Snapchat, Inc. lost a UDRP on the domain name SnapChatCheck.com and the domain holder didn’t even respond.
Here are the highlights:
“Complainant claims Respondent has not provided any bona fide offering of goods or services, or made a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name. Complainant claims Respondent uses the disputed domain to pass itself off as Complainant.
This Panel disagrees after doing some research outside the record and reviewing Respondent’s web site.
Apparently, Complainant had a security breach.
Respondent’s web site allows users to see if their data was leaked as part of that security breach.
Policy 4(c) provides when a respondent is making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name, they have established rights and legitimate rights in the domain name.
Respondent did not register and use the disputed domain name in bad faith, even though it was registered using a privacy service."
Here are the highlights:
“Complainant claims Respondent has not provided any bona fide offering of goods or services, or made a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name. Complainant claims Respondent uses the disputed domain to pass itself off as Complainant.
This Panel disagrees after doing some research outside the record and reviewing Respondent’s web site.
Apparently, Complainant had a security breach.
Respondent’s web site allows users to see if their data was leaked as part of that security breach.
Policy 4(c) provides when a respondent is making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name, they have established rights and legitimate rights in the domain name.
Respondent did not register and use the disputed domain name in bad faith, even though it was registered using a privacy service."
