Really? I don't know about you, but my interpretation of the above is that they are essentially calling you stupid. How ould anyone possibly think that this domain is associated with SelectQuote? Besides the content, the word review has a meaning in the English language.there is a considerable risk that the trade public will perceive the Domain Name either as owned by the Complainant or as commercially related the Complainant.
A review is a commentary about a subject, and it is customary that a review is written by someone unassociated with the subject being reviewed. It is commonly understood that a review should have this independence to be useful. Therefore, the plain English meaning of the domain name actually implies a lack of association with SelectQuote.
SelectQuote cites a precedent which appears to refute this reasoning, but in fact it is merely a case in which the owner of the domain did not respond to the complaint.
SelectQuote goes on to make the utterly ridiculous assertion that I'm typo-squatting. How many times do you accidentally add 'review' to a word when you type it? This is just absurd. They appear to not understand the definition of typo-squatting, but rather are complaining that my site ranks on Google for "select quote" and "selectquote." Furthermore, I have no intention of selling them this domain, my entire goal is to get the truth out.
In any case, SelectQuote is asking the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to transfer this domain name to them. That way they can profit off of all my search engine marketing, and avoid taking responsibility for the incidents which I have reported. ICANN has sided with complainants a whopping 80% of the time, but SelectQuote's assertions are so brazenly wrong, I hope I can strike a blow for the little guy here.
They have retained lawyers from a firm that specializes in trademark and domain litigation, I cannot afford to lawyer up over this. I intend to knock down Goliath simply by being right. That being said, if anyone knows of legal help that can be had for free, in order to stop the abuses of the UDRP, please do not hesitate to contact me. I have already entered this action into the Chilling Effects clearinghouse. That website monitors the use of legal action to stifle free speech on the internet.
They have retained lawyers from a firm that specializes in trademark and domain litigation, I cannot afford to lawyer up over this. I intend to knock down Goliath simply by being right. That being said, if anyone knows of legal help that can be had for free, in order to stop the abuses of the UDRP, please do not hesitate to contact me. I have already entered this action into the Chilling Effects clearinghouse. That website monitors the use of legal action to stifle free speech on the internet.
Certainly, SelectQuote's complaint fails in more ways than what I have listed here. I restricted my arguments here to the most obvious, which require zero understanding of trademarks and fair use.
Often things are marketed on tv to go online and "review your matches" "review your credit score" "review your quote" - in that use of the word, they could reasonably win. I suggest finding a new domain to which this can re-direct, that's clearer what you're talking about (I saw your link on twitter and thought it was a site to buy insurance from them, and I more than meet the test for an intelligent audience).
It is clear that you realized once you got here what the site is about, however. If I sold life insurance here, you might think that you were buying insurance from SelectQuote. In such a case I would have used their trademark in bad faith - I'd be making money by tricking people. Another way to be guilty of bad faith would be to do something unsavory while making it look like they were the ones doing it. For example, if I just hosted a bunch of porn on this domain, without explanation, someone might think SelectQuote was involved in porn.
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