While the number of WIPO UDRP cases involving IE domains is not that big, there are still more than enough to show that trademark holders should pay attention to the IE namespace. The most recent decision involved the domain “fatboy.ie”. If you are familiar with them Fatboys are a sort of beanbag. (You can find… Continue reading Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
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Blackberry WIPO Case
Image via CrunchBase 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: The Blackberry Storm The Blackberry Application Store Both developments were seen as RIM’s attempt to regain market share against Apple… Continue reading Blackberry WIPO Case
Dublin.tel Grabbed By Lantec
During the sunrise period for .eu domains there was quite a bit of controversy, as a number of high profile names were grabbed by companies that had no legitimate right to them. One of the domains that caught my attention at the time was dublin.eu (see Irish Times article). So what about the .tel sunrise?… Continue reading Dublin.tel Grabbed By Lantec
WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
WIPO, which manages domain disputes on behalf of the gTLDs and a lot of the ccTLDs, has put forward a proposal to ICANN for a paperless UDRP process. In a very interesting and insightful article on CircleID George Kirikos looks at the implications of such a process. If you have an interest in domains then… Continue reading WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
Enom and Netsol Win WIPO Case
Enom and Network Solutions won a WIPO case involving the domain “nameje.com”. The domain is a very close typo to “namejet.com”, which eNom and others use for an aftermarket service. Full details of the case may be found on the WIPO site
Ticketmaster Typo UDRP Decision
Ticketmaster have won a WIPO UDRP over a fairly obvious typo of their name:tiicketmaster.com The decision isn’t that interesting as the case wasn’t contested by the registrant and the breach of trademark was so obvious. You can read about it on the WIPO site here
Nokia WIPO Decisions
Image via Wikipedia Nokia have won a WIPO decision over two domains that are fairly obvious trademark infringements:nokiachat.comnokiachat.net You can read the full decision here While the decision isn’t particularly interesting, there are a couple of minor points that are of interest. While the registrant did not lodge a formal response they did reply via… Continue reading Nokia WIPO Decisions
Christian Dior WIPO Decision
Just going through the latest WIPO decisions I see there’s one regarding christian-dior.es. While there have been other WIPO cases involving .es domains I thought this one was vaguely interesting, as it involved a high profile brand name. Needless to say Christian Dior won and the registrant did not reply.
Breitling SA, Breitling USA Inc. v. Acme Mail
Image via Wikipedia Good quality watches are not cheap and the companies that make them have a constant battle against fraudsters of all kinds. People typo squatting their name obviously doesn’t help. Breitling is a very well known brand of watch. They own breitling.com. Someone else owns bretling.com. Notice the difference? There’s only one letter… Continue reading Breitling SA, Breitling USA Inc. v. Acme Mail
BS.com WIPO Decision
Image via Wikipedia Two letter domains are quite rare (obviously!) so a couple of WIPO cases surrounding them is only to be expected. The decision is quite interesting, as it shows that trademark holders do not always get their own way.