VictoryCapital.com UDRP: $176.5 billion asset management company forfeits victory
Victory Capital Management Inc. is a US-based diversified global investment management firm with $176.5 billion in total client assets. Its VICTORY CAPITAL marks were registered in 2003, about 4 years after the domain VictoryCapital.com was registered (1999.) The Complainant filed a UDRP claiming that its mark is superior and that the Respondent acquired it in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Morgan Stanley won the UDRP against Etradia.com
Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings LLC filed a UDRP against the domain Etradia.com, arguing that it’s confusingly similar to its well-known ETRADE trademark, replacing the “e” with “ia” and omitting the asterisk, which failed to distinguish it sufficiently from the original mark. The sole panelist found that Complainant held clear rights to the ETRADE mark, registered […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MultiWing.com UDRP crashed in mid-air
Multi-Wing Group A/S filed a UDRP against the domain Multiwing.com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was identical to its long-standing trademark and claimed that the Respondent lacked legitimate rights and had used the domain in bad faith to market competing products. The respondent countered by citing a terminated 1999 license agreement that permitted […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ocasia.org: When asked to produce evidence, Complainant stalled
Filing a UDRP as the Complainant requires producing the necessary evidence; in the case of the UDRP involving the domain Ocasia.org this didn’t happen. The Complainant, Olympic Council of Asia, Kuwait, claimed that in 2001, it engaged the Respondent to register and maintain a website located at the disputed domain name. The filed complaint did […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Glassagram.org: Instagram won this UDRP and here’s why
Instagram LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name GlassaGram.org that appears to be providing behind the scenes access to Instagram profiles’ photos. Although the domain name does not contain the word INSTAGRAM, a registered trademark, the WIPO panelist ordered the domain to be transferred to the Complainant. Here’s why: Instagram also owns rights to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rentalend.com UDRP: Respondent won after spelling out the domain name!
Talend S.A.S is a French company that owns a portfolio of trademark registrations for TALEND including European Trademark No. 014226989 registered on September 25, 2015. They filed a UDRP against the domain RenTALEND.com, registered in 2024. At first glance, the domain appears to incorporate the TALEND brand in in its entirety. At least, that’s what […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Citigroup.ai UDRP: Inventing a purpose for a domain leads to loss
Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 and in 2023 had revenue in excess of $78 billion dollars. They filed a UDRP to get the domain name Citigroup.ai for obvious reasons: The domain infringes on their famous […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Thy.co domain shalt not be transferred in UDRP decision at the WIPO
Thy means “your” and Thy.co could mean “your .co” domain. The archaic reference did not sit well with Turk Hava Yollar, a Turkish company that operates Turkish Airlines since 1933 and THY.com since 1997. Turk Hava Yollar filed a UDRP to get the domain Thy.co but THY is not their primary trademark and it’s not […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Raymond won a UDRP against Ray—Here’s why
A billionaire hedge fund manager, author, public speaker and philanthropist who was ranked in 2020 as the world’s 79th wealthiest person was targeted in a domain squatting case. Raymond Dalio has been called the “Steve Jobs of Investing” by aiCIO Magazine and Wired Magazine and named one of the 100 Most Influential People by TIME […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HobbyLibby.com: Popular US store lost UDRP with RDNH finding—Here’s why
When is a typo-domain of a famous brand not infringing on the mark? When the typo itself is also a word, at least according to the panelist who decided on the HobbyLibby.com UDRP. In a shocking twist for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and their HOBBY LOBBY mark, the UDRP was denied because the “Libby” part […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GalvinPower.org: UDRP unveils the lucrative side of expired domains with SEO juice
Former Motorola CEO, Robert W. Galvin, established the Galvin Electricity Initiative and the Galvin Center for Energy Innovation at the Illinois Institute of Technology, following his retirement from Motorola. The Galvin Electricity Initiative is responsible for the creation of the Perfect Power system providing sustainable delivery of electrical power. The institute registered and used the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.IotaComm.com: Despite $65,000 asking price, Respondent won this UDRP
IotaComm, Inc. formed in 2018 and began using the term IOTACOMM at the time; meanwhile, iotacomm.com had been registered 3 months prior. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain, after receiving brokered offers from Nameholic brokerage, seeking $65,000 dollars in return; the price was negotiated down to $25,000 and then $7,500. When these […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
