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• Tucows Fights off Car Dealership

  Published: February 28, 2008, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Domain Registrars, Policy Amp 038 Law, Tucows, Udrp

  wins UDRP decision for Batchelor.com. Advertisement Domain registrar Tucows has successfully defended against an arbitration proceeding over the domain name Batchelor.com, which the registrar acquired with its NetIdentity purchase. NetIdentity holds nearly 40,000 surnames and offers email addresses at those names, such as

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• Ace.com Owner Wins Arbitration

  Published: April 11, 2008, 10:38 am

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, National Arbitration Forum, Udrp

  ACE Limited filed and lost UDRP arbitration. Advertisement WebMagic Ventures, owner of Ace.com, has won an arbitration brought against it by ACE Limited, an insurance company. This is an extraordinary case given the value of the underlying domain name and egregious assertions brought by ACE Limited. However, the panel could not

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• Buyer of $166,000 Shoppers.com Can Keep Domain Name

  Published: April 10, 2008, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, National Arbitration Forum, Pool Com, Udrp

  only to be hit with a UDRP arbitration dispute a day later. That’s exactly what happened to Xedoc Holding SA, which bought Shoppers.com at Pool in February. The domain was previously registered at Network Solutions, but was not auctioned at NameJet due to a glitch. As we reported last month, a UDRP commenced on February 14, 2008

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• Seinfeld Isn’t Laughing about JerrySeinfeld.com

  Published: April 24, 2008, 5:20 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Jerry Seinfeld, National Arbitration Forum, Udrp

  is no stranger to the UDRP arbitration process. In 2002 it lost control of Flamingo.com to casino operator Park Place Entertainment. In 2000 it held onto the domains KIS.com, EZStreet.com, and VZ.com. A quick review suggests it hasn’t been hit with a complain in a while, at least under its main company name. The official Sony web

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• How to Save UDRP from Bad Panel Decisions

  Published: May 1, 2008, 10:05 am

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Future Media Architects, National Arbitration Forum, Udrp

  proposal to rectify bad UDRP decisions when there is dissenting opinion. Advertisement If you read any of the domain blogs and forums out there, you probably read about the recent LH.com UDRP decision courtesy of a three person panel at National Arbitration Forum. The panel handed over the generic domain name LH.com to airline

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• Baylor Bears Go Hunting for Baylor.com

  Published: May 16, 2008, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Baylor, Udrp, University Of Texas

  university files UDRP to get Baylor.com domain name. Advertisement Baylor University, a Christian school in Waco, Texas, has filed a UDRP arbitration to get the domain name Baylor.com. The school’s official web address is Baylor.edu. Baylor has had a good UDRP winning streak lately. The conservative university has won seven

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• Sk-Rt.com Does a “Kirtsy”

  Published: May 27, 2008, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Sk Rt, Udrp

  Skirt Magazine filed a UDRP against Sk-rt.com. It lost, and perhaps Skirt Magazine should have disclosed that it didn’t acquire the domain name until after sk-rt.com was registered. Whoops. But apparently the legal pressure has gotten to Sk*rt, which has changed its domain name to Kirtsy.com. When I first heard about this name

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• Celebrity in Cyberspace: A Personality Rights Paradigm for Personal Domain Name Disputes

  Published: May 27, 2008, 8:43 pm

  Tags: Disputes, Governence, Cyberlaw, Cybersquatting, Domain Name, First Amendment, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Udrp, Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

  Resolution Policy (”UDRP”). This article suggests the creation of a new personal domain name dispute resolution policy (”PDRP”) that combines the procedural advantages of the UDRP with the theory underlying the right of publicity tort. To read this Washington and Lee Law Review article in full on the Social Science

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• UniversityofTexas.com Handed Over to University

  Published: May 29, 2008, 10:42 am

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Baylor, National Arbitration Forum, Udrp, University Of Texas, Universityoftexas Com

  filing UDRP, owner of domain hands it over. Advertisement Last month I wrote about a UDRP arbitration request by The University of Texas, which was seeking to get the domain name UniversityofTexas.com. After The University of Texas’ Board of Regents filed the UDRP with National Arbitration Forum, owner Global Access decided

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• Acronym Domain Name Owners Stave Off Attacks

  Published: May 29, 2008, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Frank Schilling, National Arbitration Forum, Three Character Domain, Udrp

  character domain names win UDRP decisions. Owning short domain names comes with risks. They are prized domains, and many people want to get their hands on them. The owner of Ace.com recently won its case, but the assaults continue. Here are several recent cases that domain owners managed to win. ANU.com In this case, a company you’ve

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• Tucker Carlson Gets His Domain Name

  Published: June 10, 2008, 12:55 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Tucker Carlson, Udrp, Wipo

  Organization (WIPO) under UDRP on June 2. In Carlson’s complaint, he claimed common law rights to the name “Tucker Carlson”: Complainant states that he is an internationally famous television news anchor and author, most famous for his role as anchor of the eponymous televised newsmagazines Tucker (MSNBC) and Tucker

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• Facebook Wins Facebook.com.au Domain Name

  Published: June 11, 2008, 9:24 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, Facebook, Myspace, Udrp, Wipo

  Social networking behemoth wins domain name from Australian company. Facebook has won the Facebook.com.au domain name from Australian company Callverse Pty Ltd. The domain name currently advertises a “click to call service” that is “coming soon”. The decision was handed down by a three person panel at World Intellectual

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• Canadian Broadcaster CTV Loses Battle for CTV.com

  Published: June 11, 2008, 4:07 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, National Abitration Forum, Three Character Domains, Udrp

  generic domain name through UDRP and loses. Murat Yikilmaz has successfully defended an attempt by Canadian broadcasting company CTV to take away his three character domain name. CTV currently uses CTV.ca as its domain name. In a 2-1 decision at National Arbitration Forum, the panel found that CTV doesn’t have worldwide exclusive rights

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• Arbitration Panel Punts on All.com

  Published: June 26, 2008, 10:24 am

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, All Com, Domain Arbitration, Traverse Legal, Udrp, Wipo

  the case is outside of UDRP’s scope. The case involves an alleged sale of the domain name, to which the “buyer” produced documents showing the sale and transfer of money and the “seller” said he knows nothing about. The complainant purchased the domain name in 2005 when it was registered at GoDaddy. He

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• .UK Registry Nominet Gets Nominet.com

  Published: June 28, 2008, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp 038 Law, National Arbitration Forum, Nominet, Udrp, Wipo

  version of its name through UDRP. Nominet, the registry responsible for managing the .uk country code domain name, has won the domain name Nominet.com through arbitration at World Intellectual Property Organization. The company’s official web site is Nominet.org.uk, but it also owns Nominet.co.uk. The respondent in the case was Hansoo Bae

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