Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (Vol. 2.29) summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. You’ll read about: ‣ Panel: Complainant Should Have Bought the Domain Name (HandyGuy .com) ‣ Limited Scope of Protection for Weak “Descriptive” Trademark (FlingPals .com) ‣ Issue of Bad Faith Registration is not “Policy Arcana” (HcciProtection .com) ‣ Similar Logo Demonstrates Respondent’s Actual …
A Baffling Decision in Favor of the Respondent – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.28
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week on: ‣ A Baffling Decision in Favor of the Respondent (CliffNotebooks .com *with commentary) ‣ WIPO Panel: “Particularly Egregious Case” of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (Enodo .com *with commentary) ‣ Was this a Case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? (OpenBots .com *with commentary) ‣ American …
Investors Can Have Legitimate Interest in Coined Words – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.27
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.27) summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week and significant comments by Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel on: ‣ Investors Can Have Legitimate Interest in Coined Words (zydus .com *with commentary) ‣ Panelist Expressly Recognizes Intrinsic Value of 3-Letter .com Domain Name (jtt .com *with commentary) ‣ Once Again, Complainants Must …
Investors Can Have Legitimate Interest in Coined Words – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.27
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.27) summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week and significant comments by Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel: ‣ Investors Can Have Legitimate Interest in Coined Words (zydus .com *with commentary) ‣ Panelist Expressly Recognizes Intrinsic Value of 3-Letter .com Domain Name (jtt .com *with commentary) ‣ Once Again, Complainants Must Prove Trademark …
Dissenting Panelist Would Have Decided Case Wildly Differently – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.26
Welcome back after a short break! Today’s digest complies with some of the most intriguing UDRP cases of the past week: ‣ Dissenting Panelist Would Have Decided Case Wildly Differently (reza .com *with commentary) ‣ Paycom Doesn’t Get Pay .com (pay .com *with commentary) ‣ Meritless Complaint Does not Result in RDNH (samet .com *with commentary) ‣ Is the Descriptive …
ICA Member Exclusive – AMA with Braden Pollock!
All ICA members are invited to our next ICA Member Exclusive AMA with another domain-name industry legend, Braden Pollock. Braden is a long-time ICA supporter, a domain name investor, a frequent speaker and moderator of domain name shows, an angel investor, and an entrepreneur! You can learn more about Braden on his website, Legal Brand Marketing. Join us on July 6th at 1 PM …
Does a Dominant User Mean a Non-exclusive Domain Name is Off-limits? ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.25
Welcome to this week’s newsletter summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Strong Dissenting Opinion by Panelist Neuman (victron .com) ‣ Issaquah FC v Issaquah SC (issaquahfc .com) ‣ Does Previous UDRP History Make Any Difference? (sobold .com) ‣ Parties Collaborated for a Metaverse Art Project! (artmeta .io) ‣ Complaint Claims Exclusivity to Descriptive Words …
Reputation is Everything When it Comes to Proving Bad Faith – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.24
Welcome to this week’s digest summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with a joint commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel and Ankur Raheja, the Digest’s Editor-in-Chief on the FicoIndia.org case. Read about: ‣ Absence of Online Reputation and Plausible Good Faith Uses for Domain Name (DeltaLife .com) ‣ Evidence Required To Prove Reputation (dimsi .com) ‣ …
ICA Member Exclusive – AMA with Monte Cahn of RightOfTheDot and .HipHop!
All ICA members are invited to participate in an AMA with a domain industry legend, Monte Cahn! Monte has been a domain name industry fixture since the mid-90s, and he’s not slowing down! He has plenty to share, whether you want to hear about the early days of domaining or his current ventures. From SnapNames and Moniker to RightOfTheDot and …
The 500th Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Case! – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.23
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest, summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with two commentaries from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. This week, a special case summary and comment focus on the 500th RDNH in the YouSwitch.biz case. Read About: ‣ The 500th Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Case! Complainant Goes After Legitimate Domain Used for 15 Years; …