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.
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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.
Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
Image via Wikipedia One of the more recent WIPO decisions caught my eye as it was for the domain ianfleming.com Ian Fleming was, of course, the creator of James Bond and wrote all 14 novels, as well as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This year happens to mark the centenary of his birth, which may or… Continue reading Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
Craiglist.fr WIPO Decision
The WIPO UDRP decision regarding craiglist.fr does not hold many surprises. What is semi-interesting is that the decision gives an overview of craiglist.org, which has been in operation since 1997. Needless to say the panelist decided in favour of the trademark holder and ordered the transfer of craiglist.fr
TaxAssist.ie UDRP WIPO Decisions
The latest IE dispute decision has been published by WIPO and concerns the domain taxassist.ie The complainant holds several trademarks and other prior rights in the name, but the panel did make it very clear that any of the pending trademark applications and other rights that were established by the complainant after the registration were… Continue reading TaxAssist.ie UDRP WIPO Decisions
Narnia.mobi – WIPO Decision Doesn’t Hold Any Surprises
Image via Wikipedia Irish and international media’s interest was sparked in recent months by the dispute over the domain narnia.mobi Now unless you’ve been living in a very dark cave far away from the rest of civilised society for the last fifty years, then you’d know that Narnia is the literary invention of CS Lewis.… Continue reading Narnia.mobi – WIPO Decision Doesn’t Hold Any Surprises
Probably The Shortest WIPO Decision In The World
Image via Wikipedia You’ll have to excuse my feeble attempt at a pun! The WIPO UDRP decision involving carlsberg.tv is incredibly short and does not contain any surprises. Carlsberg is an internationally recognised brand – its the 5th largest brewing company in the world! Carlsberg have a very well established usage and have taken steps… Continue reading Probably The Shortest WIPO Decision In The World
WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations
Image via Wikipedia I keep a close eye on the WIPO UDRP decisions, as sometimes they can be very interesting. In most cases decisions are either upheld or denied and when they are upheld the normal followup would be for the domain in question to be transferred to the IP holder. However WIPO’s latest set… Continue reading WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations
More Hobbit WIPO Decisions
Remember the drunkenhobbit.com decision?Well there’s a new one today covering hobbits.com and hobbitts.com If you’re going to grab a Tolkien related domain choose something truly generic. It will save you a lot of headaches 🙂 Trying to argue that the term “hobbit” is NOT an invention of Tolkien’s didn’t work in the past, so how… Continue reading More Hobbit WIPO Decisions