Human Rights Watch was awarded the domain name HumanRightsWatch.com in a otherwise unremarkable UDRP opinion.
“The organization has a United States Trademark on the term since 2003 and “uses the HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH mark to identify its efforts promoting and protecting human rights worldwide”.
“The Panel agrees and finds that Respondent’s use of the disputed domain name in connection with monetized links relating to Complainant does not constitute a bona fide offering of goods or services as protected by Policy.”
Full Article: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/03/1...rp-on-the-parked-domain-humanrightswatch-com/The question is why would a trademark holder wait 10 years to grab a direct match .com of their trademark; in this case the name of a non-profit organization, especially when it was used as a parked domain letting someone make money off their own goodwill?
