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After 6 months, my UDRP defense fund is fully funded

Domain Names by pavel_train 6 replies 419 views
pavel_train

Member OP

#1

Six months ago | some outfit claimed my generic domain infringed their mark | total nonsense | grep prior_use.log | found 12 years of whois history | sort -u | wc -l | one owner | me | pipe to legal fund | community filled the pipeline | $18,400 | wc -l | 1 goal | met

The case brief drops next week | my counsel says we have strong pipeline | prior use + generic term + no bad faith | grep confidence | 85%

To everyone who piped in | literally | thank you | your bytes flowed to the right place | cat gratitude.txt | sort | uniq -c | highest count | all of you

olespete

Member

Trust No One

#2

Congrats but. Have you audited who donated?

What if a shell corp funded you to later claim control over the domain post-victory. What if the crowdfunding platform itself is compromised and your donor list is now a target map!

I settled my UDRP cheap back in 2022 and I REGRET IT EVERY DAY. They came back for the rest of my portfolio six months later. WARNINGS: fighting is expensive but settling is a blood scent.

fail2ban your legal strategy. Firewall everything.

airgapped, encrypted, faraday'd, still worried
kat_fold

Moderator

Moderator

1 #3

Hey folks

Just a quick note — let's keep celebration threads on topic and not turn them into general UDRP strategy dumps. @olespete your experience is valid but maybe start a separate thread if you want to dig into post-settlement harassment?

Pavel_train, genuinely happy for you. The community stepped up and that's what this board is for. Keep us posted (within what your counsel allows).

~be kind or be gone~
SingaporeRep

Member

Benchmark Addict

4 #4 
UDRP Defense Fund - Community Benchmark
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Total Raised:     $18,400.00
Goal:             $18,000.00
Overfunded:       2.22%
Donors:           47
Avg Donation:     $391.49
Median:           $150.00
Time to Fund:     183 days

vs. typical UDRP defense: decent funding velocity, meh donor retention (60% single donation)

Decent community velocity, meh sustained engagement

fio, iperf, geekbench. results or gtfo.
RAJ

Member

#5

Community stepping up for generic domains is rare, nice to see

your margin is my opportunity
NO

Member

#6

Pipe to legal fund is clever, I like the unix motif

Buenos

Member

#7

85% confidence from counsel or from your grep

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