Case Number: FA1503001611655
Complainant: Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines
Represented by: Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota
Claim Number: FA1503001611655
Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines represented by Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota, has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name CanDoCanines.org
The domain holder, Marilyn Mathis was represented by Steven L. Rinehart, of Utah
The Complainant admitted that the domain name was not registered in bad faith but argued was held in bad faith which of course would have doomed his complaint.
However the one member panel of Nathalie Dreyfus found the Complainant who just registered their trademark in 2011 engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking trying to grab the domain that was registered back in 2007.
The Complainant’s registered its domain name, can-do-canines.org in 2009 two years after the domain name subject to the UDRP
The panel also found the term was generic, and that the Complainant waited To Long to file the Complainant:
“Complainant who has forfeited any rights to the disputed domain name for having waited seven years to file this action under the doctrine of laches.”
The Complainant lost on every issue.
Here are the highlights:
The Complainant is the owner of the trademark CAN DO CANINES registered at the USPTO on May 24, 2011, which he is using for his charitable, non-profit corporation called Hearing and Service Dogs Minnesota, in Minnesota.
Continue reading at TheDomains.com
Source: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/05/15/udrp-panel-find-laches-reverse-domain-name-hijacking-on-candocanines-org/