SAP.ai lost to the UDRP process
The registrant of SAP.ai believed that he had a quality LLL .ai domain in his possession; along with 10,000 other domains, this domain investor was never hit with a UDRP before this one. SAP SE, Germany filed a UDRP at the WIPO, however, asserting rights to the SAP acronym. Founded in 1972, the company’s financial […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sichem.com UDRP results in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
A Swiss company with a 130 year history split off one of its brands, leading to the acquisition of the domain Sichem.com for a “substantial amount” of money. Sipchem Europe S.A., Switzerland filed a UDRP claiming rights to the SICHEM mark. In this UDRP at the WIPO, the Respondent prove that a company operated by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.UDRP filed against DiamondPoint.com
A Dutch company has filed a UDRP against the domain DiamondPoint.com; its owner, SyncPoint, Inc., is no stranger to such aggressive behavior and is responding in kind. The Complainant, Jakob Ruben van Gelder, operates from the domain DiamondPoint.nl since 1999 all while the disputed domain was registered by the Respondent in 2001. At the time, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Inkas.ae: Canadian Complainant lost UDRP with RDNH finding
Canadian company INKAS Group of Companies filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Inkas.ae from a former partner who branched off a successful armored vehicle business in Dubai, UAE. It got messy after that. The Respondent argued that the parties are engaged in a business dispute over competing claims of contractual and trademark rights, but […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hairdo.com: Domain Capital won UDRP filed after portfolio acquisition
Domain Capital was hit with a UDRP filed against the domain name Hairdo.com; that domain was acquired as part of a portfolio due to its generic nature. The Complainant is HairUWear Inc. that claimed rights to the HAIRDO mark for wigs. The domain name was first registered in 1998 and has had many different owners […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LAFitnessNearMe.com: Greedy squatter declined generous offer from trademark holder
The domain name LAFitnessNearMe.com was involved in a UDRP filed by LA Fitness International LLC, owners of the famous LA FITNESS mark. What’s interesting in this case is that through negotiations, the Respondent was able to secure a $2,000 dollar offer for this domain, substantially higher than the $500 opening offer. After involving an attorney […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Asweev.com UDRP: Trademark registration application hijacked by serial offender
Every day someone scans the USPTO for new trademark registration applications and promptly attempts to register the matching .com domain name. This process has been happening for months by the same offenders, located in China’s Hong Kong. Thousands of domain names are registered every month using this aggressive cybersquatting technique. The method presumably returns big […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Scoop Soldiers Services Company refiles UDRP, gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking 💩
In 2023, Scoop Soldiers Services Company LLC lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name ScoopSoldier.com. They lost that case against Top Paw Distributing LLC and a year later, they refiled. The reason: […] the previous panel conducted serious misconduct when they found Complainant’s trade mark SCOOP SOLDIERS (“Scoop Mark”) was “merely descriptive”, thereby […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Keeper Security tried to usurp the domain Keeper.com
Keeper Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity firm that attempted to usurp the domain name Keeper.com – an aged, generic domain name registered in 1995 – by filing a UDRP at the WIPO. Despite the fact that the Respondent, Lou Crawford, THE KEEPER INC., failed to respond, the WIPO panelist performed enough due diligence leading him […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AlteraHealths.com UDRP: Relying on common law marks isn’t the path to victory
Altera Digital Health Inc.filed a UDRP to get the domain AlteraHealths.com, a domain that was used to impersonate one of their employees. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain. Despite this obvious abuse of the domain to facilitate phishing, the Forum panelist was adamant about not transferring it: Complainant has failed to support […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Peppercorn.com: UDRP returns domain to rightful owner 15 years later
Peppercorn Gourmet Goods & Cooking School, Inc. registered the domain name Peppercorn.com in 1998 and used it directly to promote its business. As of 2009, the domain was transferred to a marketing company as part of a business agreement, to handle such services “more efficiently.” In 2024, that agreement that spanned 15 years was terminated […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who is the real “Fred Williams”? QW.com UDRP involves brazen fraud attempt
A UDRP filed at the WIPO by a “Williams Fred” attempted to take control of the domain QW.com, passing off as the domain’s real owner, Fred Williams. QW.com is owned by Quickware and its representative, Fred Williams, is the Respondent in the UDRP. It might sound comedic but it’s not. The WIPO panelist gathered information […]
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