Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.1), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Complainant’s Serious and Material Misrepresentations Leads to RDNH (libertas .org) ‣ Generic Domain Names are Available on First-Come-First-Basis (luxuryauction .com and luxuryauctions .com) ‣ Complaint Doomed to Fail and Results in RDNH Despite No Response (securus .com) ‣ Use in …
Zak Muscovitch joins CIIDRC’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panel
The ICA extends its congratulations to CIIDRC on its appointment of Zak Muscovitch to its roster of panelists deciding disputes under ICANN’s UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) and under CIRA’s .ca CDRP (Canadian Dispute Resolution Policy). Zak is one of the foremost experts in the field of domain name law. CIIDRC is fortunate to have the benefit of …
Caribou.com, Lumos.com, PerfectRecall.com and more interesting domain names cases! ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 1.18
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.18), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ A Respondent in a Different Jurisdiction Cannot Be Expected to Have a Constructive Notice of Trademark (caribou .com) ‣ A Term Can Be “Generic and Common” Despite not Appearing in an English Dictionary (lumos .com) ‣ Competitor Who Tries to …
NextBite.com, VogueTravels.com, TER.com and more interesting decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 1.17
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.17), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Wild, Unsubstantiated Allegations of Fraud Lead to RDNH Ruling (nextbite .com) ‣ Legitimate Interests Upheld, Complainant Free to Challenge in the Court of Law (voguetravels .com) ‣ Subsequent Use Cannot Displace the Finding as to Initial Good Faith Registration (ter …
Hard-Hitting RDNH Findings and More – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 1.16
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.16), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Panelist Neuman Makes Extensive RDNH Finding Against Complainant Who Waited 20 Years and Failed to Prove Even Common Law Rights (electrosoft .com) ‣ Panelist Nahitchevansky Finds RDNH on First Domain, Transfers the Other Ten to Complainant (idahomerealty .com and more) …
What is the Scope of the UDRP? Read this Week’s Cases! ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 1.15
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.15), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Evidence of Good Faith Registration Outweighs Evidence of Limited Bad Faith Use (tips .com) ‣ Bilingual Panelist Accepts Complaint in English and Response in Chinese (klarnapay .com.cn and others) ‣ Trademark Issue of “natural Zone of Expansion” Beyond Scope of …
RDNH, Impersonation, a Hijacked Domain and more! – ICA UDRP Digest – Volume 1.12
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.12), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Complainant Wrongly Claimed Continuous Right, Over Cancelled Trademarks (carefix .com) ‣ Spanish Company Impersonates Famous Bank and This Happens (ing .capital) ‣ Similar Domain Names in Respondent’s Portfolio Show Legitimate Interest (impactifs .com) ‣ UDRP Doesn’t Help Recover Alleged Stolen …
Six New UDRP Cases You Won’t Want to Miss – ICA UDRP Digest – Volume 1.11
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.11), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Fair Criticism against Florida’s Power & Light Company Upheld (fplratenotice .com) ‣ SAAS Company Redacts Competitors’ Domain Name (redactable .com) ‣ Dismissed in English (shalex .com) ‣ Three Panelists, Three Decisions (m31 .capital) ‣ Late Supplement Filing by Complainant Admitted, …
ICANN 72 Updates and New Appointments
The entirely virtual ICANN 72 wrapped up today. Our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch took part in the meeting, which in part focussed on the ongoing discussions and debate of what constitutes DNS abuse and ICANN’s “inaction” on implementing policy recommendations. The next ICANN meeting will likely be a hybrid meeting held in Puerto Rico in March of 2022. Very preliminary …
Two Swedish Companies Get Mixed Bag Results, Reduction of Information, and more! ICA UDRP Digest – Volume 1.10
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 1.10), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ US Financial Broker Attempts to Take Advantage of Pre-IPO News of a Swedish Company (klarnapreipo .com) ‣ Swedish Complainant Could Not Protect its’ (Nordic) Nest (shopnordicnest .com) ‣ Respondent’s Identity Redacted in Exceptional Circumstances (securian .contact) ‣ Cannot Monopolize a …