SpongeBobSquarePants.com: UDRP decision ends domain’s squatting of a Viacom character
SpongeBob SquarePants lived in a pineapple under the sea for 23 years, until Viacom International Inc. filed a UDRP Complaint against the domain SpongeBobSquarePants.com. The domain forwards to a zero click PPC lander ensuring steady revenue for its registrant. As the owner of SPONGEBOB and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS trademark registrations in various jurisdictions, the Complainant is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.JudiciaryProcessServer.com UDRP: Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The owners of a registered mark for JUDICIARY PROCESS SERVERS filed a UDRP to usurp the domain JudiciaryProcessServer.com, all while they operate from the plural form. However, this mark is registered only on the Supplemental Register of the USPTO. Under US trademark law, this means that the mark is considered to be descriptive and not […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank won this UDRP without even responding
Imagine getting hit with a UDRP just because your first name, Frank, is matching some other person’s stage name, while the last name is their given surname which they do not use. In the case of the domain FrankEdwin.com, the first and last name match the Respondent’s real name. Meanwhile, the UDRP was filed by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
