Yahoo! Inc. — Nominet D00016919

Nominet D00016919 (Feb. 2016)

Case

Nominet D00016919 (Feb. 2016)

Decision date

2016-02-15

Outcome

1 transferred

Policy

Nominet DRS

Scope

Nominet DRS; technical linkage; IP reuse; shared toll-free number; disclaimer fingerprint; SEO/social spoofing

Public attribution

User-confirmed; Nominet public decision does not identify representatives

Evidence summary

Complaint linked support-site infrastructure using an unusual repeated disclaimer error, the same toll-free number, the same IP address across multiple related domains, similar site content, search-engine optimization, social-media spoofing, and likely email use; it also alleged remote-access fraud and common ownership/control.

Panel finding

Expert held that the common disclaimer error, repeated IP address, and same toll-free number strongly suggested a connection among the sites/domains, but declined to infer from that alone that the entire scheme was fraudulent. The expert found a significant likelihood of confusion and ordered transfer.

Qualification

Jonathan directly confirms this was his matter. The published Nominet decision does not identify representatives. It may be cited as one of Jonathan's matters based on owner confirmation, but do not state or imply that the published decision itself names him as representative.

Domains adjudicated

1 domain adjudicated: yahoosupportcontact.co.uk

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