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Well only you know how close to the wind you were sailing with this particular domain. I've always thought if I ever got hit with a UDRP (never have - touch wood) that i would pretty well know if it was defendable or not before involving lawyers I just wonder sometimes when you've been involved with domains for many years, (such as yourself) how much is there to really miss these days ?? (I'm just thinking out loud)
I'm not criticizing, just trying to understand what gives as to lack of 'Applying' and then defending yourself. Of course like many here I have the greatest of respect for Mr John Berryhill , and he would certainly be my first port of call if I felt I needed a paid for defense.
Note - Yep I always understand why case- makers (complainants) chance their arm
My minimum has been $0. My maximum has been in the neighborhood of $10,000. Where any particular case ends up depends on the circumstances. Is it a difficult one... is it an easy one... is it worth chancing on a single member panel... does the respondent seem capable of doing it largely on their own with some relevant case citations.... how much of a PITA is this person to work with... and so on. As far as "is it a winnable case", I've handled more than 300 UDRP cases, and so I'm usually not interested in spending time going over dozen or so losing arguments which domain registrants frequently come up with.
But I'm always happy to CONFIDENTIALLY (i.e. not on a web forum or its message system) review a case and let the respondent know what I think. What I'm not happy to do is to argue over it, if its one that is best transferred under UDRP Rule 17.
What I generally WILL NOT do is to take cases on some kind of contingent basis. There have been approximately five times where someone has offered some kind of interest in the domain name in whole or part exchange for a defense. Those sorts of arrangements have been uniformly disappointing for a variety of reasons. I also don't need to take cases on the prospect of some kind of "publicity" value for winning.