Five .XXX domain name cases solved so far

17 .XXX UDRP cases have been filed so far,four months after .XXX domains became available for public sale.

Five .XXX domain name cases have been solved so far :

1.HEB Grocery Company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on December 29,2011 ,asserting legal rights over the domain name HEB.XXX .This is the first complainant to win a .XXX domain name in arbitration

2.An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded RichardBranson.xxx domain name to Richard Branson.Richard Branson submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on January 10,2012,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name.

3. An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded DenizBank.xxx domain name to Denizbank.The Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .

4. An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded BorusanHolding.xxx domain name to Borusan Holding.Borusan Holding submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on January 18, 2012,asserting legal rights over the domain. Borusan Holding has a trademark registration for “Borusan Holding”,registered on May 23,2005.Moreover,the company has a registered trademark for “Borusan” since 1982. Therefore,they managed to demonstrate that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.

5. An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded Valero.xxx domain name to Valero Energy. According to whois records Valero.xxx was registered on December 6,2011,the day ICM Registry made the .XXX extension available for public sale.Valero Energy decided to submit a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center asserting legal rights over the domain name.