Case Number: D2014-1937
Complainant: Booked Ltd of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("UK")
Represented by: Internally-represented
WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2014-1937
Booked Ltd of London which owns the domain Booked.xyz and Bookedxyz.com was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Booked.com in one of the most baseless UDRP cases we have ever read.
Its too bad there is not any penalties for those who bring frivolous UDRP cases other than a finding of Reverse Domain Name hijacking which the three member panel rightfully found.
The domain owner represented himself in the UDRP which is just silly on its face.
The domain Booked.com was registered on January 7, 1999.
The Complainant was incorporated on July 15, 2014 as an English registered limited company and registered the domain names booked.xyz and bookedxyz.com.
It owns a UK registered trademark in respect of the terms “booked.xyz” and “booked.com”, registration number UK 00003064753 registered (as a series) on October 24, 2014. I have no idea how country granted a trademark to a domain that wasn’t owned by the applicant but what can I tell you.
Its a totally baseless case in fact or in law, and its a shame that a domain holder had to spend time to answer such a silly case and that a three member panel of Nick J. Gardner, Christopher S. Gibson and Tony Willoughby had to waste their time on it either.
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Source: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/26/poster-boy-for-frivolous-udrp-cases-booked-xyz-guilty-of-rdnh-tm-filed-16-yrs-after-domain-was-registered/