How a UK company lose $175,000 domain name in a UDRP

[Sam]

Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name.

A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP

What did they expect !

http://domainnamewire.com/2016/03/01/halifax-udrp/

 

[Adam H]

Wow silly ****ers

 

[Edwin]

From the UDRP...

and fourthly and finally that it was always the Respondent’s plan to use that domain name for a “gay fetish” website.

It's as if they sat down over a few beers and tried as hard as they possibly could to lose the domain name!

 

[Sam]

Yes pure madness

From the UDRP...



It's as if they sat down over a few beers and tried as hard as they possibly could to lose the domain name!

 

[martin-s]

Oops

 

[bulkcorn]

Often wondered why Halifax never bought that .com all these years. Lucky seller; unlucky buyer!

One would expect the new 'seller' to have acted like someone with more experience in selling domains!

 

[Avano Ltd]

well Halifax is a well known for being the centre of the gay fetish community :shock:

 

[BG]

WHOIS still displays Shelley Roberts of Diversity Network Ltd as the registrant. I found this link to an article and now unavailable TV programme mentioning both her and the company.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hchc1

This may be of use David > http://subsaga.com/bbc/consumer/x-ray/series-13/episode-12.html

Best,
Barry