The Freename Forum

... that a 67-year-old business name does not readily give rise to a trade mark that fulfils the first requirement of the UDRP in the context of the proceedings. The complainant in the dispute over the domain thecharlesmachineworks.com was unable to prove the use of its name as a customary trade ...

A non-profit agency with the trade mark ‘AFS’ failed in UDRP proceedings concerning the domain af-ss.org due to the question of the similarity of the trade mark and domain. As it was represented by a law firm, the decision-maker in the proceedings also ...

... received. 42 per cent of the requests led to mediation, i.e. the domain holder agreed to participate in the mediation process; 58 per cent of the proceedings opened ended with a final agreement. 95 per cent of the agreements reached led to the transfer of the disputed domain, while the remaining ...

... through a number of other early cases to which Levine refers, providing guidance not only for panelists but also for parties to dispute resolution proceedings. As a result, complainants cannot simply use the UDRP as a guide, but must also take note of the current WIPO Overview 3.0 (to which they ...

A US financial services provider founded in 2017 with the trademark “EAGLE DATA” registered in its favor in 2024 started UDRP proceedings against the owner of the domain eagledata.com, which was registered in 2002. This went very wrong. The US company Eagle Data Inc. believes that its ...

... ICANN had objected that Namecheap was making additional demands on ICANN that went far beyond the scope of the arbitration award from the IRP proceedings because, for example, the non-binding recommendations of the arbitration tribunal had been converted into binding requirements. Namecheap ...

... due to the lack of evidence of a trademark right (Forum Claim Number: FA2406002104055). In September 2024, the complainant again initiated UDRP proceedings for the domain authentlc.com before The Forum (Claim Number: FA2409002117143). In the complaint, she explains that the decision-maker in ...

... S.p.A.. Now, two years later, the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona has been handed down. In UDRP proceedings brought by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A against the owner of the domain lambo.com, the complainant was successful before the WIPO: the three-judge ...

... that there are no such gaps in law enforcement. Since then, however, digital communication has become increasingly important; in many criminal proceedings, there are hardly any other investigative approaches available apart from digital traces. You can find the netzpolitik.org article (in German) ...

... possible in exceptional cases under German law). On December 2, 1999, the World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. applied for the first UDRP proceedings in the dispute over the domain worldwrestlingfederation.com; on January 14, 2000, the arbitration court decided to transfer the domain. ...