In this domain name dispute case study video, I explain how Warner Bros. lost a decision under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) for the domain name <scoobnb-doo.xyz>, even though it was used in connection with a cryptocurrency website that included images of the Scooby-Doo cartoon character. The decision is an important reminder about the challenges in filing and winning URS decisions, even for sophisticated trademark owners.

While Hertz and Tesla were making headlines over their disagreement about an order of 100,000 electric cars, a little-noticed cybersquatting dispute involving both companies was playing out in a case under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”), ordering transfer of the domain name <teslahertz.com> to Hertz.

Google recently won two UDRP decisions against cybersquatters involving what I refer to as “lookalike” domain names because of their visual similarity to Google’s trademarks: <g00glemaps.com> (which replaced the two letter o’s in “Google” with two number zeros instead) and <qooglemaps.com> (which replaced the first letter “g” in Google with the letter “q” instead).

The “Oki Data Test” describes one of the earliest and most important questions ever addressed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP): Can an authorized sales or service agent of trademarked goods use the trademark at issue in its domain name?

After only three quarters of the year, the number of cases filed at WIPO, which is the largest and most active of all of the domain name dispute providers, has already almost reached the level for the total number of cases in 2020. That’s just one of the headlines from the newest issue of GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest (Q3 2021).

An Indian company known as Nalli lost a decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for <nali.life>, and the case holds a basic but important lesson that I often tell my clients: Filing a complaint under the UDRP is not a simple task of filling in the blanks.

In this case study video, I discuss a domain name dispute filed by President Barack Obama's foundation under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). As I explain in the video, the case involved seven domain names, each of which contained the “Obama” name plus the words “presidential center” or “presidential library.” The UDRP panel ordered all of the domain names transferred to the Barack Obama Foundation.

I love hearing stories about how well-known entrepreneurs obtained their domain names, and a recent podcast about Lynda Weinman — and her <lynda.com> domain name — is a perfect example.

In this interview, Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw talks about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with Lenka Náhlovská, secretary general of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC).

In this case study video, Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw discusses how Columbia University filed and won a complaint for the domain name <columbia-university.com> under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).