Valero is third firm to belatedly request .xxx domain name
Energy firm complains to WIPO regarding Valero.xxx.
San Antonio, TX based energy giant Valero Energy is the third firm to ask an arbitration panel to give it a .xxx domain name.
The firm filed a complaint the prior week with World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO), seeking control of Valero.xxx.
The domain name was registered by someone in the Netherlands on December 6, the first day .xxx domain names became available for general registration.
This is the second .xxx dispute filed with WIPO. VIPINDIRIM filed a complaint for markafoni.xxx last month in what I believe to be the first ever filing over a .xxx domain name.
Also, an unknown firm (but possibly San Antonio based grocery chain HEB) filed a complaint over HEB.xxx at National Arbitration Forum.
What may make .xxx UDRP cases interesting is that many of the domains don’t resolve. That may not be an issue with a domain similar to Valero.xxx, but it will make it hard for firms to win domains that could have multiple meanings since they won’t resolve to parked pages.
