Welcome to this week’s newsletter summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week for you, with commentaries on wex.com and lifefenefits.com from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel! Read About: ‣ The Importance of Trademark Chronology (wex .com *with commentary) ‣ The English Language is Shared by all Man-kind (man .energy) ‣ The Vocabulary of the English Language is Common …
Decisions Issued by Panelists Nahitchevansky, Reed, Alexiev, Hill, and Köklü! – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.7
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.7), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Surname is Fair Game for Investment. A Few Bad PPC Links Does Not Sufficiently Prove Bad Faith (Mikels .com) ‣ Online Pharmacy Doesn’t Pass OKI Data Test (ProAirInhalerr .com) ‣ Secondary Market Seller Prevails When Complainant Fails to Prove Unregistered Rights …
PhantomFireworksScams. com, Blacksbaud. com, AltinClubCasino. com and other Interesting UDRP Decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.6
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.6), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Fireworks Erupt Between Two Competitors (PhantomFireworksScams .com) ‣ Domain Name Resembling Distinctive Mark Carries a Risk of Implied Affiliation (blacksbaud .com) ‣ The Respondent Gets a House Edge, as Complainant Fails to Produce Additional Evidence (AltinClubCasino .com) ‣ Respondent Fails to …
Bybt.com, MaryWashingtonHealth.com, Luma.com and more interesting decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.3
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.3), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Complainant’s Plan B and Attempt to Mislead, Results in RDNH Decision (bybt .com) ‣ Common Law Rights Upheld, with Use Since 1899 (marywashingtonhealth .com and more) ‣ Unbroken Chain of Title Since 1995 Defeats 2018 Trademark Registration (luma .com) ‣ …
SimplePlan.com, BabyShark.com, SoccerStore.cc and other interesting UDRP decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.2
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.2), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ A Simple UDRP Plan Results in RDNH (simpleplan .com) ‣ In Absence of Response, “Ordinary Expression” Baby Shark Domain Goes to “Well-Known” Korean Entertainment Company (babyshark .com) ‣ OLYMPIC STORE is Not Confusingly Similar to “SOCCER STORE”, Regardless of Selling …
Responsible and Prudent UDRP Panels Decline to Draw Conclusions in the Absence of Clear and Sufficient Evidence
In the recent case concerning Chatroulette.org , the Panel demonstrated the responsible and prudent approach in evaluating evidence in the UDRP. The Panel stated as follows: “The Panel takes the view that the Respondent’s denial of knowledge of the existence of the Complainant and his trade mark at that date is credible enough to require more from the Complainant to …