An organization may be entitled to own a domain name that another party has already registered. Patel & Almeida has an excellent track record in successfully resolving domain name disputes for our clients, including filing and defending againts complaints before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the National Arbritration Forum.
Most types of trademark-based domain-name disputes must be resolved by agreement, court action, or arbitration before a registrar will cancel, suspend, or transfer a domain name under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
Disputes arising from abusive registrations of domain names (for example, cybersquatting) may be addressed by expedited administrative proceedings that a holder of trademark rights may initiate by filing a complaint with an approved dispute-resolution service provider.
Sample of Our Successful Domain Dispute Cases:
| Beauty Elements Corp. v. Patrick Ory / Domains By Proxy, LLC, WIPO Case No. D2015-1589 Forced transfer of domain sopranohair.com registered in bad faith. |
| Turbosmart Pty. Limited v. Steven Jones, WIPO Case. No. D2016-1068 Forced transfer of domain turbosmart.com registered in bad faith |
| Turbosmart Pty. Limited v. Steven Jones, WIPO Case. No. D2016-1068 Forced transfer of domain turbosmart.com registered in bad faith |
| Nicole Marrow of New York v. V. C. of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Forced the transfer of the domain (nicolecocoaustin.net) which was registered in bad faith. Read More |
| Sóciéte des Technologies de l’Aluminium du Saguena Inc. v. Success Inc. Case No. D2008-0268 (WIPO) Prevailed against a UDRP complainant before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center regarding the domain name www.stas.com. Read More |
| Groovr, Inc. v. Active Interactive, Inc. FA 0710001103425 (Nat. Arb. Forum) Successfully defended against a UDRP complaint filed with the National Arbitration Forum seeking the involuntary transfer of the domain name www.gruvr.com, by negating the complainant’s claim of prior trademark rights. Read More |
| Forced the transfer of the domain name costamartravel.com registered in bad faith through ICANN proceedings conducted via the World Intellectual Property Organization. Read More |
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