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A UDRP was filed against Spase.com at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The domain name is registered to Mrs Jello, LLC, the company founded by the late Igal Lichtman, which is now operated by his wife, Michal Lichtman. Attorney Stevan Lieberman shared the decision with me, which went in favor of the domain registrant. The panel also found the complaint was brought in bad faith (Reverse Domain Name Hijacking – RDNH).

The factual background section in the decision pretty much tells us why this UDRP was flawed from the beginning and resulted in a finding of RDNH:

“The Complainant owns and operates a business converting photographs into 3D models. The Complainant’s business was incorporated as Spase, Inc. in February 2019, and trades under the name “Spase.” The Complainant submits he has established common law trademark rights in SPASE, citing media presence, twitter and podcast interviews, and the Internet presence of the Complainant’s website at “www.spase.io”. The Complainant commenced this proceeding following an unsuccessful effort to acquire the disputed domain name from the Respondent. “​

Not only was the company founded 14 years after Mrs Jello, LLC acquired the domain name in 2005, but it also shows that this was a Plan B attempt at taking the domain name. An acquisition effort failed, so instead of buying the domain name, perhaps a less expensive UDRP would be successful. Wrong. This does not work.

Read the full story here.. domaininvesting.com

On the other hand, the complainant took to Twitter to rant about the loss of UDRP and how he or his startup named spase.io has the right to spase.com domain name, and Mrs Jello, LLC is a domain squatter. Read the full series of Tweets and domainer community backlash here.

Domain King aka Rick Schwartz went to the extreme of making a statement against the complainant on Twitter. Read his statement here.
 
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He should've just paid $15k and would've saved himself from the humiliation and the loss.
 
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He should've just paid $15k and would've saved himself from the humiliation and the loss.

Some like him just don’t get it SMH
 
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He's been roasted on twitter. :xf.grin::xf.grin::xf.grin:
 
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Mrs.Jello should raise the price to $100K.
 
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Not only was the company founded 14 years after Mrs Jello, LLC acquired the domain name in 2005, but it also shows that this was a Plan B attempt at taking the domain name.

No, Plan B was "A few months later we reach out again, this time from an intern who happens to live near the domain registration address". :xf.grin: Plan C was sending a kosher cake, and UDRP was apparently Plan D.
 
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I thought Mrs Jello passed a way a while ago?
I had some good transactions with him.
 
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I thought Mrs Jello passed a way a while ago?
I had some good transactions with him.

"Mrs Jello, LLC (...) is now operated by his wife, Michal Lichtman"
 
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What a self entitled prat.....
 
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I think you guys, (the Dexperts ) should provide some free lessons on twitter or maybe tell Sahil to join NP. Then he will learn by himself.
 
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I saw this "show" live on Twitter, got to admit, felt like real entertainment seeing that guy getting roasted for real, what a "HallOfShamedotcom" story :whistle:

:ROFL:
 
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This dude a has got to be thee dumbest l Cry baby weasle parasite I've seen come out of FinTech lol WOW!

Trophy syndrome much.

He really thinks it belongs to him yet knows nothing about domains lol.

I guess if you go based off his standards Elon Musk is a squatter too?

SMH he deserves a good Roast LOL

What a joke
 
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He did get a fair share of the roast ;)

This dude a has got to be thee dumbest l Cry baby weasle parasite I've seen come out of FinTech lol WOW!

Trophy syndrome much.

He really thinks it belongs to him yet knows nothing about domains lol.

I guess if you go based off his standards Elon Musk is a squatter too?

SMH he deserves a good Roast LOL

What a joke
 
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I am sure Spase.io customers believe they own Spase.com. Maybe, Mrs.Jello should point Spase.com to a porno site. Just to stick it good to Spase.io.
 
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The court should crack down hard on those who don't want to spend a penny,
And then the person who wants to get their own domain name directly in this way
 
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The court should crack down hard on those who don't want to spend a penny,
And then the person who wants to get their own domain name directly in this way

UDRPv2: Each side puts their "confusingly similar" domain on the scales and the winner gets both. :xf.grin:
 
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UDRPv2: Each side puts their "confusingly similar" domain on the scales and the winner gets both. :xf.grin:
Lol
 
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