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.AlinaHabba.com: Would you really want to squat on a lawyer’s name?
Alina Habba is an Assyrian-American lawyer and Managing Partner of Habba, Madaio & Associates LLP. Ms. Habba also represents former President of the United States, Donald Trump and is a Senior Advisor for MAGA, Inc., Trump’s Super PAC. Donald Trump first became her client in September 2021 as part of a legal team restructure by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PayPal.zip UDRP a reminder of Google’s risky domain names
The domain name PayPal.zip was involved in a UDRP; dot .zip is one of two risky gTLDs assigned to Google’s Registry. Along with .mov domains pose the risk of being used in phishing campaigns, as they are associated with .zip and .mov files respectively. In the case of PayPal.zip, the domain is already blacklisted by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Linda Yaccarino: New CEO of Twitter has her #domain cybersquatted
Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter, as announced by Elon Musk earlier today. She will be focusing on business operations, while Musk plans to take a step back and focus on product design & new technology. Ms. Yaccarino works at NBCUniversal as its Chairman of Global Advertising & Partnerships. With an impressive resume […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Should Dan remove domains infringing non-famous trademarks from its platform?
The Dan.com marketplace is popular with domain investors even as the GoDaddy-owned brand raised its fees to 15%. Its terms of use, updated on February 1, 2023, note that “Client represents and warrants that it (i) has the full authority and all rights necessary to enter into and fully perform all if its obligations under […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PokerStars.xyz UDRP: China has no access to Western social media
The domain name PokerStars.xyz was hit with a UDRP filed by Flutter Entertainment plc and Rational Intellectual Holdings Limited. The two companies are part of a multinational group that exploits the sports betting and gaming services under different brands such as PokerStars, Paddy Power, Fox Bet, Sky Betting, and Betfair. PokerStars is a registered trademark […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain squatter: “Boost your online business & prevent the loss of customers”
A Chinese domain squatter (“cybersquatter“) lost a UDRP for several .CN domains matching the brands and other intellectual property of German pharma giant, Bayer. The UDRP was filed by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, located in Germany, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, located in Germany, Bayer Consumer Care AG, located in Switzerland, Bayer Healthcare LLC, located in the United […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brands: Intel processor’s new name is … “Intel Processor”
Technology giant, Intel, has given up the legendary brand “Pentium.” Almost 30 years after the introduction of the Pentium processor, Intel is dropping the name. Would the new generation CPUs be called Hexium? Not really. Intel decided to name its new CPU range “Intel Processor” emphasizing its corporate name for the 2022 and 2023 CPUs […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Defensive domain registrations as a political weapon in Australia
Cybersquatting doesn’t have to be about profit, as Australians are finding out. According to the Australian publication, Western Australia Today, political games are being played alongside an upcoming referendum on introducing indigenous representation to the Australian parliament: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party is collecting web domains; some explicitly tied to its cause including NoToVoice.com, but […]
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