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D2006-0875: RDNH finding over trailblazer.com

On 25 August 2006, a WIPO panel declared that Trailblazer Learning, Inc. dba Trailblazer brought its complaint over trailblazer.com in bad faith, the finding known as reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The complaint was denied, so the registrant kept the name.

The domain name was registered on 26 July 1995, 11 years before the complaint was filed.

The record

WIPO caseD2006-0875
Domain nametrailblazer.com
ComplainantTrailblazer Learning, Inc. dba Trailblazer
Decision date25 August 2006
Outcome (WIPO)Complaint denied
How the finding appearsdeclared in the operative decision
PanelistIsenberg, Douglas M.
PanelSole panelist
RespondentRepresented by counsel
Domain registered26 July 1995
Complaint filed11 July 2006

The panel’s finding

For all the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied and the Panel issues a finding that the Complainant has engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.

The panel’s decision, D2006-0875

Quoted exactly from the decision. Read the full decision on WIPO for the reasons.

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How the RDNH archive is built

WIPO publishes every panel decision and a full-text search over them. This archive starts from that search for the wording a panel uses when it declares reverse domain name hijacking, reads each decision in full (older ones are web pages, newer ones PDFs converted to text), and keeps those where the panel itself says the complaint was brought in bad faith. A finding is marked declared in the operative decision when the final order says so, or found in the panel’s reasoning when only the reasoning does.

The reading is automatic and has been checked by hand on samples, but it is not exhaustive and not perfect: some findings may be missing, and a few listed cases may be borderline. A case is listed only when the panel’s own closing words can be quoted cleanly; decisions with an irregular layout, or not written in English, are held back. Every page links to the decision on WIPO, which is the authority. Dates, parties and panellists come from WIPO’s case records. Respondents are not named.

This is an information resource, not legal advice. A finding of RDNH is a panel’s conclusion about one complaint, not a statement about the company beyond that case.