietor of UDRP.tools and RDNH.com, and a long-time Director of the ICA. While most disputes are undefended, that usually poses little problem for a Panel as the Disputed Domain Name is often …
Ultra Premium Two-Letter .COM Recovered in Theft Case – vol. 3.35
Ultra Premium Two-Letter .COM Recovered in Theft Case Two-letter .com domain names like PV .com are extraordinarily valuable and sought after. They are the ultra-luxury real estate of the domain name space. Think, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the Peak in Hong Kong, and Belgravia in London. Just last week, the ultra-premium domain name, VT.com sold for USD $2.5 million. …
Registration Opens for ICA’s Annual Member Meeting in Las Vegas!
We are thrilled to announce that tickets for our highly anticipated ICA Member Meeting go on sale today! The meeting is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2023. To make this experience even more enriching, we have also planned additional activities around these official meeting dates on the 17th and 20th! Join us for this one-of-a-kind event, learn, reconnect with friends, …