Reglikedomain industry desk

For $91k, saved in UDRP — Caribou.com, purchased

For $91k, saved in UDRP — Caribou.com, purchased

UK firm filed a UDRP against valuable dictionary word domain.

A picture of a heard of caribou with the words Caribou.com UDRP

A domain investor who purchased caribou.com for $91,482 has successfully defended the domain in a UDRP.

Scott Dylan, a shareholder in UK delivery and logistics firm Caribou, filed the complaint. The firm uses the domain WeAreCaribou.com.

The domain investor, K-Ventures FZE LLC, owns a number of animal domain names, counting beluga.com, hippopotamus.com, iguana.com, raccoon.com, scampi.com and wapiti.com. It purchased caribou.com in 2019.

A domain broker representing K-Ventures reached out to the Complainant’s firm earlier this year. At the same time, the broker contacted a bioscience firm named Caribou that went public and one other firm with the same name.

This apparently triggered the Complainant’s interest and subsequent UDRP filing.

The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that the domain wasn’t registered and used in bad faith. It did not consider reverse domain name hijacking.

Sheridans, a media and technology law firm, represented the Complainant. Zak Muscovitch of Muscovitch Law P.C. represented the domain owner.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

FranklinCovey sued for bidding on Franklin.com on Google Adwords: Not a win-winPolicy & LawFranklinCovey sued for bidding on Franklin.com on Google Adwords: Not a win-winSPolicy & LawStop griping and carry on: Verisign to .Web losers$Policy & Law$2 domain transfer tax? — ICANN proposedTo recover domain pointing to adult content — Author suesPolicy & LawTo recover domain pointing to adult content — Author suesMan tries to reverse hijack gains.com: All pain, no gainsPolicy & LawMan tries to reverse hijack gains.com: All pain, no gainsDomain investor files lawsuit following losing $53k domain in UDRPPolicy & LawDomain investor files lawsuit following losing $53k domain in UDRPBand Slipknot files lawsuit against Slipknot.com — Heavy metalPolicy & LawBand Slipknot files lawsuit against Slipknot.com — Heavy metalTPolicy & LawTwitter popular typo Twittr.com — WIPO givesPanelist sinks cruise firm’s case, rules reverse domain name hijackingPolicy & LawPanelist sinks cruise firm’s case, rules reverse domain name hijacking