Lead Networks, an Indian based registrar, has been sent a “notice of breach” by ICANN. The letter goes into details of how the registrar has failed to meet its requirements under the RAA and also its obligations under the UDRP. Seemingly Lead Networks’ registrants have attracted no less than 61 separate UDRP proceedings and their… Continue reading Lead Networks In Breach of ICANN Rules
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IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns
Image via Wikipedia Remember the draft IRT report? Well they’ve published the final version after supposedly taking into consideration comments and feedback. However you’d be forgiven for thinking that their view on the feedback process was ever so slightly biased. Basically they seem to have taken on board any comments and feedback that supported their… Continue reading IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns
Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments
One of the WIPO decisions published today relates to gillette.ro. The registrant (respondent) didn’t make any submissions in their defence, so the decision could have been quite banal. However some of the panelist’s comments under the “Registered and Used in Bad Faith” section are quite interesting under: The Panel disagrees with the Complainant’s submission that… Continue reading Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments
IRT Draft Report Comments Phase 1 Closes Today
If you want your comments to be considered in the final IRT report then you need to get them in today. More details here and previously submitted comments here
New gTLD Comment Period Closes
ICANN has been holding a public comment period on the second draft of the new gTLD handbook. This period was due to close yesterday. Prior to yesterday afternoon there was a healthy number of comments, but in the past 24 hours a significant number of new comments have been submitted. The tone and content of… Continue reading New gTLD Comment Period Closes
Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
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
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