Attorneys Jason Schaeffer and Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com are having a great week. Earlier today, I wrote about their successful defense and RDNH finding on the Uniks.com UDRP and the successful defense of the Meryl.com UDRP. This afternoon, Jason Schaeffer shared a third UDRP victory the law firm scored on behalf of a client.

In the yet to be published online UDRP decision at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ESQwire successfully defended the galec.com domain name on behalf of its registrant. The complainant in this UDRP filing was listed as Societe Cooperative Groupements d’Achats des Centres Leclerc, SC GALEC.

Here is an excerpt from the decision that is most relevant to the finding that the complaint was denied:

A company called UNIKS APP, S.L. of Barcelona, Spain filed a UDRP at the World Intellectual Property Organization for the Uniks.com domain name. The domain name owner (respondent) was represented by ESQwire.com, the Internet and domain name focused law firm led by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer. Interestingly, it is the second UDRP victory of the week for ESQwire, which also represented the owner in the Meryl.com UDRP.

To get straight to the point, this three member WIPO panel decided in favor of the respondent, who will retain the Uniks.com domain name. In fact, the panel ruled that this was a case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. In a  harshly written tone, here’s how the panel ruled in that regard: