Panel denies cybersquatting claim against RapidPay.com
Green Dot tried to take RapidPay.com by force; the panel told it to keep its wallet closed.
A three-member WIPO panel denied Green Dot Corporation's cybersquatting claim over RapidPay.com. The name stays where it was.
The interesting signal is the dissent: one panelist said he would have gone further and found reverse domain name hijacking.
For domain investors, that is a meaningful flag. UDRP filings are supposed to police bad-faith registration, not pressure legitimate holders into surrender.
A split decision like this raises the cost of aggressive trademark enforcement. Complainants now know that a weak case can produce a public accusation of RDNH.
For brand owners, the lesson is procedural: prove registration in bad faith, not just that the domain reads like a mark. Ownership alone is not a transfer order.
RapidPay.com remains a useful data point for anyone watching how panels treat descriptive, multi-purpose domains against later-established brands.
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