Search results for: “domain disputes”
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Does having a unique name give rights over a corresponding domain name?
What happens when someone registers a domain name that is based on your name? The UDRP rules are not clear about what to do in such cases. However, one condition is perhaps looked upon and that is whether there is an operating business over that name.
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Complainant approaches panel for a domain name registered before its existence
Domain names have an inherent value associated with them. When this value generates interest for more than one party, domain disputes often occur. However, sometimes the disputes aren’t based on any solid argument. This results in cases where companies filed for UDRP over domain names that were registered even before their inception. As we would…
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US authorities’ stern attack on FIFA piracy domains
The fever of the FIFA World Cup 2022 reached its pinnacle this Sunday. However, the World Cup also came with certain problems. Several domain names were up and running, that were illegally streaming the match.
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When former partners wrestled for the domain GreenYourLab.org
Breakups are tough, both personally and professionally. Sometimes disputes over a domain name arise when both parties were earlier partners. My Green Lab, Corp is a non-profit organization aimed at sustainability. It operates on the domain name MyGreenLab.org. The organization owns the USPTO trademark for MY GREEN LAB, registered in December 2014. However, the domain…
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4 lettered domain name attracts RDNH
Short lettered domain names are always in demand. These short names can be used as sleek and funky company names or they can be used as an acronym for a long company name. Such domains are thus wanted by many, sometimes there can be competing wants and this clash of wants results in domain name…
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Panel sides with the domain investor in Voi.se
Short letter domain names are a rarity in the domain name industry. Most 2 and 3 letter .com domains have already been acquired. And whatever has been left, domain disputes are fought for them! WIPO arbitrated a case where two parties were contesting over the domain name Voi.se. The Complainant here is VOI Technology AB…
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WIPO’s judgement on Gun violence domain name
Usually domain disputes involve the commercial aspects of businesses. However, sometimes cases come across that have much more broader social implications as evident in this case study. WIPO was presented with a complicated domain dispute regarding the domain name MomsDemand.org. The Complainant here is an organisation that goes by the name Everytown for Gun Safety…
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To get the domain, man files complaint against McAfee
Stories about Domain Disputes are interesting as it gives us a list of dos and don’ts, while establishing our businesses. We can course correct our intuitions based upon the panel proceedings. However, there are numerous cases where the Complaint is filed arbitrarily and without anything substantial. Forum witnessed a peculiar case where an individual Complainant…
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A look into GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest
GigaLaw has launched its first quarterly report of Domain Dispute Digest of the year. The report talks about the current trends and the overall situation of Domain Name Disputes. Domain Disputes in the first quarter of 2022 witnessed a 20% increase as in comparison to the same quarter of the previous year. The figure is…
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Trademark preceded domain name registration, Complaint denied still
Usually in case of domain name disputes the first registrant, either of the domain name or of the trademark, gets the priority. However things get complicated when domain name was initially started before a related trademark registration, exchanged hands later and landed with the current owner, the one whose registration date succeeds to the trademark…
