A UDRP without even responding — McAfee wins

The firm purchased the domain well ahead of the Complainant had any rights in the term.

The initialism UDRP for "uniform domain name dispute resolution policy" in black and blue on a black and blue background

Computer security firm McAfee has successfully defended its domain Cyberguard.com in a UDRP…without actually defending it.

James Linlor filed the case against the security behemoth, based on a trademark he filed claiming first use of the Cyberguard mark in 2018. But Linlor admitted that McAfee purchased the domain in 2008. In other words, this case was dead on arrival since McAfee couldn’t have purchased the domain to target the non-existent brand.

Even though McAfee didn’t respond to the dispute, these dates were more than enough for National Arbitration Forum panelist Terry Peppard to decide the case.

Taking a look back, McAfee purchased Secure Computing Corporation in 2008. Secure Computing purchased a firm called Cyberguard in 2006, so that’s how this domain ended up in McAfee’s portfolio. The domain is not right now used.

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