It’s Pouring, Rain.com Comes Under Attack — It’s Raining

Rain.com enters arbitration.

If it seems like it has been raining frivolous domain arbitration disputes lately, then this ought to catch your eye: someone has filed to get the domain name Rain.com.

You read that correctly — Rain.com.

The case was filed Tuesday at National Arbitration Forum. Unlike WIPO, National Arbitration Forum doesn’t list the name of the complainant until a decision has been rendered.

But we know plenty regarding the domain owner, hosting firm Verio. Verio purchased RAINet, Inc. in 1996. With that buyout came the domain name Rain.com, which was originally registered way back in 1990. Rain.com right now shows a Verio landing page.

Unless someone knows something I don’t, then the identity of the complainant will remain a mystery for another month or two. There are plenty of trademarks for the term “rain”, but this isn’t one I’m willing to guess regarding.