PALM BEACH – What do you do when another company possesses a sought after three-character domain name that you want, wish you had, or wish you would had thought to register for your business many, many years ago? You file a nonsensical UDRP proceeding of course – and shoot for the best.
That’s what appears Royal Caribbean Cruises has decided to do with the domain name “RCC.COM”, a relatively cool and extremely diluted acronym with a wide range of uses for companies throughout the world. This is a great example of what I would call a ‘nothing to loose’ attempt to steal a valuable domain name based on almost nothing.
Based on some initial research on industry news site, DomainInvesting.com, Royal Caribbean Cruises has little reason to file such a process referencing the term “RCC” rarely in their overall operations, branding and advertising. This appears to be a clear abuse of the UDRP process and extremely wishful thinking on their part, which will likely just raise the price of the domain once they have lost, according to long time domain investor Rick Schwartz.
Also weighing in on this one is the opinion of widely respected Intellectual property attorney John Berryhill who seems to place this case, near dead on arrival.
This should be a fairly simple one to defend, given the history of the domain name and the apparent lack of any association between “RCC” and the complainant. I’ve seen “RCC” used more often for Roman Catholic Church. The base term here has a huge Wikipedia disambiguation page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCC
Here are 233 more reasons why WIPO Case Number D2019-1042 should be rejected and ruled as an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH).
Acronym | Definition |
RCC | Riverside Community College |
RCC | Rape Crisis Center |
RCC | Renal Cell Carcinoma |
RCC | Roller Compacted Concrete |
RCC | Rail Control Center |
RCC | Roman Catholic Church |
RCC | Road Construction Contract |
RCC | Rockland Community College |
RCC | Rehabilitation Centre for Children |
RCC | Regional Cancer Centre |
RCC | Red Cross of Constantine |
RCC | Regional Climate Center |
RCC | Right Coronary Cusp |
RCC | Regional Census Center |
RCC | Renovação Carismatica Católica |
RCC | Randolph Community College |
RCC | Red Cell Concentrate |
RCC | Red Carpet Club |
RCC | Rappahannock Community College |
RCC | Roxbury Community College |
RCC | Regional Cancer Center |
RCC | Reinforced Carbon-Carbon |
RCC | Radio Controlled Clock |
RCC | Radar Cruise Control |
RCC | Reserve Command Channel |
RCC | Renault Car Club |
RCC | Radio Common Carrier |
RCC | Rear Catalytic Converter |
RCC | Routing Control Centre |
RCC | Revolutionary Command Council |
RCC | Rescue Coordination Center |
RCC | Religion Communicators Council |
RCC | Regional Cyber Center |
RCC | Recognition of Current Competencies |
RCC | Rural Community Council |
RCC | Rete Civica del Casentino |
RCC | Robeson Community College |
RCC | Reclame Code Commissie |
RCC | Rapid Climate Change |
RCC | Retail Council of Canada |
RCC | Resource Conservation Challenge |
RCC | Redlands Community College |
RCC | Recognition of Current Competency |
RCC | Regional Control Center |
RCC | Reinforced Cement Concrete |
RCC | Raleigh Convention Center |
RCC | Relationship-Centered Care |
RCC | Reserve Component Command |
RCC | Rural Cellular Corporation |
RCC | River Community Church |
RCC | Range Control Center |
RCC | Reston Community Center |
RCC | Rabbinical Council of California |
RCC | Regional Computer Center |
RCC | Robotics Curriculum Clearinghouse |
RCC | Rotary Community Corps |
RCC | Reformed Church in Canada |
RCC | Royal Caribbean Cruises |
RCC | Radio Common Carrier |
RCC | Radio-Controlled Clock |
RCC | Registered Corporate Coach |
RCC | Riverland Community College |
RCC | Resolution and Collection Corporation |
RCC | Regional Coordinating Center |
RCC | Research Computing Center |
RCC | Resin-Coated Copper |
RCC | Regional Collection Center |
RCC | Ringing Choke Converter |
RCC | Resource Centre Coordinator |
RCC | Riga City Council |
RCC | Renal Care Center |
RCC | Relay Conference Captioning |
RCC | Rainier Communications Commission |
RCC | Replacement Capital Covenant |
RCC | Reformed Christian Church |
RCC | Regional Citizens Committee |
RCC | Regional Centre in Colombo |
RCC | Recurring Credit Card |
RCC | Region Connection Calculus |
RCC | Resident-Centered Care |
RCC | Range Commanders Council |
RCC | Regional Command Capital |
RCC | Riverside Christian Church |
RCC | Radio College of Canada |
RCC | Regional Council Committee |
RCC | Red Cooperativa de Comunicaciones |
RCC | Russian Cultural Center |
RCC | Reality Combat Championship |
RCC | Regional Combatant Commands |
RCC | Recurrent Cascade-Correlation |
RCC | Redlands Camera Club |
RCC | Rockhampton City Council |
RCC | Remote Control Console |
RCC | Roanoke Cement Company |
RCC | Resources for Child Caring |
RCC | Royal Cruising Club |
RCC | Rutland County Council |
RCC | Right Common Carotid |
RCC | Residential Computing Connection |
RCC | Remote Control Center |
RCC | Regional Cultural Consortium |
RCC | Rolling Continuation Channel |
RCC | Rainbow Community Center |
RCC | Rottweiler Club of Canada |
RCC | Reflex Command Center |
RCC | Resource Control Center |
