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.A film called Wanda: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in WandaFilm.com UDRP
A Spanish film company called Wanda Films attempted to get the domain WandaFilm.com via the UDRP process. The Respondent is a Chinese film distribution company doing business in China where it was founded in 2005. According to the UDRP, the Complainant’s Website is only available in Spanish and targets only the Spanish speaking market, while […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Baidu.ai: Chinese mega-brand acquired for $12,000 dollars lost in UDRP
The Chinese registrant of Baidu.ai acquired it for $12,000 dollars in 2017, then placed a poem on its landing page. Baidu Online Network Technology is registered in China since 2000, as the country’s most popular search engine. It is impossible, therefore, for anyone in China to not be aware of Baidu and its popularity as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PY.com: Million dollar domain has been sold
The domain PY.com has been sold, according to its prior owner, operator of DN.com. Registered in 1995, PY.com was acquired for $358,000 dollars via Heritage Auctions in 2014 by the seller. The domain was listed for sale with a $2 million price tag at some point. According to the seller, PY has several meanings in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GDS photos with Sedo: Chinese conference unveils existence of .FC domain name!
Global Digital Summit 2023 took place in Wuxi, China, between June 14-16; the multi-discipline event attracted several thousand attendees from China and the rest of the world. Sedo attended the GDS conference, with CMO Christian Voss attending in person. There were several great moments captured by Christian from at the Wuxi event: Although these look […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Global Digital Summit 2023: Tech-centric event takes place in Wuxi, China
Chinese domain investors, rejoice: Global Digital Summit (GDS) is a multi-discipline, international conference taking place in Wuxi, China. The event takes place from June 14-16, 2023 and includes the following focus segments: Domain Names Cloud Computing Digital Marketing Artificial Intelligence Anticipated attendance exceeds 2,000 people, more than this year’s NamesCon. With 30 “keynote speeches” the event’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LordAdTaylor.com: UDRP failed due to Respondent’s language barrier
When you file a UDRP, the domain’s registrar matters. In the case of LordAdTaylor.com the UDRP was filed by Lord & Taylor IP LLC, America’s first and oldest department store. The Respondent uses DNSPod, Inc. as their registrar, which is based in China, as is the Respondent. Apparently, not many Chinese can understand or respond […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese brands in the wild: No matching domain names, but who cares!
Quick fact: Chinese products sold internationally are designed to use brands that are discoverable using search engines, without the need for domain names. Whether you use Google, Amazon, or Alibaba, Chinese brands don’t follow the Western “generic” keyword approach. For a while now, China’s government is going the extra mile of subsidizing the cost of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain deal: The Chinese method of investing
China‘s domain community is strong, having rolled out several waves and trends of investing: “Chinese” letter LLL and LLLL .com’s, numeric domain names, Pinyin, and more. Using the Latin character set for most domain name investments is the norm in China, but what exactly do China’s investors learn from those that succeeded? A quick translation […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.FactoryHandbag.com: ICE seized long tail domain due to infringement
Generic, exact match domains are often called “long tail” domains due to their length. In the case of FactoryHandbag.com, the domain is an exact match .com of “factory handbag” and that’s intentional. Google is generous towards such exact match domains, especially when the search volume is high. With proper promotions and social media exposure, such […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Two letter #domain IW.com has been sold in China
There are only 676 two-letter (LL) .com domain names and iw.com is one of them. The premium LL .com recently changed hands, with the help of the Chinese domain brokerage company 62.com. The sale moved the domain iw.com to Chinese interests and away from a presumably British registrant. News of the sale was shared by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Coinbase.info: Chinese registrant beat #Coinbase in UDRP
Coinbase Global, Inc., branded Coinbase, is an American company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform. The company was formed in 2012 and obtained the registration of a trademark for COINBASE with the USPTO until 2014. The company operates from Coinbase.com and they filed a UDRP against the domain Coinbase.info. Meanwhile, the Chinese registrant of Coinbase.info […]
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