One of the latest published decisions from WIPO covers a film currently showing at the US box office - Spiderwick Chronicles.The domain in question is spiderwickmovie.comYou can read the decision hereInterestingly enough the registrant not only responded but agreed to transferring the domain but not to infringing IP per se:4. Parties' ContentionsA. ComplainantComplainant … [Read more...] about Spiderwick WIPO
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Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
I've spoken about cybersquatting in the IE namespace in the past.One of the domains that had been nabbed by EUBrowser was bebo.ie. While it's still pointing to their feeble attempt at explaining their connection to the name the whois has been updated: whois bebo.ie% Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html% Do not remove this … [Read more...] about Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
Sony Wins UDRP
The only UDRP decision that caught my attention this morning concerned Sony.The domain in question was sonyericsson.tv It's not a particularly exciting decision, as the domain is a clear trademark squat.You can read the full decision here … [Read more...] about Sony Wins UDRP
Facebook Wins WIPO Decision
Facebook, the social networking site that is "flavour de jour", has won a WIPO UDRP case.The decision isn't that exciting, as the registrant did not respond. The domain face-book.com is currently parked, but will probably move in the next few days/ weeks. … [Read more...] about Facebook Wins WIPO Decision
Trademark Infringement Is Due To Negligence
What do Bebo and Adidas have in common?At first glance, probably very little, however they've both fallen prey to an Irish based domain squatting operation based in Dublin's Digital Hub.Gabor Varga seems to think that he is a legitimate businessman, whereas trademark holders and their legal teams would probably have a very different view of his activities. In fact, if the WIPO … [Read more...] about Trademark Infringement Is Due To Negligence
The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues
One of the sessions I attended at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon earlier this year centred on whois. It became abundantly clear to me that the various stakeholders had very different views and objectives on how to treat and publish registrant data.I wouldn't care to get into the finer points of the arguments, as the parties involved have done so time and again without reaching an … [Read more...] about The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues
Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting
Today's Irish edition of the Sunday Times has an article on the cybersquatters referred to commonly as "EUBrowser" entitled "Cybersquat Firm Lurks in Digital Hub". I've mentioned them in the past, as they lost several WIPO cases including adidas.ie, buy-sell.ie and a couple of Google squats (googl.ie and googel.ie) that were settled before WIPO had a chance to publish a … [Read more...] about Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting
ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting
ICANN has announced that it is seeking input and feedback on the topic of domain tasting. (See their announcement for full details) Interestingly enough Michael Gilmour published an article a couple of days ago covering the same topic - "Why domain tasting is great!", which will probably raise a few hackles! One point that in particular caught my eye: Domains that are … [Read more...] about ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting
DrunkenHobbit.com WIPO Decision
The WIPO decision in the case of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises v. ECWD, Inc. caught my eye as I am a Tolkien fan. It's an interesting decision on some levels, but is also quite disturbing on others. The registrant has posted a reply of sorts on the site (which hasn't transferred / moved as yet) which raises a couple of interesting points: DRUNKEN … [Read more...] about DrunkenHobbit.com WIPO Decision
Kelkoo.ie – Trademark Infringement
A surefire way of losing a domain name is when you register one which you have zero entitlement to. It's one thing when the domain name in question is madeup of words or is an expression of some kind, but when it is a peculiar word it's very hard to defend that position. Take the example of skype.co.uk. While most of the WIPO decisions regarding IE domains have involved a … [Read more...] about Kelkoo.ie – Trademark Infringement