This year, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) turns 20. Following adoption by ICANN, the UDRP was launched on December 1st, 1999, and the first case determined under it by WIPO was World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc v. ...
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June 19, 2019 DomainGang
first UDRP
Germans love dashed domains, and the UDRP for Red-Dot.com confirms that. The Complainant is Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, that operates from the matching .ORG. They also operate the .DE, with a dash. The Respondent is the owner of a company, Mini...
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June 13, 2019 DomainGang
dashed domains, Domain Law
Man files cybersquatting complaint in an effort to revive Lingua Franca brand. The Chronicle of Higher Education, a publication covering academia, has successfully defended the domain name LinguaFranca.com in cybersquatting dispute. Lingua Franca was a competitor that went bankrupt. In 2002, The Chronicle for Higher Education acquired rights to Lingua Franca and its trademark through […]
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June 11, 2019 Andrew Allemann
Policy & Law, world intellectual property organization
A few months ago we took note of how active Philip Morris has been at the WIPO and NAF, filing UDRP cases against domains infringing on the company’s super valuable trademarks. The tobacco and smokeless products company has invested hundreds of m...
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June 10, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, HEET domains, HEET UDRP, iqos, IQOS domains, IQOS UDRP, iqos.com, philip morris, smokeless tobacco domains
The UDRP against the domain name CustomSkateboard.com failed to succeed. Due to the generic nature of the domain, and the lack of a registered trademark by the Complainant, the WIPO panelist ruled in favor of the Respondent. The Complainant, Mimic Skat...
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June 6, 2019 DomainGang
CustomSkateboard.com, Domain Law
The registrant of the domain BuffaloMarathon.com won the UDRP, because in 2000 that he registered it there was no related trademark. That was the decision made on a UDRP case, filed by the Buffalo-Erie Marathon Association, Inc. They operate the Buffal...
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May 28, 2019 DomainGang
Buffalo maratho, BuffaloMarathon.com, Domain Law
The UDRP for the domain Titoni.com was filed by its former registrant, Titoni AG of Grenchen, Switzerland that let it lapse. By not renewing the domain, the Complainant allowed a third party – the Respondent – to snap it up last December. T...
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May 28, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, esqwire, titoni.com
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has filed a UDRP against the premium, aged domain name, ABC.net. Registered in 1995, ABC.net has been in the possession of a Canadian domain investor, Beautiful Domains. There is no track record of a sale for the...
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May 25, 2019 DomainGang
ABC.net, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Domain Law
The domain CarCam.com does not infringe on a mark – that’s the consensus of the WIPO panel that decided on this UDRP case. The Complainant, Limited Liability Company AV 808 of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, owns the International Trade...
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May 20, 2019 DomainGang
CarCam.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The UDRP against the domain Paches.com delivered a finding favoring the Respondent, who registered the domain 19 years ago. Paches is a dish from Guatemala, as numerous results show on Google. The WIPO panelist maintained that despite identifying sever...
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May 20, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Paches.com