Complainant admits domain name not registered in bad faith — Doh! UDRP

Complainant tries to argue that domain name owner forfeited rights to domain name by not using it.

A simple call to a lawyer could have prevented a Minnesota dog charity from being labeled a reverse domain name hijacker.

Can Do Canines, which owns the domain name can-do-canines.org, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name candocanines.org.

The respondent didn’t have to do much to persuade panelist Nathalie Dreyfus. Following all, the complainant admitted the domain name wasn’t registered in bad faith. It was registered ahead of the complainant started using the brand. Instead, Can Do Canines argued that the respondent forfeited rights to the domain name by not doing anything with it for seven years.

Yeah, that’s not going to fly.

Panelists often give clueless complainants who don’t have a lawyer a pass on RDNH. But, even with a clueless complainant, the owner of the domain name felt compelled to hire an attorney. So RDNH was definitely the right call.

Now if only the respondent could get his attorney’s fees paid…