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#5 in 2016: How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP

Source: Domainnamewire.com

Company seemingly targets bank with domain name and loses it in a UDRP. You buy a domain name for $175,000. It’s a geo domain name, but it also matches a famous trademark. Do you a) make sure to only use it in the geo sense or b) antagonize the trademark holder? The company that bought Halifax.com did the latter, and it cost them the domain name in a UDRP. This…
Source: #5 in 2016: How to lose a 5,000 domain name in a UDRP

#5 in 2016: How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP

Source: Domainnamewire.com

Company seemingly targets bank with domain name and loses it in a UDRP. You buy a domain name for $175,000. It’s a geo domain name, but it also matches a famous trademark. Do you a) make sure to only use it in the geo sense or b) antagonize the trademark holder? The company that bought Halifax.com did the latter, and it cost them the domain name in a UDRP. This…
Source: #5 in 2016: How to lose a 5,000 domain name in a UDRP

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