The man who knew too much – and the WIPO panelist who knew too little.
UDRP decisions at the WIPO are often repetitive: certain parts of the text can be copied and pasted from one decision to the next.
While this practice saves time, it can also lead to the creation of a pattern consistent with a particular panelist’s decisions.
One such case about WIPO panelist, Mr. Legler, was brought to our attention by a popular and rather eagle-eyed intellectual property attorney, who shall remain anonymous. 😀
In particular, Mr. Legler appears to be fond of the phrase “Little is known about” and he repeats it in at least three decisions at the WIPO, as seen below:
- “Little is known about the Respondent.” – WIPO case about Montcler.com
- “Little is known about the Respondent, Name Administration Inc. (BVI).” – WIPO case about Spielwarenmesse.com
- “Little is known about the Applicant XYZ.com LLC.” – gTLD application of .NOW
It’s our assumption that the phrase served its purpose at some WIPO decision, before becoming part of the copy/paste “template” used in other UDRP cases.
After all, who can claim they know “too little” about Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc.! 😀
This post is 100% true!
LOL I wonder who the eagle-eyed attorney is, little is known about him/her 😀
Kate – I can’t confirm nor deny that he is eagle-eyed, yet bespectacled 😀
Little is known about who writes these blog posts.