Dirty UDRP tactics: #10 in 2016
The 10th most viewed article on Reglike this year was…
This is the first of 10 posts on Reglike that will reflect on the top stories on Reglike during 2016. This is based purely on the total number of views, and you’ll see that this can return some funny results based on which articles get picked up by other news sources or go viral.
Let’s kick this off with the 10th most viewed article on DNW this year…
We’ve seen lots of dirty tactics undertaken by UDRP filers, and #10 on the list for 2016 is just one example.
#10 I’ll pay $500k for your domain name. Psych! Here’s a UDRP.
A French firm that sells social media followers using the domain name BuyFollowers.fr filed a UDRP against BuyFollowers.com. In the complaint, the firm stated that the domain name owner was willing to sell the domain to it for $500,000.
What it didn’t tell the panel was that the complainant told the respondent it would buy the domain name for $500,000. The respondent wasn’t an idiot; he accepted the offer. Then the complainant filed a UDRP using this as “evidence”.
A very common and unethical tactic undertaken by some firms is to negotiate to buy a domain name and subsequently use the negotiation to prove the domain owner wanted to sell the domain. Often, the complainant will pretend like the domain owner initiated the discussion, and not the other way around.
