New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Jason Kneen of Great Britain over the domain name WorkBetter.com.
Office Space Solutions filed an intent-to-use trademark application for Work Better with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2014. It began using the mark in commerce in February 2015.
Jason Kneen registered WorkBetter.com as early as 1999. Domain Tools’ historical records for this domain only go back to 2001, when Kneen is shown as the registrant.
How does it plan to show that Kneen registered the domain in bad faith? The case mentions several times that the domain name was renewed on February 7, 2015. It seems that Office Space Solutions is making the argument that the domain name was renewed in bad faith.
SourceThe lawsuit states that Kneen offered the domain name for sale to the plaintiff. As in many cases like this, the suit neglects to mention that the plaintiff reached out to the defendant to try to buy the domain name, not the other way around. Harsh Mehta reached out to Kneen on LinkedIn to try to buy the domain name.