The Hun loses UDRP over hun.com

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  • GeorgeK
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2003
    • 423
    #1

    The Hun loses UDRP over hun.com

    The Hun lost the UDRP over hun.com:

    http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/deci...2005-0406.html

    It'll be interesting to see if The Hun decides to appeal that ruling in real court, where he can do things like "discovery", to get documents from the other side, etc.

    Given the discussion in the original thread a few months ago:

    http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hlight=hun.com

    there did appear to be some elements of bad faith, e.g. the use of the words "Yellow Pages".
    I buy good domain names. Send lists to George (at) LOFFS.com
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    • Relish XXX
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2004
      • 4904
      #2
      I dont think he had a leg to stand on. Kind of like when Steve Cohen went after everyone with sex in their name. www.hun.com looks nothing like www.thehun.net

      Bit pathetic really.

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        • Damian_Maxcash
          So Fucking Banned
          • Oct 2002
          • 12745
          #3
          I havnt read the other thread.... but simply from the documents posted I think it was a good decision. :2cents:

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            • SomeCreep
              :glugglug
              • Mar 2003
              • 26118
              #4
              Wow, I'm surprised Thehun lost. For years, the guy who owns Hun.com has had his site with a yellow background and blue hypertext links just like the thehun.com to confuse surfers. It's funny, because now hun.com has changed the look of their site and blocked archive.org as to not incriminate themselves.

              "We're sorry, access to http://hun.com has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt."

              As mentioned by the wipo panel, "The Panel notes, however, that because a likelihood of confusion seems to exist, the Complainant may have additional rights and remedies under national trademark law if it can provide actual evidence of the assertions made in its Complaint and the supplemental statement."

              I feel thehun.com can win this one in court.

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                • Pete-KT
                  Workin With The Devil
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 51532
                  #5
                  I think he just wants the domain name

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                    • Doctor Dre
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jan 2001
                      • 51692
                      #6
                      Woah ... that's gay ... he should get the domain since most of the traffic is related to his site. The site must get at least 50k typeins a day
                      Originally posted by rayadp05
                      I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                        • Doctor Dre
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jan 2001
                          • 51692
                          #7
                          Originally posted by NichePay_PeteKT
                          I think he just wants the domain name
                          Off course he does . he's loosing traffic ;)
                          Originally posted by rayadp05
                          I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                            • Brujah
                              Beer Money Baron
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 22157
                              #8
                              Hun.com
                              Alexa Trend/Rank: 739,585

                              TheHun.com
                              Alexa Trend/Rank: Not directly ranked but thehun.net is
                              785

                              People should stop thinking that common dictionary words (including typos of dictionary words) are their exclusive entitlement and get a Clue.com
                              http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news...e.php/3_197321

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                                • GeorgeK
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Dec 2003
                                  • 423
                                  #9
                                  This will be a wakeup call as folks fight for generic names on .xxx, if they have no trademarks or only very weak ones.
                                  I buy good domain names. Send lists to George (at) LOFFS.com

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                                    • polish_aristocrat
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 40377
                                      #10
                                      good news for domain people, bad for big site owners
                                      I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                        • samsam
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Jun 2002
                                          • 682
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by damian2001
                                          I havnt read the other thread.... but simply from the documents posted I think it was a good decision. :2cents:
                                          fair decision. if the domain is a generic word or even in another form, no tm can protect it. fact that hun was there before thehun filed for his mark is an even stronger case for hun

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