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 […]

In a recent decision by a WIPO panel, http://Decision D2017-1782.doc the panel determined that not all controversies surrounding domain names and trademark confusion are conducive to bringing  a UDRP action.  In its deliberations, the panel made the following determinations: Discussion and Findings  Pursuant to the Policy, Complainant is required to prove the presence of each of […]

Our client, AbdulBasit Makrani, succeeded in defending his registration of PrintFactory.com.  He had it parked after registering it late last year.  Due to the generic use of the definitive words “Print” and “Factory”, the Panel was properly under the opinion that having links to the generic meaning of the words was sufficient to establish a legitimate […]

Last week we published our semi-annual TOP 10 LIST OF WIPO PANELISTS.  This week we traditionally publish our Top 10 List of NAF 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 […]

Our Semi-annual survey of WIPO panelists revealed a shocking development.  In the last 6 months, one WIPO Panelist has found 6 Complainants guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking!  This is a new record and possible cause for celebration in the Domain Investment community.  ADAM TAYLOR has denied 9 complaints and has found 6 of the Complainants […]