Dutch is having a good December. Not only did he win one of the preliminary events at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio – the $2K NLHE event – but he found out this morning that he won his case against PokerHost.com.
The battle with PokerHost ensued in October when he received notice from an attorney that there was a UDRP complaint against him for holding the PokerHost.net domain. Dutch then turned the PokerHost.net site into one about the case and stood his ground on the issue, since he had tried to negotiate with them for quite some time before the complaint to no avail. But this morning, he received notice that the World Intellectual Property Organization decided the case for him, as he documented on his blog:
The Pokerhost.net WIPO decision came today. Not only did I win, but the WIPO panelist found in favor of my reverse domain name hijacking claim, which hardly ever happens. Unfortunately, the UDRP doesn\’t actually give any punitive relief to respondents who win on this claim, but it\’s nice to get anyway. It definitely put me in a better mood and was a nice thing to wake up to.
In other Dutch news, as it relates to his purchase of Steve Hall\’s Pokerfolio domain, the misunderstanding has been settled. According to the text message from Dutch today:
\”Just FYI, I did end up giving Steve Hall back Pokerfolio.com for free… Wish him the best.\”
Ahhh, the holiday season!
