To reverse domain name hijack byfy.com — By-fy.com tries

Not the right way to upgrade your domain name.

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Etrack LLC, which operates a website at by-fy.com, has been found to have tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain name byfy.com.

The firm has a trademark for byfy with a first use date in 2020. In its UDRP, it stated the domain was registered in 2004. This admission that the domain was registered ahead of it had trademark rights made the case dead on arrival.

It turns out that the domain owner purchased the domain in 2013-2014, which was still well ahead of Etrack’s trademark rights.

Etrack LLC inquired regarding buying the domain ahead of filing the UDRP but ultimately passed on the domain owner’s asking price. This is a classic “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking.

World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Lawrence Nodine pointed out the obvious deficiencies in his ruling.

The Bobadilla Law Firm represented the Complainant. Fish & Richardson P.C. represented the domain name owner.

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