Citi.ai: Domain lost in UDRP thanks to made-up acronym
Citigroup Inc. is very protective of its famous CITI mark; it filed a UDRP to get the domain Citi.ai from its registrant. It appears that the Respondent fired up ChatGPT and generated a plausible acronym of CITI: Carbon Innovations & Trading Initiative. In their response, the Respondent analyzed that alleged business project further: “I registered […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Multident.net: Dictionary domain got UDRP’ed-Here’s why the Complainant lost
The Korean registrant of the domain Multident.net secured the domain in 2010; a German company filed a UDRP on the basis of a trademark registered in Germany in 2009. The Respondent did not respond; however, the WIPO panelist noted the dictionary qualities of the domain and ordered Multident.net to remain with the Respondent: “The principal […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.YetiSoftware.com: UDRP was filed by snow software logistics company—Here’s why they lost
Yeti Software Inc. operates from the domain YetiSnow.com since 2016, using the name Yeti Snow Management Software and mark in connection with software. They filed a UDRP against the domain name YetiSoftware.com which was registered in 2008. As the disputed domain was registered 7 years before the Complainant’s company formed and the Respondent provides no […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Only one can win: Netflix Studios grabs Squid-Game.io from squatting registrant
Squid Game is returning to Netflix for Season 2 on December 26 and the streamer has revealed that its biggest ever show will conclude with its third season. It goes without saying that Netflix is highly protective of its money-making brand; it filed a UDRP to get the domain Squid-Game.io from its Russian registrant. It […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why
The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RushTees.com: UDRP prints “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking” on Complainant’s t-shirt
The domain RushTees.com is used by an active business that prints on t-shirts; along with RushOrderTees.co were involved in a UDRP filed by Printfly Corporation. The Complainant alleged that the Respondent targeted their RUSH ORDER TEES Mark and website, first by registering its RushTees.com domain in 2009, and thereafter with its RushOrderTees.co domain in 2011, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LagunaClothingCompany.com UDRP: Complainant is not the only one with rights to Laguna
A small company from Laguna, California, has operated online via an eBay store and the domain name LagunaClothingCompany.com since 2009. It was hit by UDRP on the basis of an existing LAGUNA mark, claimed by the Complainant, R. Josephs Licensing Inc. The Complainant is a California-based corporation that holds trademarks related to outdoor casual clothing […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Augis.com UDRP: Finders keepers, losers weepers!
A French jewellery company that claimed rights to the AUGIS mark since 1990 filed a UDRP to get back the domain Augis.com. The domain was originally registered in 1998 by the Complainant who held it until 2013, when its registration lapsed. The Respondent in this UDRP acquired the domain in an auction in 2014. That […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AperolSpritz.us UDRP contains popular drink recipe
Davide Campari – Milano N.V. owns the rights to the APEROL mark, created in 1919 by the Barbieri brothers, Luigi and Silvio. In the 1950’s the APEROL SPRITZ cocktail was born and has been marketed consistently ever since within Italy. The Italian company filed a UDRP against the domain AperolSpritz.us, a domain that was registered […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sparklets.com: SyncPoint in battlestations for ongoing UDRP
Dave Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., is no stranger to aggressive UDRP filings. The experienced domain investor and UDRPsearch.com founder is interested in the registration and acquisition of meaningful, brandable, two word .com domains. It just so happens that often these domains are wanted by others! In the case of Sparklets.com, a domain registered 21 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HallOfGames.com UDRP: 19 year gap between registration of the domain and the mark
The registrant of HallOfGames.com appears to have created the domain in 2002. Meanwhile, a manufacturer of outdoor games registered the mark HALL OF GAMES in 2021. That’s a 19 year gap between the domain and the mark; in the ensuing UDRP, the sole panelist pointed out that there’s no way for the Respondent to have […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ekart.com UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision stains Instakart Services
An Indian company filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Ekart.com, owned by a Turkish registrant. The domain was registered in 1999, all while the Complainant, Instakart Services Private Limited, India, did not form until 2009. The Respondent noted: The Respondent states that it registered the disputed domain name in 1999. It asserts that “kart” […]
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