Last month we revealed the results of our initial research into the UDRP Decisions that seemed to always be determined in favor of the complainant Trademark Holder. This turns out to be a MYTH!! Here is an excerpt from that article: So the BIG QUESTION that remains is how many of the CONTESTED UDRP Claims […]

For a number of years, we have used this Blog to publish our UDRP Panelist Polls to determine which Panelists have been more favorable to Domain Investors and have denied Complaints on a consistent basis.  However, we never looked at those other Panelists who consistently find for the complainant and require the domain name to […]

For a number of years, I have been listing the panelists at WIPO and the FORUM who have Denied Complaints by Trademark holders under the UDRP.  This year, I decided to go one step further and list the “BAD” Panelists who seldom, if ever, deny complaints and consistently rule against the Domain Investor and require […]

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 Panelists who deny complaints are few and far between.  Also, for the second year in a row, there were only 8 Panelists who denied 3 or more complaints in the […]

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.  Though fewer panelists (67) have denied complaints in 2019 than in 2018, (73), 14 of […]

Constantine Zournas wrote that ICANN should be sued in order to stop the foreseen tremendous increase in domain pricing to benefit insiders who have worked for and continue to work for ICANN.  Here are some excerpts of his fine analysis: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doesn’t care about the thousands of […]

OATH, INC., successor of interest to YAHOO! filed a UDRP Action against our client for the domain name YMOBILE.COM at the FORUM.  In the case of  Oath Inc. v. Mira Hold / Mira Holdings, Inc, FA1908001858330, decided October 8th, 2019, in a split decision, the panel Denied the Complaint finding that our client had Rights or […]

In a Decision handed down on August 8th, a WIPO Panel consisting of Andrew Lothian, Fernando Triana and Nick J. Gardner in the case of SOCIEDAD PUERTO INDUSTRIAL AGUADULCE, S.A. v. ABDULBASIT MAKRANI, D2019-1378, denied the Complaint and found that the Complainant was guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.   Our client, who is a […]

On July 18, 2018, WIPO Panelist Steven Maier ordered the transfer of SUAMUSICA.COM to the Complainant, Ambi Servicos de Internet Ltda, a Brazilian Company, even though the Complainant did not have a trademark for the name.  Case No. D2018-1026.  Domain investor Stanley Pace, who has registered a number of Spanish and Portuguese domain names was […]

A Luzerne County jury on Tuesday delivered a roughly $1 million verdict against Lehigh Valley Hospital – Hazleton and its clinicians for failing to recognize a deadly stroke in progress. John J. Kostanesky, 41, of Beaver Meadows, died on May 1, 2016, after doctors and nurses at the hospital failed to diagnose and treat the […]