Painless.com UDRP: Respondent delivers pain with this aged, generic domain name

Posted by DomainGang on May 24, 2023, at 10:19 am

The domain Painless.com was registered in 1996, at the dawn of the commercial internet. Along came Benco Dental Supply Co., a medical supply company, with a registered mark for PAINLESS from 1997; they sought to get the domain via the UDRP process 27 years later. They operate painless.benco.com to demonstrate use of the PAINLESS mark. […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, NAF, Painless.com, UDRP, deny transfer

EmpowerMedia.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

Posted by DomainGang on March 9, 2023, at 8:05 am

Empower Media Partners LLC filed a UDRP to usurp the domain EmpowerMedia.com from its registrant. The Respondent in this case is a Canadian citizen that incorporated as Empower 360 Inc. in 2007; it acquired the disputed domain in 2010. Meanwhile, the Complainant registered the mark EMPOWER in 2018 with the USPTO. The three member panel […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Empower Media, EmpowerMedia.com, Forum, NAF, RDNH, UDRP

The domain EchoPayments.com wasn’t lost via a UDRP—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on February 23, 2023, at 10:07 am

The domain name EchoPayments.com was challenged via the UDRP process at the Forum (NAF.) ECHO Health, Inc. attempted to get the domain based on their registration of the mark ECHO in 2014. There was one problem with the strategy of the Complainant: The domain was registered in 2011. Despite the Respondent’s lack of a response, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with EchoPayments.com, Forum, NAF, UDRP, deny transfer, trademarks

BillionaireBay.com UDRP was lost by eBay

Posted by DomainGang on February 16, 2023, at 8:54 am

Ebay filed a UDRP to get the domain BillionaireBay.com from a French company that holds a trademark in France for BILLIONAIREBAY but this is where it gets complicated. The mark’s application in France was opposed at the time by eBay, leading to the mark’s rejection for auctions and marketplace services, however the BILLIONAIREBAY trademark proceeded […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with BillionaireBay.com, Domains, Forum, NAF, UDRP, eBay

Winner of LeonardoDiCaprio.org auction lost domain via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on February 4, 2023, at 3:45 pm

From the “what were you thinking” department comes the UDRP of the domain LeonardodiCaprio.org. Matching the name of popular mega-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, this domain was in the possession of the Hollywood actor until August 2022 but it wasn’t renewed. Instead of dropping, the domain name ended up in a NameJet auction and someone from Indonesia […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Forum, Leonardo DiCaprio, LeonardoDiCaprio.org, NAF, Namejet, Sandi Monkey, UDRP

LordAdTaylor.com: UDRP failed due to Respondent’s language barrier

Posted by DomainGang on February 2, 2023, at 10:20 am

When you file a UDRP, the domain’s registrar matters. In the case of LordAdTaylor.com the UDRP was filed by Lord & Taylor IP LLC, America’s first and oldest department store. The Respondent uses DNSPod, Inc. as their registrar, which is based in China, as is the Respondent. Apparently, not many Chinese can understand or respond […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with China, Chinese respondent, Domains, LordAdTaylor.com, NAF, UDRP

ImpossibleKick.com UDRP failed due to Complainant’s rushed filing

Posted by DomainGang on January 31, 2023, at 10:19 am

When you claim your mark has become distinctive but it hasn’t, filing a rushed UDRP won’t get you the domain name. Impossible Kicks Holding Company, Inc. filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name ImpossibleKick.com. The Respondent did not respond, but the sole panelist at the Forum (NAF) pointed out that the Complainant’s […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Forum, ImpossibleKick.com, NAF, UDRP, USPTO, deny transfer, impossible kicks, trademarks

CreditNinja Lending lost UDRP filed against KreditNinjaLLC.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 9, 2023, at 9:15 am

One can get “Kreative” with the letter “C” and in the case of the domain KreditNinjaLLC.com that phonetic change led to a UDRP. Filed by CreditNinja Lending LLC at the Forum (NAF) the case involves the registered trademark CREDITNINJA, obtained by the Complainant in 2019. Despite the domain’s registration in 2021, the case was dismissed […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with CREDITNINJA, CreditNinja Lending LLC, Forum, KreditNinjaLLC.com, NAF, Rashaud Spikes, UDRP

MigraineAgain.org: UDRP a headache for Complainant

Posted by DomainGang on December 24, 2022, at 4:59 pm

A Nigerian scammer used the domain MigraineAgain.org to impersonate the .com holder. Everyday Health, Inc.operates from MigraineAgain.com offering support to migraine sufferers. They filed a UDRP to get the .org as the Respondent used the domain to impersonate them, offering fake jobs and attempting to scam the applicants. This created an obvious headache for the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Migraine Again, MigraineAgain.org, NAF, UDRP, phishing, scam, trademarks

ChatGPT responds to UDRP with solid RDNH references

Posted by DomainGang on December 15, 2022, at 4:02 pm

ChatGPT is a popular AI chatbot that can engage in conversational, analytical exchanges. It does not substitute human activities, including the responses of legal advisors. Regardless, we gave ChatGPT (that is not operating from the domain ChatGPT.com) the following task related to domain names and the UDRP process: Imagine you own the domain Widgets.com. A […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with ChatGPT, Domains, ESQwire, Forum, NAF, RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, Widgets.com, cybersquatting, fair use, not legal advice, reverse domain name hijacking

TRX.com: A 1999 domain was lost via the UDRP process!

Posted by DomainGang on November 16, 2022, at 11:14 am

The domain name TRX.com was registered in 1999; Fitness Anywhere LLC filed a UDRP to usurp this aged, valuable LLL .com. Citing rights to the TRX mark since “at least 2005,” the Complainant alleged that TRX.com was acquired by the Respondent much later, in 2021 or 2022. WHOIS records indicate that the contact information was […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, LLL.com, NAF, TRX, TRX.com, UDRP, grant transfer

Why Morgan Stanley lost the UDRP filed against MSFinancements.com

Posted by DomainGang on November 12, 2022, at 10:02 am

Financial giant, Morgan Stanley, owns rights to the mark MORGAN STANLEY and treats the letter pair “MS” as an abbreviated variant, apparently. A French company, formed by two individuals, Medji Bamba and Sarah Pascual, uses the domain MSFinancements.com. It’s not clear why Morgan Stanley’s lawyers believed they’d get this domain via the UDRP process, unless […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, MSFinancements.com, Medji Bamba, Morgan Stanley, NAF, Sarah Pascual, UDRP, deny transfer

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