Tag: rdnh
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Complaint granted in 10 domain names, awarded RDNH in 1
The results of domain names can be often unpredictable. Sometimes you think that this party’s case seems stronger, however the decision comes exactly opposite to that. But seldom do the rulings come as mixed as in our today’s story. Today’s story involves multiple domain names with the same Second-level domain name as ‘IdahomeRealty’. The Complainant…
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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on ElectroSoft.com
Electrosoft Services, Inc. is an IT and professional services firm specializing in cybersecurity. The company has been around for more than 20 years with its beginnings in 2001. The company operates through the domain name Electrosoft-Inc.com. The company had filed a complaint against the owners of domain name ElectroSoft.com. The company claimed that it had…
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Domain Story: RegalGames.com
The domain name RegalGames.com was at the center of a dispute between a toy and games company and a private individual. The Complainant was Regal Games LLC while the Respondent was Wolfgang Sauer. The Complainant has the trademark rights over the term ‘Regal Games’. The Complainant argues that the Respondents domain name is confusingly similar…
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Maharishi lost this domain name to RDNH
As of 01/07/2021 Legal battles are often unpredictable. How much you may hunch on a side, you can never be so sure. But it can surely be termed peculiar when even the ‘Maharishi’ lose. Such has been the case with US based The Maharishi Foundation, as reported by ArchyWorldys. The Maharishi Foundation owns the brand…
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Panel decides RDNH while the registrant didn’t even respond
How often have you heard a UDRP panel deciding against the complainant even when the respondent didn’t even appear. Now on top of that add that not only the respondent won, but the panel also decided that the complainant was Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). This is what happened with the domain AdviceGroup.com. Advice Group…
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How ICANN can easily prevent RDNH
RDNH or Reverse Domain Name Hijacking when the owner of a trademark tries to secure a domain name by claiming a “cybersquatting” case against the owner of the domain. This usually happens when the owner of the domain is a smaller firm or an individual. Paragraph 15(e) of the UDRP Rules defines reverse domain name…
