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Research In Motion (RIM) are best known as the makers of the Blackberry. In the run up to Christmas last year there was quite a bit of interest shown in two things:

  1. The Blackberry Storm
  2. The Blackberry Application Store

Both developments were seen as RIM’s attempt to regain market share against Apple and its iPhone and App store.

So it’s hardly surprising to see that people would have tried to capitalise on the news via domains, namely:
bestblackberryapplications.com
bestblackberryapps.com
bestblackberrystormapps.com
blackberryapplicationstore.com
blackberryappsstore.com
blackberrystormapplications.com
blackberrystormapplicationstore.com
newblackberryapps.com
newblackberrystormapps.com

All of the above domains were subject to a WIPO UDRP ruling (D2008-1932) in RIM’s favour.
The case isn’t that interesting, as the other party did not attempt to defend their position.

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Filed Under: trademark, udrp, wipo

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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  1. wannadevelop.com says

    RIM is very aggressive when it comes to protecting their IP… No joke!

    There is a company who gets it who wants to keep their brand clean… Kudos.

    BlackberryHelp.com was up for grabs over at SnapNames few weeks ago — I’m betting it will get UDRP’d within a few month’s time 🙂

    Best,

    Mike

    http://www.wannadevelop.com