Lawfirm Fails To Get Domain Name Via UDRP

[Dave_Z]

Talk about irony:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-1344.html

 

[DNQuest.com]

I like the decision, that is the way UDRPs should be decided, and it was unresponded to boot. There is one thing that is unclear to me, who presented the background and usage history of the domain? Did the panelist investigate it or did the complainant offer it during their arguement? If the panelist did, Cudos to him.. if the complainant did.. sometimes less is more.

 

[verbster]

Makes me curious about the amount the law firm offered for the domain....and the role the offer played in the decision.

 

[akcampbell]

On balance the right decision. I think the odds are stacked against non-US complainants in any UDRP claim. Had Charles Russell been a US law firm they would have stood a better chance of recovering the domain. Had the panelists been Brits they probably wouldn't have heard of the US artist Charles Russell. Had the vendor genuinely thought the anonymous buyer was a Charles Russell, the artist, fan he wouldn't have been holding our for $150,000 because he would know he would never get that. It's difficult to feel sympathy for Charles Russell, all that money and they couldn't be bothered to pursue their .com for 10 years. If I was Charles Russell, I would have sued the guy for trademark infringement rather than gone through the UDRP, the threat of huge legal costs may have made the seller more realistic on price. Neither party wins when this happens, the seller couldn't sell this domain to anybody else for big bucks and the buyer has plenty of cash to pay a premium price for 10 years of "warehousing" plus the dollar is at its weakest against the pound for 30 years which would have minimised the damage to the law firm. CharlesRussell.com is showing UK law firm adverts, if that isn't grounds for legal action on trademark infringement with punitive damages sought for diverting business, I don't know what is. The seller needs his head testing leaving the Godaddy parking up, that's asking for trouble.

 

[Dave_Z]

The seller needs his head testing leaving the Godaddy parking up, that's asking for trouble.

I wonder when did the domain name start showing the current Go Daddy PPC
page. As of this post, sponsored link #2 is for...a barrister firm.

Too bad Wayback currently doesn't show any other changes past 2001 for it.