UFC files suit on theultimatefighter.com owner
Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC and WEC, went to court last week for the purpose of booting…
Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC and WEC, went to court last week for the purpose of booting what it has characterized as a cybersquatter from a domain name that Zuffa says should be registered as its own. In a lawsuit filed in Nevada federal court, Zuffa asked the judge for an order requiring the registrar for the TheUltimateFighter.com domain name to transfer its registration over to Zuffa.
Anton Resnick, the domain name’s registrant, expressed complete surprise that a suit had been filed when contacted by Sherdog.com.
I’m not at all aware of the suit, said Resnick.
I registered a domain a long, long time ago, prior to having any marks that this domain could be linked to, said Resnick. If anybody had contacted me and made me an offer or spoke to me about the domain name, there’s a possibility I would have released it to them. If they would like to talk to me about the domain name, I would be open to a discussion to figure out a way to resolve the issue.
Zuffa’s legal counsel, John Krieger, said that Zuffa attempted to contact (Resnick) a couple of times, before filing the suit and never heard back from him.