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Transfers PayBack.es Domain Name — UDRP Panel

Generic domain name to be transferred as result of arbitration decision.

Is the term “payback” generic?

Of course it is. It has many potential uses.

Still, a World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has awarded the Spanish ccTLD Payback.es to Germany’s Payback GmbH.

The complainant offered to buy the domain name from the domain owner for a nominal sum, following which the owner stated the complainant needed to make a “serious” offer.

The respondent didn’t respond to the UDRP case, but did respond to the complainant’s earlier requests to sell the domain name. And why ought to a domain owner need to figure out what a .es UDRP case is and how to respond when the term at issue is generic?

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