Microcenter.ai UDRP: Panel rejects “.ai” defense—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on December 16, 2025, at 2:36 pm

Micro Electronics, Inc., long-time owner of the MICRO CENTER mark and operator of microcenter.com and AI-focused PCs and systems, filed a UDRP against the domain Microcenter.ai, registered in 2024. The domain was parked with PPC links to direct competitors and had at one point resolved to a fake “Windows Defender / Trojan spyware” lock-screen page. […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Micro Center, Microcenter.ai, UDRP, grant transfer

AdviceOnly.com UDRP: Generic “advice-only” term led to RDNH finding

Posted by DomainGang on December 16, 2025, at 8:29 am

Quincy Hall / Advice Only went after the domain AdviceOnly.com based on the ADVICE-ONLY service mark, a US registration sitting on the Supplemental Register for education services in financial planning and retirement. The panel noted multiple problems right out of the gate: the named Complainant is not the registrant of the mark (Hall Financial Services, […]

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

Insurafy.com UDRP: Typo or brandable?

Posted by DomainGang on December 15, 2025, at 10:58 am

Insurify, Inc. went after the domain insurafy.com via the UDRP process, arguing that the one-letter twist from INSURIFY > INSURAFY (swapping the second “i” for “a”) made the domain a classic typo variant targeting its online insurance comparison engine at insurify.com. The site at insurafy.com also purported to offer insurance services, which bolstered the Complainant’s […]

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

Double tap: John Berryhill lands a win for TarotTap.com registrant

Posted by DomainGang on December 13, 2025, at 10:15 am

It’s a UDRP double-tap this week, as attorney John Berryhill followed up his Rams.com UDRP victory with another one. Tarot Tap, Inc., a US company behind the AI-powered tarot app and site at tarot-tap.com, invoked its 2023 US trademark TAROT TAP to attack Tarotap.com as a near-typo twin used for similar online tarot services, claiming […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with John Berryhill, Tarotap.com

OrlandoLiving.com UDRP: Orlando realtors clash over geo-descriptive brand; WIPO sides with domain owner

Posted by DomainGang on December 12, 2025, at 10:48 am

Florida realtor Mitchell Kesller Holguin Fortunato, owner of US trademark ORLANDO LIVING (reg. 2020, “orlando” disclaimed) for real estate services, went after the domain OrlandoLiving.com, used by fellow Orlando agent Roberto “Bobby” Baldor for his “the baldor group” site and email since buying the domain in August 2022 for $9,995 dollars. The Complainant argued the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Orlando Living, OrlandoLiving.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Rams.com UDRP fumbled by the Los Angeles Rams; John Berryhill MVP once again!

Posted by DomainGang on December 11, 2025, at 6:01 pm

The Los Angeles Rams LLC tried to grab the generic domain Rams.com from Canadian domain investor Frank Mardian of MapleDots.ca, represented by attorney John Berryhill, arguing the domain was identical to their RAMS and LOS ANGELES RAMS trademarks. The domain was parked on a “Domain For Sale” lander with leaping rams. The three member WIPO panel […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Frank Mardian, John Berryhill, Los Angeles Rams, MapleDots.ca, Rams.com, The Rams, WIPO, adam dicker, deny transfer, rams

SmashMusic.net UDRP: Complaint over weakly argued typo-targeting claim denied

Posted by DomainGang on December 11, 2025, at 2:01 pm

Sam Ash LLC, owner of long-standing SAM ASH and SAM ASH MUSIC trademarks and domains samash.com / samashmusic.com, went after SmashMusic.net, arguing it was just one letter off “samashmusic” and deliberately set up to catch typo traffic in the same musical-instrument space. The complaint painted Smash Music as a Monster Music spin-off trying to trade […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Sam Ash, SmashMusic.net, UDRP, deny transfer

Gabler.com UDRP: Panel denies Complaint against investor Stanley Pace

Posted by DomainGang on December 10, 2025, at 10:31 am

The domain Gabler.com was the subject of a UDRP at the Czech Arbitration Court (adr.eu), with German engineering company Gabler Maschinenbau GmbH going up against US domain investor Stanley Pace, represented by attorney John Berryhill. The complainant relied on the GABLER mark, including EU trademark no. 018213448, but failed to properly evidence that registration, so […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with John Berryhill, Stanley Pace

CallSpin.com UDRP: Complaint denied for lack of proven trademark rights

Posted by DomainGang on December 10, 2025, at 9:01 am

CallSpin LLC went after the domain Callspin.com, claiming common-law rights in the CALLSPIN mark since 2009 for its cloud telephony/SaaS services, even though it never registered the mark. With the Respondent defaulting, the Panel still needed proof of trademark rights predating the domain’s registration. CallSpin, however, produced almost no supporting evidence – no dated ads, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with CALLSPIN, CallSpin.com, UDRP, deny transfer

Basware.ai UDRP: Respondent made “private ruminations” in response to $5k offer

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 3:41 pm

Basware Oy, owner of the BASWARE mark since 2001, challenged the domain Basware.ai, a 2025 registration that only showed a “Launching Soon… Contact Us” page. After a cease-and-desist, the Respondent rejected Basware’s $500 and then $5,000 offers, arguing the name was worth more because it “exactly matches a globally recognized brand name,” while later trying […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Basware.ai, UDRP, WIPO, grant transfer

Ekinfrites.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 3:20 pm

EKIN SAS, a French food manufacturer and owner of the EKIN mark and ekin.fr / ekinfrites.fr, filed a UDRP against Ekinfrites.com, claiming the domain was confusingly similar to its brand, passively held, and potentially dangerous for email-based phishing or unfair competition. EKIN argued the Respondent had no authorization to use “ekin” or “ekin frites” in […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Ekin Frites, Ekinfrites.com, RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer, reverse domain name hijacking

TheBlackGPT.com UDRP: Transfer was denied

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 10:20 am

BLACKGPT, a US AI startup with a 2025 USPTO registration for BLACKGPT and claimed first use in January 2023, filed a UDRP for theblackgpt.com. It argued that the Respondent deliberately rode on its brand after BLACKGPT launched blkgpt.com and filed its mark, pointing to PR and media where Latimer was promoted as “the BlackGPT,” including […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with BLACKGPT, UDRP, WIPO, blkgpt.com, deny transfer, theblackgpt.com