Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week including: ‣ Does the Name, AMADEUS, belong to a Travel Tech Company? (amadeus .co *with commentary) ‣ Right to Use the Generic Combination – Tampa Water Taxi? (tampawatertaxi .com *with commentary) ‣ Andre Ponthier of Ponthier S.A.S. against Shannon Ponthier of Ponthier Enterprises (ponthier .com) …
Complainant Attempted to “Deceive” Panel – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.30
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week on: ‣ Complainant Attempted to “Deceive” Panel (initiv .com *with commentary) ‣ Luke Guess Loses His Domain Name to Guess? (Guess-Work .com *with commentary) ‣ Complainant Wanders the Wrong Path (WanderList .com) ‣ Complainant Attempts a Wild Shot at an Unrelated Domain Name (MainTests .com) …
WIPO Panel: Complainant Should Have Bought the Domain Name – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.29
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 …
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) ‣ …
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; …