Carmans.com.au saved from UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

Imagine using a brand since 1988, a domain since 1998 and being told to hand it over. The Registrant of Carmans.com.au was served with a UDRP at the WIPO by Carman’s Fine Foods Pty Ltd. of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. The Respondent, Ross Wayne Carman, is a resident of Australia as well, hence the apparent friction. According […]

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Vodex.com : 1999 domain UDRP results in RDNH finding

Imagine registering a domain in 1999 and being challenged about its ownership almost 17 years later. That’s exactly what happened to the owner of Vodex.com, who led his company to a series of successful acquisitions by tech industry giants. According to a UDRP filed at the WIPO, the Respondent used Vodex used for a voice […]

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NewForests.com : Geo domain used in marketing salvaged from UDRP

Executive summary: The UDRP against the aged, generic domain, NewForests.com was denied, with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking as well. A three member panel at the WIPO delivered their decision, after hearing out the Complainant’s claims. New Forests Asset Management Pty Limited of North Sydney, Australia, asserted they held a trademark on ‘NEW […]

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BrooklynBeer.com UDRP : Domain saved but no Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

In recent weeks, the Brooklyn Brewery Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, launched a barrage of UDRP filings against several domain holders. The UDRP cases for BrooklynLager.com, BrooklynPilsner.com and BrooklynBeers.com were terminated without further info, presumably after being settled. BrooklynBrew.com is still pending a decision, and both BrooklynAle.com and BrooklynBrews.com were ordered to be transferred to […]

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Mikro.com saved from UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

In an all-Turkish legal domain battle, the generic domain Mikro.com has been salvaged from a UDRP filed at the WIPO. Between 2005 to 2010, the two Turkish companies established a business relationship, and the domain Mikro.com was used, along with the Turkish ccTLD Mikro.com.tr. The decision by a three member panel not only found that […]

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ESQwire : Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling for client and iPayments.com

The domain name iPayments.com was challenged in a UDRP filed on June 15, 2015. The Korean Respondent was represented by ESQwire.com, a domainer-friendly lawfirm. For a domain registered in 1997, the Complainant, iPayment, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, claimed exclusive rights to the “IPAYMENT” mark it asserted to hold since 2001. In an interesting twist […]

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Emazing respondent keeps domain with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding!

The owner of the domain Emazing.com, which was registered in 1997, beat down a Dutch company that filed a UDRP against it. Not only did the Respondent outline every hole in the claims brought forth by Emazing B.V. of Baarn, Netherlands and its corporate lawyers, he did so without any legal representation. The Dutch folk […]

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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding in ProgressiveSpecialty.com UDRP

Apparently, Progressive Specialty Glass Company, Inc. did not research its target well before filing a UDRP for the domain name ProgressiveSpecialty.com. For starters, the domain was registered in 1999, predating the Complainant’s registration of a similar mark in 2011 by a full 12 years. Secondly, the mark registration in question was not for “Progressive Specialty” […]

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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding for Neurones.com

A UDRP filed by a French company against the registrant of the domain Neurones.com, has resulted in a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The domain Neurones.com was registered in 1996 by a Moroccan entrepreneur who resides in Quebec, Canada; the term NEURONES was registered as an international mark in 2008 by Neuron SA of […]

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Gibson Brands found guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking in Epiphone Amps UDRP

Who says the big guys always win? A UDRP that was filed by Gibson Brands, Inc. against the Chinese registrants of the domain EpiphoneAmps.com, was denied. The musical instrument monolith uses the brand “Epiphone” since 1939 and operates Epiphone.com since 1995. The Respondent manufactures electronic amplifiers in China, where it has a trademark for Epiphone […]

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RealeGroup.com remains with Respondent; no RDNH finding – here’s why!

In UDRP cases, a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is considered the ultimate trophy. The RDNH finding is delivered when a UDRP case involving a domain is clean-cut about the Complainant’s collective activity; in other words, when the Complainant was aware of the case’s particulars being in favor of the Respondent, but they filed […]

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ESQwire: WIPO to provide emotional support to recipients of RDNH decisions

WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland; the Red Cross also has its offices a few blocks away. The close operation of the two organizations has inspired the formation of a humanitarian support group for those UDRP Complainants that faced the soul-scarring delivery of a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding. “UDRP […]

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