The Challenge of Applying the Passive Holding Doctrine in the Absence of a Response, by Nat Cohen Nat Cohen is an accomplished domain name investor, UDRP expert, proprietor of UDRP.tools and RDNH.com, and a long-time Director of the ICA. While most disputes are undefended, that usually poses little problem for a Panel as the Disputed Domain Name is often …
Ultra Premium Two-Letter .COM Recovered in Theft Case – vol. 3.35
Ultra Premium Two-Letter .COM Recovered in Theft Case Two-letter .com domain names like PV .com are extraordinarily valuable and sought after. They are the ultra-luxury real estate of the domain name space. Think, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the Peak in Hong Kong, and Belgravia in London. Just last week, the ultra-premium domain name, VT.com sold for USD $2.5 million. …
Registration Opens for ICA’s Annual Member Meeting in Las Vegas!
We are thrilled to announce that tickets for our highly anticipated ICA Member Meeting go on sale today! The meeting is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2023. To make this experience even more enriching, we have also planned additional activities around these official meeting dates on the 17th and 20th! Join us for this one-of-a-kind event, learn, reconnect with friends, …
How Would You Decide the Screencast .ai Dispute? – vol. 3.34
How Would You Decide the Screencast .ai dispute? In the dispute over the screencast .ai domain name, the legally represented Respondent claims that the term “screencast” has become genericized over the 15 years that have passed since it was first registered as a trademark. The Complainant asserts that it is still a valid trademark and that by offering screencast .ai …
Does the Policy Deal with a Business Dispute Between the Parties? – vol 3.33
Does the Policy Deal with a Business Dispute Between the Parties? Although the UDRP is not intended to address “business disputes” per se, it is not uncommon for employers to bring Complaints against former employees who are alleged to have “absconded” with the employer’s domain name which was registered in the name of the employee… (for full commentary by Zak …
What is the WIPO Overview’s Approach to “Confusingly Similar”? – Vol. 3.32
How is fuck3cx .com confusingly similar to 3CX? The UDRP only applies where: (i) your domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; The confusingly similar test is related to the legal concept of “likelihood of confusion… Note: We will be taking next week off so there won’t be …
Cybersquatting on the .CO is Not So Smart – Vol. 3.31
Smartney .co: Did the Respondent target Smartney .com, when he registered Smartney .CO? We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest (Vol. 3.31), as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch and Editor, Ankur Raheja. (We invite guest commenters to contact us.) ‣ Cybersquatting on the .CO is Not So Smart (smartney …
Undefended AKU .COM Transferred Despite No Evidence of Targeting – Vol. 3.30
Undefended AKU .COM Transferred Despite No Evidence of Targeting This inactive high-value domain name is capable of a multitude of non-infringing uses and was never used to target the Complainant. How did it end up transferred? We hope you will enjoy this edition of the Digest (Vol. 3.30), as we review these noteworthy recent decisions, with commentary from our Director, …
Complainant’s Speculative Case Goes South – Vol. 3.29
Today in UDRP History On July 18, 2002, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued a decision in Black v. Molson, overturning NAF Panelist Robert Merhige’s Order transferring “Canadian .biz” to Molson. Panelist Merhige had inter alia found that since the recorded registrant, “%2d%2d”, didn’t exist – despite it being an apparent URL encoding glitch – that neither “it” nor …
ICA Issues Objection to Indian Domain Name Authority’s Plan to Prohibit Domain Investing
Today, the ICA sent a letter to the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) in response to NIXI’s request for feedback on draft amendments to the terms and conditions for registrants as proposed on their website. In its letter, the ICA urges NIXI, in the strongest possible terms, to immediately reconsider this proposed ill-advised course of action which threatens the …