A UDRP on third try — Parajumpers wins
Firm behind Parajumpers clothing brand takes UDRP more seriously and wins Parajumpers.org domain name.
Ape & Partners S. p. A. and licensee PJS International S.A. have finally won a UDRP for a Parajumpers domain name following three tries. The firm sells winter clothing under the brand name Parajumpers.
In May the firm filed complaints against the domain names parajumpers-outlet.com and parajumpers.com. Based on the panel decisions, it appears the firm and its lawyers really phoned in the cases.
Parajumpers-Outlet.com ought to have been a slam dunk case. But the complainant’s lawyer didn’t submit much for the panel to work with. For example, under bad faith, it submitted one sentence noting that the domain owner was “pretending to be an authorized Parajumpers outlet”. Even following the panelist gave the complainant a chance to amend, it didn’t take the complaint seriously.
As a result, the panel had no choice but to find in favor of the domain name owner (who didn’t even respond to the complaint).
Parajumpers.com was a bigger challenge. The case was filed against Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis, which has owned the domain name since 2003. The complaint was similarly brief. Vertical Axis won.
It appears the firm learned its lesson and filed a more detailed complaint this October against Parajumpers.org. The domain owner didn’t respond and a decision was just handed down in the complainant’s favor.
