Case Number: D2015-0784
Complainant: E-Renter USA Ltd. of Bellingham, Washington, United States of America
Represented by: Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee, LLP, United States of America
WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2015-0784
E-Renter USA Ltd. of Bellingham, Washington, represented by Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee, LLP, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name erenter.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc.and was represented by ESQwire.com
The three member UDRP panel of Nicholas Smith, Debra J. Stanek and The Hon Neil Brown Q.C. found that since the domain name registrations are first come, first served and this erenter.com was registered in 2003 and the corporation that owns e-renter.com did not start using the domain r-renter.com until 2004. Moreover e-renter.com did not apply for a trademark until 8 years later in 2011.
The panel went on to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking writing”:
“”In the view of the Panel this is a Complaint which should never have been launched.
The Complainant knew that the Domain Name was registered before the Complainant came into existence and close to 8 years before it acquired any registered rights in the E-RENTER Mark.
The Complainant made no attempt to demonstrate the existence of any rights prior to the registration of the Domain Name, nor any basis on which the Respondent could have been aware of the Complainant at the time of registration of the Domain Name.”
Here are the highlights:
E-Renter owns the domain name E-Renter.com which is a tenant screening and renter background check service.
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Source: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/07/21/owner-of-e-renter-com-found-guilty-of-reverse-domain-name-hijacking-on-erenter-com/