Steve Levy ⬥ 11 June Gym chain Planet Fitness’ UDRP complaint against competitor Blast Fitness Group, filed with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over the domain name blastfitness.com, appeared to be a clear case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), but the case was not that simple. The Complainant used to actually own the BLAST […]
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Steve Levy ⬥ 11 June Gym chain Planet Fitness’ UDRP complaint against competitor Blast Fitness Group, filed with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over the domain name blastfitness.com, appeared to be a clear case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), but the case was not that simple. The Complainant used to actually own the BLAST
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FairWinds Partners — June 7, 2012 Yesterday, ICANN issued another announcement about the batching process for new gTLD applications. For the most part, it’s nothing we don’t already know (and haven’t already blogged about), but peppered throughout the announcement are some interesting new things to consider. For one, we know that applicants will log
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Steve Levy ⬥ 29 May Blue Mountain Coffee, Inc. recently filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over the domain name Blue-Mountain-Coffee.com. Unfortunately for Blue Mountain Coffee, the NAF Panelist in this case determined that the Complainant was unable to sufficiently establish its rights to the domain name, and ordered that the domain
Steve Levy ⬥ 29 May Blue Mountain Coffee, Inc. recently filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over the domain name Blue-Mountain-Coffee.com. Unfortunately for Blue Mountain Coffee, the NAF Panelist in this case determined that the Complainant was unable to sufficiently establish its rights to the domain name, and ordered that the domain
FairWinds Partners — May 25, 2012 So now we know how ICANN’s Digital Archery process will work, and have a very rough idea of when that process will take place. On the surface, it may seem like having the process start before before Reveal Day is not a big deal – perhaps ICANN is even
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FairWinds Partners — May 24, 2012 It’s been more than two months since ICANN first announced its plans for how to deal with the “batching” issue – how it will order new gTLD applications for evaluation – and yet there still seems to be rampant confusion around the basics of the process and its implications.
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Steve Levy ⬥ 22 May Prometheus Global Media, LLC, the parent company of Billboard and the Hot 100, filed for UDRP arbitration over two domain names, BillboardRadioOnline.com and TheHot100Radio.com. According to the UDRP rules, a Complainant can only bring a complaint relating to more than one domain name if the domains are registered by the
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Steve Levy ⬥ 17 May Google Inc. recently filed a UDRP Complaint with the National Arbitration Forum over 763 domain names that all contained its trademark, “Google” followed by another word or phrase, including generic terms, celebrity names, geographic terms, and other brand names. The Respondent, Chris Gillespie, argued that the word “google” has become
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Steve Levy ⬥ 17 May Google Inc. recently filed a UDRP Complaint with the National Arbitration Forum over 763 domain names that all contained its trademark, “Google” followed by another word or phrase, including generic terms, celebrity names, geographic terms, and other brand names. The Respondent, Chris Gillespie, argued that the word “google” has become
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Taylor Frank ⬥ 14 May This week, High Sierra Sporting Company, a manufacturer of adventure and travel gear, acquired the domain name HighSierra.com. Founded in 1978, the company is the official supplier of bags and luggage for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team. Prior to this acquisition, it used the domain name HSSC.com. High Sierra
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Taylor Frank ⬥ 14 May This week, High Sierra Sporting Company, a manufacturer of adventure and travel gear, acquired the domain name HighSierra.com. Founded in 1978, the company is the official supplier of bags and luggage for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team. Prior to this acquisition, it used the domain name HSSC.com. High Sierra
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