Case Number: D2023-3884
Complainant: Playhouse International Pty. Ltd.
Represented by: Hayden O’Halloran
An Australian company has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking after attempting to use the UDRP process to force the transfer of the domain playhouse.com, first registered in 1995. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up the RDNH ruling against Playhouse Pty. Ltd. Australia on October 17, 2023.
The sole panelist in the arbitration case, Robert A. Badgley, wrote that the complainant tendered a well-composed case, but one that was replete with innuendo and hyperbole.
Source: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2023/d2023-3884.pdf