Pilot.com sale for $400k unveiled sales price of Courier.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 17, 2022, at 12:19 pm

The domain name Pilot.com was acquired by a startup that spent $400,000 dollars from its initial funding round. Waseem Daher, Founder and CEO at Pilot, shared the process of domain acquisition; getting $3 million in funds was a decisive step in the process: At that time, we were six people in an office above a […]

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EquityTrustCompany.com: Why did a trademark holder lost the filed UDRP?

Posted by DomainGang on January 17, 2022, at 10:25 am

A trademark alone does not secure domain rights, and in the case of EquityTrustCompany.com, the UDRP Complainant experienced just that. Equity Trust Company, is a South Dakota corporation that administers retirement plans. According to the UDRP, the Complainant has rights in the EQUITY TRUST COMPANY mark based on registration of the mark with the United […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, EquityTrustCompany.com, NAF, UDRP, trademarks

KU.com: Premium two-letter .com domain has been sold

Posted by DomainGang on January 15, 2022, at 12:37 pm

Another premium, two-letter .com domain has been sold. According to George Kirikos who keeps track of all 676 LL .com combinations day and night, KU.com has changed hands. The move to a new registrant in China indicates a sale took place. The domain KU.com had previously been owned by Reflex Publishing, holders of a mighty […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with China, DuckCreek.com, George Kirikos, KU.com, Measure.com, domain investors

Ten million domain offer was an attempt at fraud

Posted by DomainGang on January 14, 2022, at 7:16 pm

Domain investor and sleuth, George Kirikos, didn’t flinch when a $10 million USD offer arrived for one of his ultra premium domains. Recognizing the value of his domain portfolio years ago, Kirikos often turns down sizeable offers that nevertheless fail to match the domain’s true worth. This time around, the $10 million dollar offer was […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domains, Fraud, George Kirikos, domain offers, ten million offer

Olive.com operators file for trademark registration at the USPTO

Posted by DomainGang on January 14, 2022, at 10:05 am

Illinois-based Repair Ventures LLC, operators of the domain Olive.com, have filed for the registration of the matching trademark, OLIVE.COM, at the USPTO. The mark was applied for the following services, with a first date of use May 3, 2021: Providing vehicle service agreements on vehicles manufactured by others for mechanical breakdown and servicing; providing mechanical […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domains, Olive.com, Repair Ventures LLC, USPTO, olive, trademarks

Montorious B.I.G. rolling out dot .hiphop in tha house

Posted by DomainGang on January 13, 2022, at 1:44 pm

Legendary Miami rapper & producer, Montorious B.I.G., is back with a new hip-hop label, Dot .hiphop. Montorious B.I.G. aka “Monte Cahn” hit it big in the Miami club scene during the early and mid 2000s, with popular tracks such as “Funk dat sheet,” “De Moniker,” and “Drop .com like it’s hot,” before taking a break. […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with .hiphop, Domainers, Domains, Miami, Miami clubs, Monte, Monte Cahn, Montorious B.I.G., dot .hiphop, gTLDs, new label

#Wordle madness: SAW brokerage lists the matching .com for sale!

Posted by DomainGang on January 13, 2022, at 9:37 am

Fans of word puzzles will love Wordle, a quick, daily test of your vocabulary and patience. What exactly is Wordle? Wordle is an online game where you’re trying to guess a five letter word and have six tries to do so. Every word has to pass a dictionary test and feedback is returned by marking […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Mastermind, SAW, SAW Brokerage, Wordle, Wordle.com, saw.com

Bybt.com: Bybit Fintech Limited engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Posted by DomainGang on January 12, 2022, at 3:58 pm

Bybit Fintech Limited, was established in 2018 as a cryptocurrency exchange. With more than 2 million registered users, it offers a mobile application or app known as ByBit. On June 24, 2021, the company filed in Hong Kong, China, trademark applications for two BYBIT logos and a BYBIT wordmark. Meanwhile, the domain bybt.com was registered […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Coinglass, Domains, RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, bybt.com, reverse domain name hijacking

Facebook domains: Respondent raged at Panel in obvious #UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on January 12, 2022, at 1:14 pm

The Respondent in a UDRP that involved several obvious infringement cases of the world-famous FACEBOOK brand did not go gently into that good night. As the poem says, the Respondent raged, raged against the Panelist instead, rambling about how Facebook is not entitled to mark exclusivity, or to protect its mark. The UDRP at the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Facebook, Meta Inc, UDRP, WIPO, facebook brand

Cryptos.com: Bitcoin Center NYC founder files for #trademark registration

Posted by DomainGang on January 12, 2022, at 12:00 pm

Cryptos.com founder, Nick Spanos, has applied for the registration of the matching mark, CRYPTOS.COM, at the USPTO. Mr. Spanos, an early adopter of BTC, is the founder of Bitcoin Center NYC, dedicated to promoting Bitcoin, educating the public, and hosting the local Bitcoin community. The mark is applied for services related to “Providing technology information […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with CRYPTOS.COM, Domains, Nick Spanos, crypto

Hola Domains: Investor won UDRP filed against OceanReady.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 12, 2022, at 10:42 am

Hola Domains, also known as Hola Dominios Limitada, is an active domain investment company based in Costa Rica. They fought and won a UDRP filed against the domain OceanReady.com, based on the registered mark OCEANREADY claimed by GXI LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, the world’s most popular cruise line and largest leisure travel […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, Hola Domains, Hola Dominios Limitada, NAF, Ocean Ready, OceanReady, OceanReady.com, UDRP, deny transfer

EquityTrust.com: Dutch company failed to respond to UDRP against aged domain

Posted by DomainGang on January 12, 2022, at 9:16 am

The domain EquityTrust.com was registered in 2001 and more than two decades later it was hit with a UDRP. The Complainant formed in 2003 and used the EQUITY TRUST mark from 2012 onward. Despite not responding to the UDRP, the Respondent’s saving grace was the Forum (NAF) panelist, who pointed out: Respondent could not have […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, EquityTrust.com, NAF, UDRP

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