Case Number: D2023-1802
Complainant: Healthyr, LLC
Represented by: Burr & Forman LLP
At-home health-testing company Healthyr, LLC, based in in the Louisville, Kentucky area, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for using the UDRP process to steal the domain name healthyr.com, which has been owned by its current registrant since 2006. Healthyr, LLC, claimed it had common-law rights in the name, asserting its name recognition derived from having shelf space at Costco’s, as well as social media accounts.
The lone member of the panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization was unconvinced, however, and found Healthyr, LLC guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on June 26, 2023.
Source: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2023/d2023-1802.pdf