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Recent DNattorney Case Decisions and Domain Transactions

Coca-cola Company Found to Have Attempted to Hijack Three-Letter Domain Name (October, 2022) Read the Decision
Turkish UDRP Complaint fails over Four-Letter Domain (October, 2022) Read the Decision
DNattorney recovers crypto mining domain name for Complainant using UDRP (June. 2022) Read the Decision
Dictionary-word Domain Name Saved by DNattorney in WIPO UDRP (November, 2021) Read the Decision
CIRA CDRP Dispute at CIIDRC decided in favour of Respondent owner of three-letter acronym domain name (July, 2021)Read the Decision
Mahogany.com generic domain name saved in UDRP (June, 2021) Read the Decision
DNattorney.com obtains Hijacking Decision in Generic “biohacks.com” Domain Name (April, 2021) (February, 2020) Read the Decision
Domain Name Dispute Lawyer recovers phishing domains from cybersquatter (June, 2020) Read the Decision
Brandable domain name saved and Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Found (March, 2020) Read the Decision
Three-letter Acronym Defended, RDNH Found (February, 2020) Read the Decision
For the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied (January, 2020) Read the Decision
Spanish Company Found by WIPO UDRP Panel to Have Engaged in RDNH (February, 2019) Read the Decision
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking By New York Company (February, 2019) Read the Decision
Domain Owner Successfully Fends of UDRP Complaint Over Airtron.com (February, 2019) Read the Decision
Spanish Torres Wine Company Loses Attempt to Get Family's Domain Name for Itself (January, 2019) Read the Decision
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Found against Indian tyre company (January, 2019) Read the Decision
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Found by WIPO Panel (August, 2018) Read the Decision
Netherlands company found to have engaged in RDNH of Fertiplus.com (August 2018) Read the Decision
VMI.COM three-letter.com saved in UDRP (July, 2017) Read the Decision
Three-letter .com Saved by WIPO UDRP Panel (June, 2018) Read the Decision
First Name, Cassandra.com, Saved from UDRP; RDNH Found. Read the Decision (June, 2018)
WIPO: Brandable Domain Name Reseller Has Legitimate Interest When Registered in Good Faith. Read the Decision (June, 2018)
Domain Investor Wins UDRP. Read the Decision (March, 2018)
WIPO Panel Sides with Innocent Registrant and Finds RDNH Against Complainant. Read the Decision (February, 2018)
Three-letter acronym Domain Name save in UDRP. Read the Decision (January, 2018)
DNattorney.com Successfully Defends Banking Domain Name. Read the Decision (December, 2017)
Generic Domain Name Weeds.com Saved, RDNH Found. Read the Decision (November, 2017)
DNattorney.com Scores Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Victory Over Penis Doctor. Read the Decision (October, 2017)
DNattorney.com recovers Philippines (.ph) domain name for global tech powerhouse, Shenzhen-based Huawei. Read the Decision (October, 2017)
DNattorney.com recovers Tanzania (.tz) domain name for global tech powerhouse, Shenzhen-based Huawei. Read the Decision (October, 2017)
Singapore Trademark Owner Recovers Stolen Domain Name From Cybersquatter. Read the Decision (September, 2017)
DNattorney.com Recovers Cybersquatted Domain For Grocery Chain. Read the Decision (July, 2017)
DNattorney.com Recovers Domain Name in Phishing Scheme. Read the Decision (July, 2017)
Rick Schwartz’s Queen.com Wins RDNH. Read the Decision (June, 2017)
Geographic domain name saved in UDRP. Read the Decision (May, 2017)
Three-letter acronym domain name saved in UDRP. Read the Decision (May, 2017)
Retroactive Bad Faith Rejected by WIPO UDRP Panel, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Found against Singapore company. Read the Decision (April, 2017)
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Found Against UDRP WIPO Complainant. Read the Decision (February, 2017)
Retroactive Bad Faith Rejected by Panel. Read the Decision (February, 2017)
NAF: No Such Thing As Retroactive Bad Faith. Read the Decision (January, 2017)
Australian Company Engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Hottie.com. Read the Decision (November, 2016)
DNattorney.com Recovers Cybersquatted Domain Name for Huawei China. Read the Decision (November, 2016)
DNattorney.com Recovers New gTLD domain names for Trademark Owner. Read the Decision (November, 2016)
Danish Newspaper loses UDRP case to Florida Domain Name Investor. Read the Decision (November, 2016)
DNattorney successfully defends against NAF Cybersquatting Complaint. Read the Decision (October, 2016)
UK Company Found Guilty of Domain Name Hijacking. Read the Decision (October, 2016)
WIPO finds Indian company guilty of reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Read the Decision (September 1, 2016)
Turkish Company Denied Transfer of Fakir.com Domain Name Read the Decision (May, 2016)
Australian Company Wins UDRP Cybersquatting Case. Read the Decision (February, 2016)
DNattorney successfully assists Earth Island Institute in UDRP Case." Read the Decision (November, 2015)
DNattorney.com successfully defends Bankwell.com, registered in 2003, from 2013 trademark owner." Read the Decision (November, 2015)
Canadian .ca CDRP domain name dispute win for trademark owner Read the Decision (July, 2015)
Domain Name Recovered From Cybersquatter for Chinese-based Huawei, in UDRP Case Read the Decision (May, 2015)
UDRP Lawyer Zak Muscovitch Recovers Typosquat Domain Name via UDRP Case Read the Decision (May, 2015)
UDRP Lawyer Saves 14 year-old generic Turkish domain name Read the Decision (March, 2015)
Generic domain name saved. Reverse domain name hijacking found against complainant. Read the Decision (January 2015)
UDRP domain name dispute lawyer wins ADNDRC Kuala Lumpur case over ParrotCay.com, with unanimous three-member Panel (December, 2014) Read the Decision (December, 2014)
DNattorney.com Domain Name Dispute Lawyer Successfully Defends Domain Name Against UDRP Claim From Utah Company. Read the Decision (December, 2014)
MySchool.com generic domain name saved in UDRP. Read the Decision (October, 2014)
French multinational pharmaceutical company, SANOFI, loses SANOF.COM UDRP domain name dispute. Respondent British Columbia company defended by Zak Muscovitch Read the Decision (September, 2014).
