Case Number: FA1502001606976
Complainant: Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. Florida, USA
Represented by:
Claim Number: FA1502001606976
Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)
The Magazine filed a UDRP on five domain names:
BeautifulPeople.com
BeautifulPeople.net
beautifulwomenonly.com
gaybeautifulpeople.com
beautifulpeoplegay.com
The three member panel of Jeffrey M. Samuels Esq., Jonathan Hudis Esq. and Alan L. Limbury Esq. found the Complainant knew it could not prove bad faith registration of the domain names beautifulpeople.net and beautifulpeople.com, and knew of the domain name holders “unassailable legitimate interests in the domain names and nevertheless brought the Complaint in bad faith”.
Here are the highlights:
On February 21, 2002 Respondent registered the domain name (not the subject of these proceedings) and then began offering online dating and social networking services through that website.
Respondent continued to offer such services via the and domain names, which were registered by Respondent on August 15, 2003 and September 29, 2005 respectively.
On May 5, 2008, Complainant filed an intent to use Application for federal registration in the United States of the trademark BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN ACTION for “Entertainment services, namely, conducting contests designed to promote socially beneficial goals”. This mark was registered on September 21, 2010, No. 3850644, citing August 31, 2009 as the date of first use in commerce.
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Source: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/05/07/beautiful-people-magazine-guilty-of-reverse-domain-name-hijacking-on-beautifulpeople-com/