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James Harden Files UDRP for JamesHarden.com

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It appears that NBA basketball star James Harden has filed a UDRP for the  JamesHarden.com domain name. The complainant in the UDRP proceeding is listed as “James Harden,” so I am not certain that the UDRP was filed by the Houston Rockets player, but I would assume that he is the complainant. This case was filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and it is WIPO Case D2016-0519.

JamesHarden.com is registered to a registrant that has a Texas address. The domain name has a creation date of April 4, 2013. A Whois History search using DomainTools shows that the domain name had been previously registered as far back as 2006. Most interestingly (to me anyway), the domain name had been registered to the National Basketball Players Association back in 2010, according to the DomainTools Whois history tool. In April of 2013, DomainTools shows the domain name went into pending delete status.

If the UDRP was filed by James Harden the basketball player, it may

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UDRP Filed on ETH.com (Update)

Elliot Silver
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ETH.com UDRP

The three letter ETH.com domain name is the subject of a new UDRP proceeding at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The case is WIPO Case D2016-0444. According to NameBio, ETH.com previously sold in 2008 for nearly $20,000.

The complainant is listed as ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich). I have never heard of this organization / company prior to seeing the UDRP filing. I did a Google search for a company with that name, and I believe this company uses the ethz.ch ccTLD domain name for its website.

I did a Whois search for ETH.com, and it shows that the registrant is a Brazilian entity called

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National Hockey League Goes After NHL.net (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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The National Hockey League, also commonly known as the NHL, has filed a UDRP to try and get control of the NHL.net domain name. The case was filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and it is WIPO Case D2016-0315.

One thing I find very interesting about the case is that the NHL seems to have waited a very long time to file this UDRP. The domain name has a creation date of March of 1999. The first historical Whois record in DomainTools dates back to 2003. I did a Whois history search, and although the registrant name is different today than it was in 2003, I have reason to believe that it is the same or a related entity. Both registrants have Montreal addresses (which is not all that meaningful), but both registrants have the same phone number, which ends in 5799.

At the present time,

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Greenberg & Lieberman Scores RDNH Finding

Elliot Silver
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Stevan Lieberman of Greenberg & Lieberman scored a reverse domain name hijacking decision in the ChinaReady.com UDRP case. The case was filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the decision was published online this morning. The owner of ChinaReady.com is Warren Weitzman of Caramba LLC.

In the response to the UDRP, Greenberg & Lieberman listed 16 contentions to the UDRP. Three  of those contentions include the following summarized points:

  • China ready is a descriptive term
  • The domain name owner has been using the domain name for PPC advertising, which is a legitimate business model
  • Dictionary terms and common phrases can be used by domain name owners

In addition to these contentions, the respondent also listed a

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After $4k+ Sale, UDRP Filed on UOVO.com (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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I was looking through the newest UDRP filings this morning at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and I came across a UDRP that was filed on the 4 letter .com UOVO.com domain name. The UDRP was filed by a company called Uovo Art LLC, and it is WIPO Case D2016-0214.

When I did a Whois search to see the current owner of the domain name, I saw that it was privately registered at NameBright and had a 2015 creation date. I was curious if this might have been a DropCatch auction due to the registration date and registrar. I then looked at NameBio to see if there are any public sales records. Sure enough, according to NameBio, “UOVO.COM last sold for $4,125 on 2015-09-12 at DropCatch.”

At the present time, UOVO.com has a

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UDRP Filed Against KQ.com (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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It looks like a UDRP was filed against KQ.com at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the complainant is listed as Kenya Airways Limited. The case is WIPO Case D2016-0153.

The domain name appears to be owned by a registrant based in China. If you visit KQ.com, you will see a message in Chinese, and after a short while, the domain name forwards to wangxin.com. KQ.com has a registration date of February 26, 1996. I searched through my email history, and I see the domain name appears to have been listed for sale back in 2011, although I am not sure if it sold. NameBio does not show any historical sales data for KQ.com.

I am not sure why Kenya Airways thinks

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