John Berryhill,an attorney had successfully defended the domain name Ant.com in UDRP case.
The complainant was Atlanta Network Technologies, Inc., which operates ANTonline.com. The respondent was ANT.COM Limited, which offers search functionality and an internet browser toolbar that has been downloaded over a million times.
"Referring to Complainant’s allegations that there was an offer to sell the disputed domain name, during a conversation which Mr. Choplin [employee of complainant] claims to have had on March 20, 2007 with Mr. Pecaud [previous owner], Respondent points out that the Respondent in this Proceeding is Ant.com Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation that was formed in 2008, and to which Mr. Pacaud transferred the domain name in 2008. Thus, Mr. Choplin’s statement that “Respondent was holding the domain name out for sale” must be wrong as Respondent did not exist when Mr. Choplin claims he made his telephone call in 2007. Furthermore, Respondent contends that it could not have been possible for Mr. Choplin to have spoken to Mr. Pecaud in France on March 20, 2007 since Mr. Pecaud was travelling at that time and had arrived in JFK airport in New York on March 19, 2007 as was demonstrated by copies of extracts from Mr. Pecaud’s passport which were annexed to the Response…"