UDRP filed against DiamondPoint.com

Posted by DomainGang on September 26, 2024, at 10:30 am 

A Dutch company has filed a UDRP against the domain DiamondPoint.com; its owner, SyncPoint, Inc., is no stranger to such aggressive behavior and is responding in kind.

The Complainant, Jakob Ruben van Gelder, operates from the domain DiamondPoint.nl since 1999 all while the disputed domain was registered by the Respondent in 2001. At the time, the Complainant’s fame appears to have been localized in The Netherlands.

In 2015, the Complainant acquired the domain DiamondPoint.net from BuyDomains.

The Complainant registered figurative marks for DIAMOND POINT in the Benelux countries and the European Union in 2016. Several other DIAMOND POINT trademarks at the USPTO appear to be unrelated to the Complainant.

David Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., has set up a landing page at DiamondPoint.com referencing the ongoing UDRP. The facts are presented with a footer that reads:

“This document is prepared in response to the UDRP claim by DiamondPoint.net. The complainant’s actions are clearly an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking, as the facts show that we have held legitimate rights to DiamondPoint.com since 2001, long before their interest in the domain.”

We will be keeping an eye on this UDRP as it gets closer to decision time at the WIPO.

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