“This was a particularly flagrant case of infringement, and the estate is pleased that it has been concluded on satisfactory terms,” Steve Maier, of Maier Blackburn Solicitors, said in the statement.
As part of the WIPO arbitration, Jensen had said the domain name was not identical to the Lord of the Rings creator’s name. “Specifically, the Complainant’s J R R TOLKIEN trademark contains the additional letters “L” and “I” which are conspicuously absent from the disputed domain name. The pronunciation is also different,” he said.
The JRR Token’s website, Twitter account and YouTube channel have now been deleted.
