Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.9), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Should a Fanciful Domain Name be Presumed Registered in Bad Faith? (kididoc .com *with commentary) ‣ Did Respondent Branding Agency Register Dictionary Word Domain Because of Complainant? (reassure .ie) ‣ Is Chagall a …
Panels address challenging issues – OOVO.com, MAADEN.com and others – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.8
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.8), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Is Restoring a Registration During Grace Period a New Registration? (oovo .com *with commentary) ‣ Is Strong Suspicion Enough to Order Transfer? The Panel Can’t Agree. (maaden .com *with commentary) ‣ Did Respondent’s …
Decisions Issued by Panelists Nahitchevansky, Reed, Alexiev, Hill, and Köklü! – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.7
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.7), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Surname is Fair Game for Investment. A Few Bad PPC Links Does Not Sufficiently Prove Bad Faith (Mikels .com) ‣ Online Pharmacy Doesn’t Pass OKI Data Test (ProAirInhalerr .com) ‣ Secondary Market Seller Prevails When Complainant Fails to Prove Unregistered Rights …
PhantomFireworksScams. com, Blacksbaud. com, AltinClubCasino. com and other Interesting UDRP Decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.6
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (2.6), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Fireworks Erupt Between Two Competitors (PhantomFireworksScams .com) ‣ Domain Name Resembling Distinctive Mark Carries a Risk of Implied Affiliation (blacksbaud .com) ‣ The Respondent Gets a House Edge, as Complainant Fails to Produce Additional Evidence (AltinClubCasino .com) ‣ Respondent Fails to …
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Loses UDRP and More! – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.5
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.5), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ ADNDRC: 22 Year Delay Results in Unanimous Loss for Hong Kong Stock Exchange (hkex .com, hkex .net and hkex .org) ‣ FORUM: Unrelated Third Party Usage of Combined Common Terms Defeats Relatively Small Trademark Owner (JointMax .com) ‣ CIIDRC CDRP: …
Were Complainants Targeted? Also, Two More RDNH! ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.4
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.4), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week, with commentary from Zak Muscovitch, ICA General Counsel. Read about: ‣ Parties to a UDRP Should be Careful with and Forthright in their Submissions (IndoorBillboard .com) ‣ Complainant Commenced Meritless UDRP Out of Frustration, Gets Hit with RDNH (byfy .com) ‣ PornHub Loses …
Bybt.com, MaryWashingtonHealth.com, Luma.com and more interesting decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.3
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.3), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ Complainant’s Plan B and Attempt to Mislead, Results in RDNH Decision (bybt .com) ‣ Common Law Rights Upheld, with Use Since 1899 (marywashingtonhealth .com and more) ‣ Unbroken Chain of Title Since 1995 Defeats 2018 Trademark Registration (luma .com) ‣ …
SimplePlan.com, BabyShark.com, SoccerStore.cc and other interesting UDRP decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.2
Welcome to this week’s UDRP Digest (vol. 2.2), summarizing the most intriguing cases of the past week. Read about: ‣ A Simple UDRP Plan Results in RDNH (simpleplan .com) ‣ In Absence of Response, “Ordinary Expression” Baby Shark Domain Goes to “Well-Known” Korean Entertainment Company (babyshark .com) ‣ OLYMPIC STORE is Not Confusingly Similar to “SOCCER STORE”, Regardless of Selling …
libertas.org, luxuryauction.com, securus.com and more interesting UDRP decisions – ICA UDRP Digest – Vol 2.1
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 …
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 …