tmg.com UDRP

[GeorgeK]

Prepare to be amazed -- tmg.com UDRP, no respondent reply....

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2005/d2005-0161.html

The Respondent is Whois Privacy Protection Service Inc., Bellevue, Washington, United States of America.

And the anonymous proxy wins!

arty:

 

[Jonathan]

That's really nice to see. Do you think the early 1995 reg date made the panel nicer to the 'respondent'?

 

[Bashar]

and whois protection is removed now

amazing!

 

[Sarcle]

This sound's like they could start taking all are acroynoms. That is crap as it could mean anything.

 

[Theo]

God bless those weird Germans. They made my wallet fatter by 5 digits :-D

 

[oberheimer]

Really nice to see. The germans are so greedy

 

[JEsports]

"In weighing that assumption, the Panel notes first that Complainant is of course not the only entity in the world entitled to use those three letters in connection with an offering of goods or services, on the contrary, it is more than likely that many entities around the world could be entitled to use a three-letter abbreviation such as TMG"

I would EXPECT that to be the answer and was glad to see that it was upheld.

 

[oberheimer]

"In weighing that assumption, the Panel notes first that Complainant is of course not the only entity in the world entitled to use those three letters in connection with an offering of goods or services, on the contrary, it is more than likely that many entities around the world could be entitled to use a three-letter abbreviation such as TMG"

I would EXPECT that to be the answer and was glad to see that it was upheld.

Good point, let's say i got a 3 letter and 2 diffetent companies file a complaint (that it can be confused with their trademark)

 

[namestrands]

"In weighing that assumption, the Panel notes first that Complainant is of course not the only entity in the world entitled to use those three letters in connection with an offering of goods or services, on the contrary, it is more than likely that many entities around the world could be entitled to use a three-letter abbreviation such as TMG"

I would EXPECT that to be the answer and was glad to see that it was upheld.

That is so weird I lost a similar UDRP, where as several companies owned the trademark in different countries.. and yet NAF ruled against it.. even though pointed out this fact.

:-( I will have to add this ruling to my case law file.. I think NAF are pro corporation..

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Registrant Contact:
The Marketing Group
Diane Feder
hmmm why did she use private whois? The Marketing Group sounds OK to use this domain, if she had no private whois, it may not have resulted in a wipo.

 

[seeker]

I see more and more people/companies using whois protection simply to avoid spam to their main email address. Nothing strange about that.