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The domain greateraustinrealty.com was challenged via a UDRP at the WIPO, and it all came down to valuating a weak trademark, versus the Respondent’s business alias (DBA.) “Greater Austin Realty” is a trademark held by the Complainant in this case, Real Estate Edge, LLC of Cedar Park, Texas. According to the UDRP: The Complainant is […]
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Company wants to drop the ‘e’ from its domain name. A glassware and apparel company that goes by the name Grandstand has filed a UDRP against GrandStand.com, a common word domain name that was registered in 1995. Based on DomainTools historical whois records, the current registrant has owned the domain name since at least 2001, […]
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IP attorney, John Berryhill, squashed the dreams of yet another aggressor; the UDRP against Adventum.com, a 1999 domain registration, failed at the WIPO. The Complainant is Adventum Real Estate, S.L. of Madrid, Spain, represented by Lerroux, Spain. The Complainant owns a Spanish trade mark registration for ADVENTUM under number M-3011914 which was filed on December […]
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The most abominable, four letter word you cannot say on the Internet, or the domainer community, does not start with an “F.” “UDRP” speaks volumes in the domain name industry, and it stands for Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy. A UDRP is the process by which a trademark holder petitions ICANN, the international governing body of […]
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The domain name MarketSquare.com was registered in 1995, making it 22 years old today. And yet, a company challenged its ownership, by filing a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant MarketSquare, Inc. DBA MarketSquare registered the MARKETSQUARE mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2017. The Respondent’s internal counsel surely had […]
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Domain owner used the domain for a business. Apparel company Aether, LLC has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Aether.com. The company that owns Aether.com used to offer a product at the domain name. The product is no longer offered and the domain […]
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If only all UDRP decisions were as clean cut as that about Cashplus.com. The 2009 domain registration was challenged at the National Arbitration Forum, by Advanced Payment Solutions Limited. The British company, claimed that its 2010 trademark for CASHPLUS along with the alleged “non use” of the domain by the Respondent, should grant them ownership […]
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“Any reasonable investigation would have revealed that this was a Complaint that could not have succeeded,” panelist says. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Playtech Software Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain Playtechla.com. Playtech uses the domain name Playtech.com. The company filed a cybersquatting complaint under UDRP […]
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Chambong.com became the focus of an incredulous UDRP by the .CO operators; the domain was registered in 2005, according to DomainTools. Randy A. Leslein of Seattle, Washington, filed a UDRP at the WIPO, alleging that the Chambong.com owners infringed on their trademark. Only problem is, the CHAMBONG mark was registered in 2015, a full 10 […]
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The IDN domain spłunk.com has been used to spread malware and perform phishing attacks, riding on the coat-tails of the real Splunk brand. Splunk Inc. of San Francisco, filed a UDRP to take over the domain, which translates as xn--spunk-l7a.com in ASCII. The decision: Transfer the domain. Details follow: Splunk Inc. v. Super Privacy Service […]
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