Business tries reverse hijacking two domains — T-shirt printing
Firm first tried to buy one of the domains ahead of filing a cybersquatting dispute.
A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panel has found that t-shirt printer Printfly Corporation tried to reverse hijack two domain names.
The firm filed a dispute claiming that rushordertees.co and rushtees.com, which are registered by a competitor, were cybersquatted.
While the Complainant has a trademark for “Rush Order Tees,” this registration came following the domains were registered. The three-member panel also noted that the term is relatively descriptive and commonly used in the t-shirt printing business.
The panel ruled that Printfly didn’t show that the domains were registered in bad faith, nor that the registrant lacked a legitimate interest in the domains.
Printfly tried to buy the .co domain back in 2017 but was unwilling to pay the requested price.
The panel found this to be a case of “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking, where a firm files a cybersquatting claim following first trying to acquire the domain name.
Sophie Edbrooke of Gerben Perrott, PLLC, represented Printfly, and Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com, P.C., represented the domain name owner.
