Apollo.com just got hit with a UDRP.
Fashion One Television Limited filed the UDRP.
Fashion One launched in 2010 and produces a number of fashion TV shows. I couldn’t find any shows in its stable with “Apollo” in them.
Apollo.com is owned by Apollo Management LP, an alternative investment manager.
It’s not entirely clear when it acquired the domain name, which was originally registered in 1997. DomainTools historical whois records show that Apollo Travel Services Partnership owned the domain in 2000, and this company is part of Travelport, which was listed as the owner of the domain until at least late 2015. At that time, the domain went under whois privacy, which was just unmasked to reveal Apollo Management when the UDRP was filed.
It seems that the domain name has resolved to a Network Solutions parking page since Apollo Management acquired it. The page shows ads related to travel.
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This comes as another disappointment after the recent UDRP filed on Zero.com.
Investing in high value domain names, which are considered premium is getting more and more riskier, looking at these recent cases.
Although I am sure that these UDRPs will emerge out nothing more than RDNH, but still the problem of legal tension and fighting back the domain name, exists.
I, for one, would avoid getting into such situations.
What are your views on this case? And similar cases as well?
Fashion One Television Limited filed the UDRP.
Fashion One launched in 2010 and produces a number of fashion TV shows. I couldn’t find any shows in its stable with “Apollo” in them.
Apollo.com is owned by Apollo Management LP, an alternative investment manager.
It’s not entirely clear when it acquired the domain name, which was originally registered in 1997. DomainTools historical whois records show that Apollo Travel Services Partnership owned the domain in 2000, and this company is part of Travelport, which was listed as the owner of the domain until at least late 2015. At that time, the domain went under whois privacy, which was just unmasked to reveal Apollo Management when the UDRP was filed.
It seems that the domain name has resolved to a Network Solutions parking page since Apollo Management acquired it. The page shows ads related to travel.
Source
This comes as another disappointment after the recent UDRP filed on Zero.com.
Investing in high value domain names, which are considered premium is getting more and more riskier, looking at these recent cases.
Although I am sure that these UDRPs will emerge out nothing more than RDNH, but still the problem of legal tension and fighting back the domain name, exists.
I, for one, would avoid getting into such situations.
What are your views on this case? And similar cases as well?
