MediaMonks takes aim at Monks.agency in cross-border branding clash

Posted by DomainGang on December 4, 2025, at 12:06 pm

MediaMonks Multimedia Holding B.V. went after the domain Monks.agency, arguing that the domain is identical to its MONKS mark, that “.agency” amplifies confusion given its global creative/marketing business, and that the site’s earlier tagline — “WE ARE NOT MONKS. Something Like Monks, But on Steroids” — was a cheeky but deliberate reference to its rebranded […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Monks.agency, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer, trademarks, we are monks

Nexim.com UDRP: Dispute fails against domain investor represented by attorney John Berryhill

Posted by DomainGang on December 3, 2025, at 11:31 am

Nexim Italia, an Italian connectivity and broadcast provider founded in 2018, went after the domain Nexim.com, arguing that its NEXIM mark is globally recognized and that the domain was grabbed to resell back to them. The domain, however, was first registered in 1999 by a third party and only dropped into auction in 2025, when […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Adam Maysonet, John Berryhill, Nexim.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Emcrit.com UDRP: Medical podcast brand overreaches and gets hit with RDNH

Posted by DomainGang on December 2, 2025, at 11:51 am

Metasin LLC, the team behind the EMCrit podcast and emcrit.org, tried to wrest the domain Emcrit.com away from a Finnish registrant, arguing the parked page with medical-themed PPC links was misleading and harmful to its emergency medicine brand. The WIPO Panel noted that emcrit.com was first registered in 2001, long before EMCrit existed or had […]

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

HaitiChildren.com UDRP: Is it a generic domain name?

Posted by DomainGang on December 2, 2025, at 8:21 am

HaitiChildren, a Colorado non-profit caring for abandoned and disabled children in Haiti, brought a UDRP against Doms Most / MostDomCorps over HaitiChildren.com. The charity showed long and continuous use of the HAITICHILDREN name since at least 2015, plus ownership of haitichildren.org since 2004, and explained that it had previously operated on haitichildren.com for about 20 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Haiti children, HaitiChildren.com, UDRP, haitichildren.org, trademarks

SipMamas.com: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking despite no response filed

Posted by DomainGang on December 1, 2025, at 9:49 am

Destination Liquid LLC, a Florida company formed in 2025, acquired the MAMA’S soft-drink trademark out of a creditor action against cannabis beverage outfit Mama Munchies LLC, then went straight to UDRP to grab the domain SipMamas.com from former owner Edgar Cohen. The problem: Cohen had registered Sipmamas.com in 2022 for Mama Munchies, built a Shopify […]

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

Upscaleavenues.com UDRP: Yet another RDNH win for John Berryhill

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2025, at 5:30 pm

The fight over the domain UpscaleAvenues.com came out of a busted real-estate partnership in Virginia. Victor Adam Bosak III claimed he created the UPSCALE AVENUES brand in 2015 and pointed to a 2019 Trademark Co-Ownership Agreement giving him and Robert Rogers equal rights in the mark and related assets. Rogers, however, had registered upscaleavenues.com back […]

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PapaJohns.cn: Chinese cybersuatter’s brazen response to C&D

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2025, at 11:11 am

Papa John’s International, Inc., which has operated in China since 2003 and owns long-standing Chinese trademarks for PAPA JOHN’S / PAPA JOHNS, discovered that its former local domain Papajohns.cn had been drop-caught in July 2025 by Zhang Wei, a Chinese bulk domain buyer. The company had previously owned and used papajohns.cn from 2013 to 2024 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Chinese cybersquatter, Domains, Papa John's domains, Papajohns.cn, UDRP, WIPO, cybersquatter, grant transfer

UDRP denied: Six years too late for HighLevel.com

Posted by DomainGang on November 27, 2025, at 10:11 am

HIGHLEVEL Inc., the CRM platform behind gohighlevel.com, tried to grab the domain HighLevel.com from Weedmaps / Ghost Management Group, arguing that the passive, broker-style GoDaddy parking page and silence on a $200,000 purchase offer showed bad faith aimed at its HIGHLEVEL mark (first use 2018, registration 2025). The Respondent countered with a different story: co-founder […]

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

Epiprotect.com: UDRP denied and Respondent won—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on November 26, 2025, at 11:01 am

Abena Holding A/S, owner of the EPIPROTECT mark for wound-care dressings, went after Epiprotect.com, a domain registered in 2016 and held by U.S. doctor Shaun Miglore / ION Management. Abena relied on its EPIPROTECT registrations (starting with Sweden in 2013), but offered virtually nothing about real-world use, sales, reputation, or market presence and its own […]

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

FriendlyToast.com UDRP: Chinese Respondent toasted over passing-off attempt with domain

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2025, at 12:40 pm

Toasted Brothers LLC, owner of THE FRIENDLY TOAST mark for restaurant services since 2015, filed a UDRP over FriendlyToast.com, a .com domain that once sat in HugeDomains’ portfolio before being dropped and re-registered by Respondent Dahui Yang of Hong Kong. The Panel found the domain confusingly similar, noting that dropping “the” and adding .com doesn’t […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Friendly Toast, FriendlyToast.com, THE FRIENDLY TOAST, UDRP, WIPO

Walmart.ai UDRP: Proceed to aisle 25 for wet wipes

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2025, at 9:10 am

Walmart Apollo LLC filed a UDRP against UK-based Sebastian Haigh OAI Ltd over the domain Walmart.ai, relying on its long-standing WALMART, WAL-MART, and WALMART.COM trademarks and massive global retail footprint. The mark was characterized as fanciful and famous, with decades of use and a major online presence at walmart.com. The domain walmart.ai, registered in December […]

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UPPF.com UDRP: Another LLLL .com case ends with Respondent winning

Posted by DomainGang on November 24, 2025, at 11:26 am

Shanghai Joyvie Investment Trading Co., Ltd. filed a UDRP against the Chinese registrant of the domain UPPF.com. The WIPO Panel quickly found more than a simple cybersquatting dispute. Joyvie leaned on its UPPF trademarks (including a 2025 U.S. registration and Chinese marks acquired by assignment), arguing the Respondent was once an affiliate, no longer authorized, […]

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