Pluto Domain Services Found To Have Engaged In a Pattern of Bad Faith Cybersquatting

Domainfight.net provides the following returns for “Pluto Domain Services” as a respondent in UDRP arbitrations.  There is no question that Pluto Domain Services is a habitual cybersquatter under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.  Note the bancopopularpr.com decision specifically notes the prior proceedings against this domain registrant, noting a “pattern of bad faith registration and use under the policy.” 

Domainers Take A Stand Against Cybersquatting: Rick Schwartz’s Silicon Valley TRAFFIC Show Will Focus on Eliminating Cybersquatters from the Community.

There was time when cybersquatting was pursued vigor as business model.  After trademark attorneys and their clients turned up the heat, attitudes changed somewhat.  Domainers sought to clean their portfolios of cybersquatted domains in order to avoid domain disputes under the UDRP and ACPA.  Several years ago, many top domainers really started to “talk the talk” lashing out against “black hat” cybersquatters within their midst.  Now, Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu have turned up the heat.  Realizing that cybersquatting may be more of a threat to the domainer industry itself, then to trademark holders, Rick appears to be signaling that the upcoming TRAFFIC Show in Silicon Valley (go ahead and register if you want to be a part of this event) will devote content and commentary to the issue of how cybersquatting hurts the domainer business, sours relationships with major players such as Google and Yahoo! and causes advertisers to opt-out of the domain channel.  Here’s the money quote:

Cybersquatting the Microsoft Brand: Getting Tough on Trademark Infringement

There has been significant commentary recently on bulletin boards and within the domainer community about Microsoft Corporation's stepped-up online brand protection efforts.  Microsoft has been aggressively pursuing any and all domain registrants who have registered domains incorporating any of the Microsoft brands.  Instead of a simple domain transfer upon being noticed, Microsoft is demanding money compensation from virtually all domain registrants which Microsoft believes are infringing on their trademark-protected brands. 

If you have a trademark or cybersquatting issue you may contact one of our trademark and domain dispute attorneys for a free evaluation or call 866.936.7447 (International Toll Free).

Are you wondering what kind of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution proceeding have been filed by Microsoft at either WIPO or NAF?  Check out the domainfight.net results for a search of “Microsoft” as a UDRP complainant.