Robert Downey Jr. Wins RobertDowneyJr.Actor Domain Name

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded the domain name RobertDowneyJr.actor to Robert Downey Jr.The actor submitted the complaint on September 24,2014.

Robert Downey Junior filed the Complaint as a UDRP even though the disputed domain name is a new gTLD.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered this August by Shashank Agarwal, a man who lives in India.

Shashank said that he is “publicly known by ‘Robert Downey Jr’ as a screen name in order to pursue his career in the indian [sic] cinema more popularly known as ‘Bollywood’…Respondent purchased [<robertdowneyjr.actor>]… in order to publish [his] web portfolio” to gain exposure.  Respondent claims to have “no knowledge of the American Hollywood actor Mr. Robert Downey Junior prior to the fact of this arbitration, belonging to a third world country and having a native language other than English.”  Respondent noted that his “portfolio website is still in development phase…”

The respondent failed to submit any evidence regarding the development of his portfolio site.

Robert Downey Junior managed to establish all  three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .