Ben,
The name belongs to the registrant until a UDRP panel or judge says otherwise. You've allready pointed out the UDRP to the complainant, getting involved or giving any advice beyond that can cause you a lot of unnecessary legal problems.
If the organization in question was taking its legal rights seriously it would be having a lawyer send the registrant proper notice.
-Tim
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Hi all,
A customer of mine (a private individual) has just transferred in a bunch of domains. Two of these are .com and .org variants of the name of a Canadian charitable organization.
I received a call this afternoon from the president of this organization, disputing the ownership of the domains. Apparently, the individual registered the names and designed the web site some time ago while she was employed at the organization, but has subsequently left. Now, she is refusing to hand control of the domains to the organization, apparently citing the design and content as her own work product to which the organization does not have rights.
According to the organization's president, there is some incorrect and outdated or misleading information being displayed on these web sites, though they essentially continue to portray the organization in question. The organization proper would like to assume control of the domains.
The president phoned my office, as I am now listed as tech contact (following the transfer) as well as the RSP for the domains. He was seeking advice on how to proceed.
All I have done so far is point him to the UDRP. This is the first I have ever had to deal with domain disputes, though, and I am somewhat at a loss as to what role I can or should be playing in this situation.
Can anyone provide me some pointers on how to handle this?
thanks,
-ben
-- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
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