RCC | Residential Computer Consultant |
RCC | Residential Care Center |
RCC | Remote Cluster Controller |
RCC | Real Colegio Complutense |
RCC | Resistor Color Code |
RCC | Ripon College Cuddesdon |
RCC | Richland Country Club |
RCC | Raffles Country Club |
RCC | Reformation Covenant Church |
RCC | Radiology Certified Coder |
RCC | Roscoff Culture Collection |
RCC | Research Consulting Company |
RCC | Rehab Care Center |
RCC | Royal Crown Cola |
RCC | Redlands Chamber of Commerce |
RCC | Roads Contractor Company |
RCC | Regional Conservation Committee |
RCC | Rose City Crystals |
RCC | Research Coordinating Center |
RCC | Radio Chugoku Company |
RCC | Renouveau Charismatique Catholique |
RCC | Rescue Control Center |
RCC | Ritsumeikan Computer Club |
RCC | Residual Catalytic Cracking |
RCC | Rockwater Capital Corporation |
RCC | Revista Colombiana de Computacion |
RCC | Routing Control Channel |
RCC | Reusable Carbon-Carbon |
RCC | Reviews in Computational Chemistry |
RCC | Reception and Congregate Care |
RCC | Royal Cat Club |
RCC | Ritchey-Chrétien-Coudé |
RCC | Rijks Computer Centrum |
RCC | Regulatory Compliance Center |
RCC | Rolled Compacted Concrete |
RCC | Radio Communications Committee |
RCC | Règles de Conception et de Construction |
RCC | Roche Colorado Corporation |
RCC | Roederer Correctional Complex |
RCC | Riverside Community Care |
RCC | Rice Counseling Center |
RCC | Resources for Community Collaboration |
RCC | Rough Combustion Cutoff |
RCC | Research Costing Compliance |
RCC | Roughstock Country Countdown |
RCC | Renewable Chemicals Corporation |
RCC | Radio Cosenza Centrale |
RCC | Rainbow Cattle Co. |
RCC | Rochester Canoe Club |
RCC | Research and Collections Center |
RCC | Religious Communicators Council |
RCC | R Coding Conventions |
RCC | Religious Communication Congress |
RCC | Return Channel for Cable |
RCC | River Corridor Closure |
RCC | Risk Communication Challenge |
RCC | Resolving Conflict Creatively |
RCC | Raleigh Coin Club |
RCC | Reeves Community Center |
RCC | Risk and Capital Committee |
RCC | Rhodener Carneval Club |
RCC | Riccarton Community Church |
RCC | Rebound Computer Company |
RCC | Recreational Computer Club |
RCC | Recovery Control Center |
RCC | Radium Chemical Company |
RCC | Report Control Code |
RCC | Reverse C Compiler |
RCC | Recruit Company Commander |
RCC | Randers Computer Center |
RCC | Residential Computer Coordinator |
RCC | Rugby Club Châteaurenard |
RCC | Radio Communications Center |
RCC | Rotary Club of the Caldwells |
RCC | Risk Control Center |
RCC | Radiometer Calibration and Characterization |
RCC | Rossmoor Computer Club |
RCC | Roosendaalse Concours Combinatie |
RCC | Remote Command & Control |
RCC | Robotic Command Center |
RCC | Rogers Communications Center |
RCC | Röllfelder Carneval Club |
RCC | Retirement Coordinating Council |
RCC | Recreation Club Council |
RCC | Ruhrgas Computer Club |
RCC | Renault Car Club |
RCC | Rudnick Computer Consultants |
RCC | Rectangular Chip Carrier |
RCC | Robust Centralized Clustering |
RCC | Rotorua Chamber of Commerce |
RCC | Restricted Common Carrier |
RCC | Radio Control Complex |
RCC | Resistencia Civil Continental |
RCC | Rolleston Cricket Club |
RCC | Ross Custom Cabinets |
RCC | Radar Control Center |
RCC | Rajtr Classic Cars |
RCC | Rado Computers Corp. |
RCC | Rocky Cola Café |
RCC | Reactor Closed Cooling |
RCC | Request for Contract Change |
RCC | Rockford Community Center |
RCC | Resources Control Center |
RCC | Reflections Counseling Center |
RCC | Red Chilli Color |
RCC | Recruiting Committee Chairman |
RCC | Rallings Computer Consultants |
RCC | RONCO Consulting Corporation |
RCC | Residential Central City Zone |
RCC | Regional Cassava Committee |
RCC | Radiometric Correction Coefficients |
RCC | Resource Category Code |
RCC | Remote Communications Central |
RCC | Region/Remote Control Center |
RCC | Redundancy Chance-Constrained |
RCC | Recovery Cable Connector |
RCC | Racing Club of Curacao |
RCC | Rugby Club Compiègne |
RCC | Research and Consultancy Center |
RCC | Risk Communication Committee |
RCC | Religion in Contemporary Culture |
RCC | Rétromobile Club de Courtry |
RCC | Riparian Corridor Connectivity |
RCC | Renegade Corvette Club |
RCC | Rosalie Citroen Club |
RCC | Rosemount Customer Central |
RCC | Ross Christian Church |
To see this list of Acronyms in its entirety including their territories of use, visit its source and full unedited list here: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/RCC
All of the companies above likely refer to themselves as “RCC” at times if not frequently. Should they not all have an equal shot at this great domain name? Maybe in a perfect world, all of the companies above could share this fantastic domain name, or file an UDRP proceeding, but that is not how domain names work. They are first come, first serve, and they should never be stolen.
About The Author: John Colascione is Chief Executive Officer of Internet Marketing Services Inc. He specializes in Website Monetization, is a Google AdWords Certified Professional, authored a ‘how to’ book called ”Mastering Your Website‘, and is a key player in several Internet related businesses through his search engine strategy brand Searchen Networks®
Leave a Reply