Voioh.com won the UDRP filed by VIOOH Limited—Here’s why

VIOOH Limited is a leading premium global digital out of home marketplace, combining data and technology, connecting buyers and sellers; formed in 2018, they operate from the domain name Viooh.com. The domain name Voioh.com appears to be a typo of the company’s domain, swapping the 2nd and 3rd letters. VIOOH Limited filed a UDRP to […]

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JK.com: Trademark application indicates domain has been sold

The two letter domain name, JK.com, appears to have been sold as a new trademark application involves the mark JK.COM. The application was filed last week with the USPTO, for the following products or services: Retail store services featuring Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical supplies; Wholesale store services featuring Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical supplies; […]

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IndexGPT.com: #Trademark registration application by #JPMorgan a plus on value?

Registering a seemingly generic domain before a matching trademark was used or registered might be a safe road to domain investing. Banking colossus JPMorgan has applied for the registration of the mark IndexGPT, with an intent to use filing for the following services: Advertising; marketing services; compiling, providing and updating an index of securities values; […]

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Wrenching.com: Old Frank Schilling domain aims at getting trademarked

The operators of the domain name Wrenching.com have filed for the matching mark’s registration with the USPTO. A fresh application for WRENCHING.COM cites February 2023 as the date of first use of the mark in interstate commerce, for the following products/services: Footwear; Hats; Headwear; Shirts; Bottoms as clothing; Tops as clothing The application also describes […]

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Painless.com UDRP: Respondent delivers pain with this aged, generic domain name

The domain Painless.com was registered in 1996, at the dawn of the commercial internet. Along came Benco Dental Supply Co., a medical supply company, with a registered mark for PAINLESS from 1997; they sought to get the domain via the UDRP process 27 years later. They operate painless.benco.com to demonstrate use of the PAINLESS mark. […]

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Decathlons.org: UDRP appears to ignore generic use of the term

Decathlon is a French manufacturer specializing in the conception and retailing of sporting and leisure goods. It generates more than 11 billion euro annually, with more than 105,000 employees worldwide. Its DECATHLON brand is a world-famous trademark. Decathlon is also an Olympic sport consisting of 10 events. The word is derived from the Greek “deka” […]

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Vallhallan.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

Valhallan LLC, the Complainant, filed a complaint against Casey Strattan, the Respondent, regarding the domain name Vallhallan.com. The Complainant alleged that they had established common law trademark rights in the United States for the mark “VALHALLAN” and that the Respondent had no rights or legitimate interests in the domain name. The Complainant further claimed that […]

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Inspirus.xyz UDRP: Brand squatter uses the same sales pitch

When you squat on brands with a serial pattern you are a serial cybersquatter. The UDRP involving the domain name inspirus.xyz exposed a domain investor’s practice of registering .XYZ domains of existing brands and offering them for sale, with the same sales copy. The Chinese Respondent lists these infringing domains for sale strategically below the base […]

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Prodigy.com trademark registration application appears to have been made in error

The company that applied to register the mark PRODIGY.COM did not achieve their goal. At the time, we speculated that in doing so, PostAds Group/PAProdigy was rebranding to Prodigy and Prodigy.com. All markers on its web site, PaProdigy.com indicate so, but they definitely don’t operate Prodigy.com, a web site operated by ProdigyGame.com. In its refusal […]

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Datacap.com UDRP: Complainant failed to win auctioned domain at NameJet

The winner of the Datacap.com auction paid $3,650 dollars in June 2022. It was a domain originally registered in 1994 and operated in recent years by IBM, that allowed it to lapse and drop. Datacap Systems, Inc., placed a backorder to acquire it at the drop via Network Solutions. That attempt failed. The company then […]

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Websec.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

WebSec Holdings, B.V., the Netherlands, fired up their legal salvo to acquire the domain name Websec.com. Registered in 2002, the domain’s creation date predates the Dutch cybersecurity’s formation date by 18 whole years. Prior to the UDRP, the Complainant offered $1,000 to acquire the domain; the Respondent’s acquisition of the domain in 2016 cost more, […]

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Thursday.com UDRP: Thursday Boot Company got the RDNH boot

Thursday Boot Company filed a UDRP to usurp the premium, aged, generic domain name Thursday.com. The UDRP failed because the Complainant’s marks were registered after the Respondent’s acquisition of the domain (registration: 1996) for $40,000 dollars in 2011. Not only was the transfer denied, the Complainant was found guilty of engaging in Reverse Domain Name […]

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