We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: ‣ Panel: “Not Surprising” that Respondent Declined Complainant’s $24,000 Offer for Three-letter .com Domain Name (tox .com *plus comment) ‣ Respondent has “No Rights or Legitimate Interest”, but Complainant Found to have Engaged in RDNH …
Was this a Trademark and Copyright Dispute or Cybersquatting? – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.48
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch and special guest Igor Motsnyi. ‣ Was this a Trademark and Copyright Case or Cybersquatting? (mashabearcafe .com *plus guest comment) ‣ Australian ESCUBA Trademark Owner Dives for SCUBA Domain (scuba .net .au *plus comment) ‣ …
Respondent Warned Complainant before UDRP Filed, but Complainant Persisted – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.47
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: ‣ Respondent Warned Complainant before UDRP Filed, but Complainant Persisted (candycloud .com *plus comment) ‣ Panelist Uses Google Search to Corroborate Complainant’s Claims (stylage .com *plus comment) ‣ Greater Onus on Complainants in Cases Involving …
Panelist: ‘Respondent’s Asking Price is Relevant but not Determinative’ – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.46
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our Director, Nat Cohen and General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: ‣ Panelist: ‘Respondent’s Asking Price is Relevant but not Determinative’ (trx .com *plus comment) ‣ Complainant Brought UDRP despite Knowing about Respondent’s Trademarks and Different Business (buildarocket .com *plus comment) ‣ …
Respondent’s Infringing ‘Clover’ Domain Name for Payment Services Likely Targeted Complainant – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.45
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: ‣ Respondent’s Infringing ‘Clover’ Domain Name for Payment Services Likely Targeted Complainant (cloverskypay .com *plus comment) ‣ Complainant’s 2(f) Registration is an Indication that the Trademark Was Inherently Descriptive (sightandsoundfilms .com *plus comment) ‣ Respondent …
Respondent Fraudulently Impersonated Australian Company – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.44
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: ‣ Respondent Fraudulently Impersonated Australian Company (universalgiftcard .org) ‣ Complainant Obtains Domain Name from its Former Web Developer (baseballcoachtraining .com *plus comment) ‣ Complex Commercial Matter in Contrast to Cybersquatting (sterop .net) ‣ Cybersquatted Domain Name with Active MX Records Looms as a …
Major COCA-COLA Bottler and Counsel Found to Have Engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.43
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch: kof.com (with comment by Zak Muscovitch) projectpay.com (with comment by Zak Muscovitch) floridafamilyinsurance.com (with comment by Zak Muscovitch) habi.com (with comment by Zak Muscovitch) goin.com zerobouncerate.com (with comment by Zak Muscovitch) If you like the …
Co-Panelists: Private Research Undertaken by the Presiding Panelist Contaminated the Case ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.42
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions: ‣ Co-Panelists: Private Research Undertaken by the Presiding Panelist Contaminated the Case (fordirect.com *with commentary) ‣ Short Acronym Domain Name Can Be Registered for Many Reasons Other than the Complainant (dagi.com *with commentary) ‣ Policy Allows Complainant to Proceed against Various Domain Names …
Panel: ‘Registrant cannot be expected to have paid USD $45k for Cybersquatting’ – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.41
We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest, as we review these noteworthy recent decisions: ‣ Panel: ‘Registrant cannot be expected to have paid USD $45k for Cybersquatting’ (Emprendedores.com) ‣ Policy Contemplates Bad Faith at the time of Registration and Not Renewal (SambaTV.com) ‣ Does SpaceX have Exclusive Rights to use the StarLink Mark? (StarLinkMX.com) ‣ Panel Rejects …
Resale of Made-up Terms Permissible, Just Like Acronyms, Dictionary Words, and Common Phrases – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.40
Thank you for tuning in to this week’s digest (Vol 2.40)! In this issue, we review these noteworthy decisions: ‣ Resale of Made-up Terms Permissible, Just Like Acronyms, Dictionary Words, and Common Phrases (nobli .com *with commentary) ‣ Gibson Guitars Should Have Done a Google Search before Commencing Complaint (tobias .com) ‣ Registrant Name Corresponding to Domain Name Does Not …