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The end of the year is a convenient time to look back and ask, "What on earth did I do all year?"
I never used to keep count of these things, because I've been afraid to jinx myself, but to promote Nat Cohen's fantastic UDRP.tools database, I thought I would plug in my name as Respondent representative and take a look in the rearview mirror, including one case that started in 2022, but I'm including because the response was filed in 2023. The UDRP cases I defended, and which went to a decision were:
The ones in bold were RDNH decisions. Cases in which I represented a respondent where the case was settled and did not go to a decision are, of course, confidential.
Sometimes, people get annoyed when they don't like my opinions on trademark issues, and accuse me of being "paid off" or working for moneyed interests, but you'll notice that all of the disputes I defended in 2023 were for individuals against large companies (with the exception of livingedge that involved a very strange individual complainant). Some of them are names you might recognize, like DomainSherpa Ammar Kubba or longtime domainer Stanley Pace. But quite a few weren't "domainers" at all, but just ordinary domain registrants who registered names in the course of their ordinary business (websec, gotohale). Some were difficult, some were easy, and one of them - as I do for at least one case every year - was defended free of charge. Nobody is getting rich doing these things.
On the complainant side, I do take a couple of those on referral from the firm that I left back in 2005 to work on my own, and from others who are referred to me by other clients.
So, the overall UDRP combined offense/defense score for the year 16 for 16. Some years are better than others, but this one was pretty good.
Of my currently-pending cases, I believe there is one more which is ripe for a decision and I'm hoping that WIPO will manage to get it out before the end of the year, because of all the cases I defended this year, it is absolutely the most fun one. So, we'll see if the holiday elves can find one more present under the tree. If my general luck is any guide, there's a good chance it hits my inbox as soon as I hit "post" on this one. We'll see if this shakes it out...
I never used to keep count of these things, because I've been afraid to jinx myself, but to promote Nat Cohen's fantastic UDRP.tools database, I thought I would plug in my name as Respondent representative and take a look in the rearview mirror, including one case that started in 2022, but I'm including because the response was filed in 2023. The UDRP cases I defended, and which went to a decision were:
| Domain | Case | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| livingedge.com | WIPO D2023-4133 | 2023-12-11 | Complaint denied |
| demoji.com | WIPO D2023-4098 | 2023-11-16 | Complaint denied |
| beds.com | NAF 2062168 | 2023-11-02 | Claim Denied |
| viben.com | WIPO D2023-2108 | 2023-07-13 | Complaint denied |
| healthyr.com | WIPO D2023-1802 | 2023-06-26 | Complaint denied |
| vbg.com | NAF 2046327 | 2023-06-22 | Claim Denied |
| websec.com | WIPO D2023-0813 | 2023-05-01 | Complaint denied |
| gotohale.com | WIPO D2023-0084 | 2023-04-20 | Complaint denied |
| mundonatural.com | WIPO D2022-4958 | 2023-04-14 | Complaint denied |
| gaggle.com | WIPO D2023-0545 | 2023-04-03 | Complaint denied |
| iloveart.com | WIPO D2022-4632 | 2023-02-22 | Complaint denied |
The ones in bold were RDNH decisions. Cases in which I represented a respondent where the case was settled and did not go to a decision are, of course, confidential.
Sometimes, people get annoyed when they don't like my opinions on trademark issues, and accuse me of being "paid off" or working for moneyed interests, but you'll notice that all of the disputes I defended in 2023 were for individuals against large companies (with the exception of livingedge that involved a very strange individual complainant). Some of them are names you might recognize, like DomainSherpa Ammar Kubba or longtime domainer Stanley Pace. But quite a few weren't "domainers" at all, but just ordinary domain registrants who registered names in the course of their ordinary business (websec, gotohale). Some were difficult, some were easy, and one of them - as I do for at least one case every year - was defended free of charge. Nobody is getting rich doing these things.
On the complainant side, I do take a couple of those on referral from the firm that I left back in 2005 to work on my own, and from others who are referred to me by other clients.
| Domain | Case | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| chai-app.com | CAC 105900 | 2023-11-21 | Accepted (Transfered) |
| tailwinduikit.com | NAF 2057970 | 2023-09-14 | Transferred |
| quickcpu.net | NAF 2052293 | 2023-08-15 | Transferred |
| goodnaturedselects.com | WIPO D2023-0810 | 2023-04-20 | Transfer |
| newstreamlight.com | WIPO D2023-0070 | 2023-02-22 | Transfer |
So, the overall UDRP combined offense/defense score for the year 16 for 16. Some years are better than others, but this one was pretty good.
Of my currently-pending cases, I believe there is one more which is ripe for a decision and I'm hoping that WIPO will manage to get it out before the end of the year, because of all the cases I defended this year, it is absolutely the most fun one. So, we'll see if the holiday elves can find one more present under the tree. If my general luck is any guide, there's a good chance it hits my inbox as soon as I hit "post" on this one. We'll see if this shakes it out...
