Coinflex.com UDRP: One important thing about the domain arbitration process

Posted by DomainGang on April 24, 2024, at 11:44 am

The domain name Coinflex.com became the apple of discord of two Hong Kong based entities. The matter reached the WIPO panel that examined the case. Soon, it became evident that the Byzantine complexity of the matter could not resolved by the panel. Said the sole panelist: In this instance, the Panel finds it unnecessary to […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Coinflex, Coinflex.com, Domains, WIPO, domain arbitration

JCTAttachments.com UDRP: Panelist sides with Complainant but drops the ball

Posted by DomainGang on April 19, 2024, at 11:49 am

The WIPO panelist presiding over the JCTAtattachments.com UDRP pointed out that the web site hosted on the domain mimics the Complainant’s; that the purpose of the disputed domain’s existence is to confuse the consumers and pass off as the Complainant. Given the degree of similarity between the Respondent’s logo and the Complainant’s mark, and the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, JCTAttachments.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Because.com: British company failed to get generic domain because …

Posted by DomainGang on April 18, 2024, at 12:00 pm

OEE Ltd, United Kingdom, believed they were entitled to the aged domain Because.com, because they owned the domain in the past. Also, because they didn’t renew the domain, it was auctioned off and the Respondent acquired it. The Respondent gets to keep the domain, because they acquired it in the same way that the Complainant […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Because.com, Domains, John Berryhill, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Alpha.Finance: #Greek bank failed to get domain via the #UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on April 12, 2024, at 11:45 am

A Polish domain investor placed the domain Alpha.finance for sale with a price tag of $19,888 dollars. That didn’t sit well with Alpha Bank, one of Greece’s established banks with an annual revenue of 520 million euro. The bank filed a UDRP on the basis of its ALPHA BANK and other registered marks. As a […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Alpha.Finance, Domains, UDRP, WIPO

Hyzon.com UDRP: Domain registration predates Complainant’s mark rights

Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2024, at 11:30 am

The domain name Hyzon.com was challenged by Hyzon Motors USA Inc., in a UDRP filed at the WIPO. Although the Respondent did not respond, the WIPO Panelist noted that the domain name’s registration date (2018) predates that of the Complainant’s mark registration in 2020. As the domain’s WHOIS information remains private, the Respondent in this […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Hyzon, Hyzon.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Piffmagazine.com: Despite cussing out, Respondent won the UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2024, at 10:10 am

Despite cussing out in their opening response to the UDRP summons, the Respondent and registrant of the domain Piffmagazine.com won the case. Societe Nouvelle du Journal l’humanite filed the UDRP to protect its Pif Le Mag mark. Pif is a cartoon character that is utilized by the Complainant as a mascot to deliver its messages […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Pif Le Mag, PiffMag.com, Piffmagazine.com, Societe Nouvelle du Journal l'humanite, UDRP, WIPO

FamilyPolicyFoundation.org: UDRP against criticism domain failed all three points

Posted by DomainGang on April 10, 2024, at 2:20 pm

The domain FamilyPolicyFoundation.org was challenged by Family Policy Foundation via the UDRP process. The Complainant asserted they have rights to the FAMILY POLICY FOUNDATION mark since 2016. The Respondent is using the domain to deliver criticism of the Complainant’s policies, particularly the rights of the gay community: “The Family Policy Foundation is a fake charitable […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domains, FAMILY POLICY FOUNDATION, FamilyPolicyFoundation.org, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Alhambra.com UDRP: Spanish entity fails to get aged domain

Posted by DomainGang on April 8, 2024, at 10:30 am

A Spanish organization has failed to usurp the domain name Alhambra.com from its registrant, a Malta-based domain investor operating under the Indefinite.com brand. Registered in 2000, the domain matches the Complainant’s mark, ALHAMBRA, that was registered in 2011. Furthermore, the Complainant is entrusted with the protection, administration and conservation of the Monumental Complex of the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Alhambra, Alhambra.com, Domains, Indefinite.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

ResourceX.com UDRP: A 2014 registration beat one from 2015 – Makes sense

Posted by DomainGang on April 4, 2024, at 11:26 am

The registrant of the domain name ResourceX.com was slapped with a UDRP, filed by Hannes Schmutterer Schmutterer & Partner Information Technology GmbH, Austria. The Complainant registered the .at counterpart in 2015, a year after the Respondent registered the .com. In other words, a ccTLD holder was late to the domain game, and yet they believed […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Hannes Schmutterer Schmutterer, ResourceX, ResourceX.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

SimGun.com UDRP: Austrian bankrupt company tried to get its domain back; Who won?

Posted by DomainGang on April 3, 2024, at 11:00 am

An Austrian company that went bankrupt filed a UDRP to secure its domain, SimGun.com, after the minority stakeholder took control of it. The case was decided at the WIPO with the Complainant, FACT Systems GmbH, claiming that the domain was transferred away from its control unlawfully. Not so fast, said the Respondent, who asserts that […]

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Euronet.com UDRP: Aged domain’s Dutch registrant won with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Posted by DomainGang on April 3, 2024, at 10:40 am

Thirty years after its registration in 1994, the domain name Euronet.com was hit with a UDRP. Prior to the UDRP, Dutch company Euronet Internet, operating these days as Online.nl, was approached by the Complainant, US-based Euronet Worldwide, Inc., to acquire the domain for $30,000 dollars. Upon being told by the registrant that they would seek […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Euronet, Euronet.com, Plan B, RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, reverse domain name hijacking

Transco.com UDRP: Attorney John Berryhill goes against a train—Who won?

Posted by DomainGang on March 26, 2024, at 11:35 am

Attorney John Berryhill scored another victory, this time against a train company, Transco Railway Products Inc., that filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Transco.com. The decision by a three member panel at the WIPO was unanimous: “The Panel has considered and found unconvincing the Complainant’s argument that the Respondent’s use of a privacy service […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with John Berryhill, Transco.com, UDRP, WIPO