David Bernstein, sole panelist for the FORUM on the above claim, determined that being a domain name speculator is not a showing of “Bad faith” under the UDRP. Here is the important part of that decision finding in favor of the Respondent. Registration and Use in Bad Faith The Complainant’s only argument in support of […]

Last week we published our annual TOP 10 LIST OF WIPO PANELISTS.  This week we traditionally publish our Top 10 List of FORUM Panelists, but with a few exceptions, it continues to show a rather lackluster performance when it comes to being “fair and balanced” between Trademark holders that pay their fees and Domain Investors […]

As a public service for domain investors, every 6 months we report which WIPO panelists have denied more Complaints and thus have allowed domain investors to maintain their domains in which, more often than not, heavy investments have paid dividends. 73 different Panelists denied one or more claims in the last 6 months. Of those, […]

JERSEY CITY — A New York jury has awarded a Harrison police officer and his children $13 million in a malpractice suit he filed in 2012 after his wife died days after undergoing surgery in Manhattan. Cheryl Raefski, 43, underwent surgery to remove a polyp from her colon at NYU Langone Medical Center in November 2011 […]

The Second annual MERGE! Conference of Conferences will be held from Saturday, September 15th to Wednesday, September 19th at the beautiful Lake Buena Vista Hilton at Disney Springs, Orlando, Florida.  There will be more than 50 speakers, great networking and all different areas of digital assets including domain names at THE Domain Conference portion; hosting, […]

Last week we published our semi-annual TOP 10 LIST OF WIPO PANELISTS.  This week we traditionally publish our Top 10 List of FORUM Panelists, but with a few exceptions, it continues to show a rather lackluster performance when it comes to being “fair and balanced” between Trademark holders that pay their fees and Domain Investors […]

This is our semi-annual blog on the best panelists at WIPO for Respondents.  We believe that this is a useful tool for those Respondents to a UDRP claim who wish to have a 3 person panel, as it provides a guideline as to those panelists who have denied claims and have found for Reverse Domain […]

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has published its proposed UDRP REFORM POLICY PLATFORM.  I believe this to be a big step forward, if adopted by ICANN, in providing safeguards for both Trademark Complainants and Domain Investor Respondents.  It basically seeks transparency and uniformity in panels and decision making by Dispute Resolution Providers (DRPs), primarily, but […]

The NAF continues to provide a rather lackluster performance when it comes to being “fair and balanced” between Trademark holders that pay their fees and Domain Investors who find themselves having to defend spurious UDRP Actions.  There are only 4 panelists who have denied claims in more than 2 cases in the past 6 months. […]

Six months ago, we labeled Adam Taylor as a Superstar for Domain Investors.  He had denied 9 complaints and had found 6 of the Complainants guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) or Abuse of the Process of the UDRP.  However, from July through December, 2017, he has outdone his previous performance and has found for […]