.XXX registrations can lead to violations.
There have been 19 UDRP cases decided against registrants of .XXX domains, so far, according to the adult industry news site, XBiz.
Thirteen of those were decided for the complainants, with an equal number of domains ordered returned.
The list includes the following cases:
- 20th Century Fox filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum over the domain name FoxStudios.xxx. Last month, 20th Century dropped the complaint.
- Sterling Jewelers submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over KayJewelers.xxx. Arbitrators awarded the site to the jewelry retailer.
- Valero Energy filed a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over Valero.xxx. The case ended up “terminated” without a tranfer, but a Whois record shows the domain was transferred March 7 to the oil giant. Valero.xxx originally was registered on Dec. 6 to J Leegsma of the Netherlands.
- Finans Bank filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over FinansBank.xxx.
- Denizbank A.S. submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over DenizBank.xxx.
- Borçelik Çelik Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over Borcelik.xxx.
- Borusan Holding Anonim Sirketi filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over BorusanHolding.xxx domain. Borusan of Turkey was awarded the BorusanHolding.xxx domain from Mahmut Erdogan, who did not respond to the complaint.
- Richard Branson filed with National Arbitration Forum over the domain name RichardBranson.xxx. Branson won his case.
- VIPINDIRIM filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center over Markafoni.xxx.
- HEB Grocery Co. filed and won with its case over HEB.xxx through the National Arbitration Forum.
For the full list, visit XBiz.com
