{"id":574,"date":"2015-01-22T00:56:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexmanibus.com\/home\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2015-03-06T21:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:00:41","slug":"2nd-largest-udrp-complaint-by-ebay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lexmanibus.com\/home\/news-publications\/ip-updates\/2nd-largest-udrp-complaint-by-ebay","title":{"rendered":"IP Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>1152 domain names transferred to eBay in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> largest UDRP complaint<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>January 27, 2015 \u00a012:20 IST<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>On 7 January 2015,<\/strong> a single panelist of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center issued his decision on the second largest Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaint filed by eBay. In November 2014, eBay filed its UDRP complaint against multiple Chinese respondents requesting transfer of 1152 domain names registered by the later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/amc\/en\/domains\/search\/case.jsp?case_id=30499\">(D2014-2015)<\/a>. The WIPO center has also twitted eBay\u2019s complaint as its 30,000<sup>th<\/sup> case under UDRP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milestone 30,000th WIPO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UDRP?src=hash\">#UDRP<\/a> case filed today as brands continue to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cybersquatting?src=hash\">#cybersquatting<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/o2DM1fh1NY\">http:\/\/t.co\/o2DM1fh1NY<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 WIPO (@WIPO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIPO\/status\/534383010326802432\">November 17, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the absence of any response, the\u00a0center issued a default notice to the respondents and appointed a panelist to decide the matter. Unsurprisingly, the panel found the case fit for consideration under paragraph 4(a) of the UDRP. Panel was satisfied with the evidences produced by eBay to conclude that all the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to eBay\u2019s trademark and the respondents have no rights in the domain names. After deciding that the respondents registered and used the domain names in bad faith, the panel has ordered transfer of all 1152 domain names to eBay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complaint filed by Inter-Continental Hotels Group in 2009 remains the largest complaint filed under UDRP with request for transfer of 1542 domain names. The domain names in question in 2009 case by Inter-Continental Hotels Group were identically\/confusingly similar to more than ten different registered trademarks, where as the 2014 complaint by eBay involved just one trademark. All the domain names were registered under <em>.com<\/em> and <em>.net<\/em> gTLDs with a common prefix \u2018ebay\u2019 followed by numerals between 000 and 999. Cyber squatters have now started targeting every single well-known mark in 1000+ ways which is a serious threat for the brand owners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The distribution of new gTLDs from 2013 has also empowered the cyber squatters to mislead from different fronts. Needless to say, the UDRP and the new <a href=\"http:\/\/newgtlds.icann.org\/en\/applicants\/urs\">Uniform Rapid Suspension<\/a> (URS) systems have actually enabled the brand owners to defend their rights in the digital environment. But the cost involved in such protection mechanism, not just the fee for filing around-the-clock complaints under UDPR and URS, but also the maintenance of transferred\/cancelled domain names is very expensive and immeasurable. The brand owners and attorneys must carefully compare all the viable options available, from settlement to civil actions, before taking any decision on domain name disputes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">For any feedback\/query\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lexmanibus.com\/home\/contact-us\">contact us<\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1152 domain names transferred to eBay in the 2nd largest UDRP complaint January 27, 2015 \u00a012:20 IST On 7 January 2015, a single panelist of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center issued his decision on the second largest Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaint filed by eBay. 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