Accenture, one of the largest consulting companies in the world, has filed a UDRP proceeding against 75 .xyz domain names.
Based on the registration dates I saw, it appears that these domain names were registered when the .XYZ registry was celebrating its second anniversary, and some domain registrars were selling .XYZ domain names for as little as one cent each. If these domain names each cost $.01, the total cost of these domain names was less than $1. Obviously, this cost is significantly lower than the cost of the UDRP filing!
I am somewhat unsure of why Accenture filed this UDRP. Many of these domain names seem pretty obscure, so it is unclear why the company is going after them. Essentially, similar domain names could be registered, and it seems like a never ending battle. I suppose the UDRP filing may serve as a warning to future registrants who will now see that Accenture is willing to go after domain names that use its trademarks.
Here is the list of domain names in this UDRP :
accentureall.xyz
accentureapp.xyz
accenturebase.xyz
accenturebits.xyz
accenturebit.xyz
accentureblog.xyz
accenturebox.xyz
accenturebros.xyz
accenturebyte.xyz
accenturecart.xyz
accentureegg.xyz
accenturefree.xyz
accentureguru.xyz
and similar names.,
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Based on the registration dates I saw, it appears that these domain names were registered when the .XYZ registry was celebrating its second anniversary, and some domain registrars were selling .XYZ domain names for as little as one cent each. If these domain names each cost $.01, the total cost of these domain names was less than $1. Obviously, this cost is significantly lower than the cost of the UDRP filing!
I am somewhat unsure of why Accenture filed this UDRP. Many of these domain names seem pretty obscure, so it is unclear why the company is going after them. Essentially, similar domain names could be registered, and it seems like a never ending battle. I suppose the UDRP filing may serve as a warning to future registrants who will now see that Accenture is willing to go after domain names that use its trademarks.
Here is the list of domain names in this UDRP :
accentureall.xyz
accentureapp.xyz
accenturebase.xyz
accenturebits.xyz
accenturebit.xyz
accentureblog.xyz
accenturebox.xyz
accenturebros.xyz
accenturebyte.xyz
accenturecart.xyz
accentureegg.xyz
accenturefree.xyz
accentureguru.xyz
and similar names.,
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