Zak Muscovitch successfully recovers HUAWEI.AE from cybersquatter in Dubai, UAE domain name dispute. Read the Decision (September, 2014)
Domain Name lawyer beats GNC to save GNC.Asia for registrant in rare .Asia domain name dispute. Read the Decision (September, 2014)
Four-letter .com domain name, XXNX.COM, defended in WIPO UDRP Dispute by Domain Name Attorney for Turkish registrant Read the Decision (June, 2014)
DNattorney.com assists Hong Kong Domain Name Registrant in Obtaining Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Declaration against UK company over Inbay.com domain name. Read the Decision (April, 2014)
DNattorney.com successfully recovers Domain Name for Australian company from UK registrant in alleged cyberflying scheme Read the Decision (March, 2014)
Domain name attorney Zak Muscovitch successfully defends SellMyApp domain names in NAF UDRP case Read the Decision (December, 2013)
Major German cosmetic company loses UDRP domain name dispute over WALA.com Read the Decision (July, 2013)
Domain Name Lawyer Saves Descriptive Domain Name in UDRP Domain Name Dispute. Read the Decision (June, 2013)
Domain Name Dispute attorney, Zak Muscovitch, successfully defends hotly contested dispute over website with 25 million unique visitors, at World Intellectual Property Organization in UDRP dispute. Read the Decision (March, 2013)
Domain Name Lawyer Zak Muscovitch wins case against Midland National Insurance Company over descriptive geographic domain name, MIDLANDINSURANCE.COM. Respected Three-member National Arbitration Forum Panel finds no bad faith registration and use (January, 2013)
Canadian domain name law expert Zak Muscovitch wins KAY.CA domain name dispute at BCICAC under CIRA CDRP, in case against American company, Kay Jewelers (November, 2012).
Internet lawyer Zak Muscovitch Defeats Blistex in UDRP domain name dispute. Read the Decision (October, 2012)
"Who Owns Your Craiglist Advert?" by Zak Muscovitch published in Intellectual Property Magazine Read the Article (October, 2012)
Domain Name Dispute attorney successfully defends IDN domain name, Cabanas.Com, registered in Argentina. Domain name means "cottage" in Spanish. Complainant had no real trademark for Cabanas, which is a descriptive term. Read the Decision (August, 2012)
Domain Name Lawyer Beats Google in Domain Name Dispute, For Third Time. Read the Decision (July, 2012)
Domain name dispute lawyer wins the ZUT.COM case (May, 2012)
Zak Muscovitch's article, "Cyberquatting Ain't What it Used to Be", featured in Intellectual Property Magazine Read the article. (May, 2012)
SSX.COM domain name dispute results in loss for EA Games Read the decision. (January, 2012)
Domain name lawyer completes 5 million in website and domain name sales transactions in fourth quarter of 2011 - (December, 2011)
Domain name lawyer wins generic three-letter domain name dispute. Read the decision.. (May 2011)
New: ccTLD Foreign Registration Comparison Study. Find out how ccTLD's compare in terms of ease of registration by foreigners. China and Canada are the most restrictive. Read the document. (Aug, 27 2010)
Domain name dispute lawyer wins UDRP defence in unanimous three-person panel decision over TVNSPORTS.COM Read the decision. (May, 2010)
UDRP lawyer Zak Muscovitch defeats WIPO UDRP Complaint over PAPERSNOWFLAKE.COM Read the decision. (February, 2010)
UDRP Lawyer Zak Muscovitch Beats Google in Domain Name Dispute Over Groovle.com Read the decision. (December, 2009) - Read the Press Release here...
