Defends DBAT.com in UDRP — Frank Schilling

Owner of .net domain name filed cybersquatting complaint.

dbat Baseball equipment firm DBAT has lost a UDRP it filed against Frank Schilling for the domain name DBAT.com. The baseball firm uses the DBAT.NET domain name.

As stated by the decision (embedded below), DBAT originally threatened Shilling with a UDRP in 2009. It then tried to acquire the domain name through an attorney in 2012. While the details of the 2012 discussions are in dispute, it’s clear that the firm tried to buy the domain name that year.

Three years following trying to buy the domain and 6 years following threatening a UDRP originally, DBAT brought a UDRP for the domain.

The panel determined that the domain name was not registered and used in bad faith. It was registered shortly following DBAT started business and ahead of it received any registered trademarks, and the panel found it unlikely that Schilling had ever heard of the complainant at the time his firm registered the domain name.

Schilling was represented by John Berryhill. DBAT was represented by Steven L. Rinehart, the same attorney that filed the recent lawsuit against MySchool.com.

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