The domain Dialoga.com was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO, by Dialoga Servicios Interactivos, S.A. of Bilbao, Spain. The Respondent was represented by IP attorney, Zak Muscovitch, of Muscovitch Law. Originally registered in 1998, the domai...
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February 15, 2019 DomainGang
Dialoga.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Zak Muscovitch
The UDRP decision in a case for the domain MountainMotorsports.com shows how difficult it is to stage a complaint based on a common law trademark. A three member panel at the WIPO ordered the domain to remain with the Respondent. The Respondent’s...
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February 14, 2019 DomainGang
common law marks, Domain Law, esqwire, MountainMotorsports.com
Trademark owners have splashed out over $360 million on UDRP cases over the 20 years the policy has been active, according to an intellectual property trade group. Marques, a European body representing trademark owners, reckons $360 million is a “...
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February 13, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Com Laude, Domain Policy, marques, pdp, rpm wg, rpms
A UDRP decision for the domain ClearBank.co followed the steps of the one before it, for ClearBank.com. It seems that the Complainant, ClearBank Limited of London, United Kingdom, filed the two UDRP cases simultaneously – in October 2018. The fir...
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February 8, 2019 DomainGang
clearbank, ClearBank.co, Domain Law
A keynote speaker and business coach filed a UDRP after failing to buy a domain name. It appears he got bad advice. Darryl Davis Seminars, Inc has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name PowerAgent.con. A domain investor owns the domain name. A World Intellectual Property panel determined […]
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February 8, 2019 Andrew Allemann
darryl davis seminars, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The domain name Tenica.com was registered in 2002, making it 17 years old today. Its registrant was presented with a UDRP case at the WIPO, as Tenica and Associates LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, asserted rights to the TENICA mark. The company operates fr...
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January 31, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Tenica, Tenica.com
The UDRP case filed against the domain GreenRoads.com was decided upon by 3 panelists at the WIPO. The 2005 domain registration was challenged by Green Roads of Florida LLC that asserted rights to a 2017 mark for GREEN ROADS. The Respondent was represe...
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January 30, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Greenroads, GreenRoads.com
What happens when two companies, from two different countries, decide to use the same brand and domain name? In the case of MyCarflex.com, the domain’s registration in 2017 by French company Carflex, was done years after a Mexican company registe...
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January 28, 2019 DomainGang
carflex, Domain Law, mycarflex.com
A Hispanic family member won the UDRP against their domain, FamiliaTorres.com, after a trademark holder asserted rights to the TORRES mark. Registered in 2002, the domain’s birthday clearly predates the registration of the Complainant’s mar...
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January 24, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Familia Torres, FamiliaTorres.com
The Hong Kong based registrant of the domain Ceate.com was taken through the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Indian Complainant, CEAT Limited of Mumbai, India, asserted that their mark for CEAT is famous. The panel delivered a finding favoring the Respon...
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January 23, 2019 DomainGang
CEAT, ceate.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking