Franky Zapata : Flyboard inventor gets .com domain via UDRP
Flyboard is a fun activity, utilizing a water-propelled “jetpack” and its French inventor is Franky Zapata. The Flyboard was created in 2012, according to Wikipedia; Franky Zapata failed to register his full name, FrankyZapata.com, at the time, so someone else did. Franky Zapata registered the .FR variant in mid 2014, and a Florida chap named […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Citi.land UDRP : Don’t mess with trademarks and gTLDs
Riding on famous trademarks by registering alternate domains, is a bad choice regardless of TLD. Especially marks that form brands that stand out internationally, and offering these domains for sale to the trademark holder. That’s the epitome of cybersquatting. In a UDRP case involving the domain Citi.land, the Complainant was Citigroup Inc., holders of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domains NOT to register: StarWars.Academy
This past weekend at the movie theaters there was not a single movie worth mentioning. Everyone is getting ready for the big premiere of Star Wars – The Force Awakens. Star Wars is a famous trademark of Lucas Films, and an intellectual property of Disney. Still, people will go register domain names infringing on major […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa domain auction : Why would you want to be a Cybersquatter?
Cybersquatter. The infamous ‘C’ word has been used by media around the world for a full two decades, to describe both the lawful possession and investment in domains, and the dark, infringing side of domaining. Squatting on domain names is synonymous with the notion that somehow whoever registered a domain first has full rights to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hank Alvarez to open academy for ‘domain squatting’
Forget about domain schools and universities that teach you how to make ‘honest money’ with domains. Hank Alvarez, the notorious domain auction manipulator who drove many investors crazy at SnapNames, is shifting the paradigm of domainer education. Alvarez, whose domain consulting web site is at HankAlvarez.com, has been working on a new teaching principle, leveraging […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Soundsquatting : Homophone domain name registrations the next big thing?
Cybersquatting is so 20th century. Welcome to the new trend in domain registrations: soundsquatting. Defined as the use of similar sounding letters to seemingly circumvent the direct issues arising from the registration of trademarks, soundsquatting utilizes homophones for that purpose. For example: YewTube, EweTube and the classic MikeRoweSoft, are all soundsquatting samples; these domains are […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Discovery : Death to Domain Squatters!
Every day we discover something new, and at the end of a very busy Monday, this little domain discovery pays off. Domain squatting is bad, but is it bad enough for someone to proclaim “Death To Domain Squatters“? We aren’t sold on that notion, but the domain name DeathToDomainSquatters.com appears to be a dispenser of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domains & trademarks: When you say you’ll write reviews, don’t offer it for sale
A sad case of domainer stupidity unfolded during the decision for the UDRP against the domain AUDI.Reviews. Brought to WIPO by Audi AG of Ingolstadt, Germany, the domain was challenged on the basis of its use – or lack thereof. The Respondent alleged that he registered the domain in good faith, intending to write reviews […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Liz Taylor’s legacy leads to UDRP loss for LizTaylor.Photography
The legacy of late Hollywood super star, Elizabeth “Liz” Taylor, carries on; three years after her death in 2011, the Elizabeth Taylor Trust takes its role seriously. The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics Company were named as the Complainant in a National Arbitration Forum UDRP against the registrant of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Trademark violations plague newly launched .OOO gTLD
The party has begun among those adopting the new India-based gTLD, .OOO (triple Oh) which launched to much fanfare and some very hopeful expectations. With around 4,600 registrations so far according to nTLDStats, .OOO is attracting numerous trademark violations – something that wasn’t witnessed with other gTLDs, such as .XYZ, for example. Domains of famous […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Yoyo Email Ltd loses UDRP over Maplin.email domain
Yoyo Email, Ltd. is a British company that somehow managed to break all records for the total number of UDRPs filed against, in a given year. Frankly, we have lost count, as the company has registered thousands of dot .Email domains, matching company names, trademarks and products. In the case of Sanofi.email, some stern commentary […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hilarious! Charles Esten domain cybersquatted by ‘elderly couple’
This is one for the UDRP books. American actor, comedian and musician Charles Esten is famous for his participation in the successful TV series, Nashville. In 2011, someone from China registered CharlesEsten.com and set up a web site on it, displaying the photo of an elderly couple and the note: “Welcome to the homepage of […]
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