Cybersquatting Lawyer Zak Muscovitch obtains Brazilian trademarked domain name from cybersquatter in domain name dispute arbitration at National Arbitration Forum on behalf of client in Brazil Read the decision here. (December, 2009)
Domain Name Dispute Lawyer Defends Turkish language descriptive domain name in WIPO UDRP and domain name owner from Turkey keeps domain name Read the decision. (August, 2009)
Zak Muscovitch commences lawsuit to overturn UDRP decision concerning EHOTEL.COM. Many commentators found the UDRP decision (in which the registrant was unrepresented) to have been grossly unfair and unsupportable. Since the domain name was registered at Tucows in Toronto, Canada and the Complainant submitted to the jurisdiction of the location of the registrar, the lawsuit was commenced in Ontario Read the Notice and Claim and Read the Decision
Domain Name Dispute Lawyer, Zak Muscovitch, wins ICANN UDRP dispute at WIPO over ARMOURGAMES.COM (September, 2009)
Internet law expert Zak Muscovitch appears on CBC Television's The National to comment on court Order exposing anonymous bloggers (August 20, 2009)
Domain Name Dispute expert, Zak Muscovitch, wins International Domain Name (IDN) case brought by Billionaire Li Ka Shing's companies over ("YangtzeRiver.com"). Panel rules that action constituted "Reverse Domain Name Hijacking". Read the case here. (August, 2009)
Domain Name Dispute Lawyer Zak Muscovitch wins descriptive domain name case at CIRA in defence of ONTARIOCOLLEGE.CA (May, 2009)
First CIRA Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Cost Order from CIRA in the FORSALE.CA Case (Panelists: David Lametti, Jay Josefo, and Eric Macramella) (May 8, 2009)
Domain name lawyer Zak Muscovitch applauds CIRA Panel on making first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding in favour of his client in generic domain name dispute over FORSALE.CA; panel also awards costs in Canadian precedent setting decision. - April 15, 2009 - FORSALE.CA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority Decision
Internet Lawyer Zak Muscovitch handily defeats attempt to grab descriptive geographic domain name. - February 25, 2009 - CHARLOTTECENTERCITY.COM - National Arbitration Forum Decision
Zak Muscovitch wins Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) domain name dispute for Chinese language domain name.- February 9, 2009 - Read the Decision - IDN Decision
Domain Name Law Expert Zak Muscovitch beats furniture retail giant in generic domain name dispute. - January 16, 2009 - ASHLEY.COM - National Arbitration Forum Decision
Domain Name Lawyer Zak Muscovitch closes $1,000,000 domain name portfolio sale - March, 2009
Zak Muscovitch closes single word descriptive domain name sale for US $750,000.00 - February, 2009
Zak Muscovitch wins CIRA domain name dispute under the CDRP in defense of Canadian domain name. - July 23, 2008 - CANADAVISA.CA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority Decision
Zak Muscovitch Wins Domain Name and Trademark Case at Canada's Federal Court of Appeal - February 8, 2008 - CHEAPTICKETS.CA - Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Decision
Article on the CheapTickets.ca case, Important Lessons on the Intersection of Domain Name and Trademark Law (Reprinted with permission of Internet & E-commerce Law in Canada, Butterworths, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch, domain name legal expert, reports massive attempted Domain Name hijacking case to FBI and Secret Service (September, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch, Canadian domain name law expert, attends Frank Michlick's Domainers Dinner in Toronto (September 5, 2007) domainerdinner.com
Zak Muscovitch, domain name lawyer, closes multi-year multi-million dollar domain name portfolio monetization deal (July, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch, Canadian domain name law expert, obtains Federal Court Order requiring unsuccessful CHEAP TICKETS trademark owner to pay his legal costs (June, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch, domain name lawyer, closes US $300,000 premium generic domain name sale (June 2007)
Zak Muscovitch, domain name attorney, closes US $250,000 premium generic domain name purchase (April, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch Wins Major Descriptive Domain Name Victory in Federal Court: (March, 2007) [read the decision]. Follows Successful Defense of CHEAPTICKETS.CA at CIRA Arbitration.
Zak Muscovitch Cheap Tickets Domain Name Victory article: (March, 2007) Federal Court: "Cheap Tickets" for everyone, no more monopoly.
Zak Muscovitch Closes 6-figure multi-year Domain Name Lease Agreement with Revenue Sharing for Major Premium Generic Domain Name Portfolio Owner (January, 2007)
Zak Muscovitch Wins ICANN UDRP WIPO Defense of LULUTV.COM, in Complaint Launched by LULU.COM (November, 2006)
Zak Muscovitch Scores Unanimous ICANN UDRP NAF Victory and Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision in Defense of Registrant of ZOUNDS.COM in Complaint launched by Zzounds.com
Zak Muscovitch Closes US $5,000,000.00 Sale of Major Domain Name Portfolio to Major US Domain Name Company. (October, 2006)
Zak Muscovitch Closes US $650,000.00 Purchase of Premium dot-com Domain Name and With Online Community. (October, 2006)
Zak Muscovitch Closes Ground-Breaking $2,500,000.00 Sale of Premium Generic .CA Domain Name Portfolio to Yellow Pages Group on Behalf of Montreal-Based, Emall.ca Inc. (May, 2006)