The domain name Halifax.com has been hit with a UDRP, filed at the WIPO by the Bank of Scotland Plc.
One would expect that a geo-domain about the city of Halifax, in the Nova Scotia of Canada, would be immune from such an attempt to wrestle away a 20 year old domain.
Halifax images in Google search.
Registered in 1995, Halifax.com is not the only domain listed in the UDRP, which is currently in pending mode. HalifaxCarFinance.com and HalifaxLiving.org are also includednin the filing; they both forward to Halifax.com.
The Bank of Scotland Plc. owns the HALIFAX mark for banking services, and operates from Halifax.co.uk; in fact, when searching for Halifax in Google, the Bank’s web site comes up as the top result.
Halifax.com has been listed on and off for sale, or was parked with a prompt to inquire about its availability. In August of this year, it appeared to have been developed, stating the following:
“Halifax.com is the OFFICIAL business directory, city directory, real estate listing service, classified ad source, event finder, and deal finder for Halifax, Nova Scotia!”
However, in September 2015 the domain appears to have changed ownership, from a Canada based address to one in the UK.
In recent days, a UDRP was filed against the domain name, Milano.com, raising concerns about the far-reaching incentives of Complainants against generic, geographical domain names.
