Painless.com UDRP: Respondent delivers pain with this aged, generic domain name

The domain Painless.com was registered in 1996, at the dawn of the commercial internet. Along came Benco Dental Supply Co., a medical supply company, with a registered mark for PAINLESS from 1997; they sought to get the domain via the UDRP process 27 years later. They operate painless.benco.com to demonstrate use of the PAINLESS mark. […]

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Thursday.com UDRP: Thursday Boot Company got the RDNH boot

Thursday Boot Company filed a UDRP to usurp the premium, aged, generic domain name Thursday.com. The UDRP failed because the Complainant’s marks were registered after the Respondent’s acquisition of the domain (registration: 1996) for $40,000 dollars in 2011. Not only was the transfer denied, the Complainant was found guilty of engaging in Reverse Domain Name […]

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Presonate.com: Domain portmanteau registrant wins UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

The operator of Presonate.com stated that he invented the term as a portmanteau of “presentation” and “resonate”. Presonate Zrt., Hungary, filed a UDRP to usurp the domain, citing its use as a pornographic web site. In their response, the Respondent claims to have used the Domain Name for his personal blog relating to communication, presentation, […]

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Texas Media Properties can’t get TexasMediaProperties.com via the UDRP process

Texas Media Properties LLC failed to acquire the domain TexasMediaProperties.com via the UDRP process, as the term is purely descriptive of “Texas media properties.” The WIPO panelist noted: Complainant has not carried its burden to prove bad faith registration. Complainant makes no explicit allegation or argument that Respondent registered the Disputed Domain Name in bad […]

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Kink.ai safe after UDRP decision denies transfer

The domain name Kink.ai consists of a dictionary word. Cybernet Entertainment LLC filed a UDRP to usurp it, based on a trademark for KINK it registered in 2016. The domain was registered in 2017 and it’s offered for sale via Grit Brokerage for $19,000 dollars. The Complainant’s request for the domain’s transfer was denied, for […]

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GoToHale.com: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

The registrant of the domain GoToHale.com was making a pun about his last name, Hale; he registered the domain in 2000. Roger Hale is a cybersecurity professional; a Florida law firm, Hale Law, P.A, filed a UDRP to get the domain based on a mark for GO TO HALE that was registered in 2020. That […]

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Domain investor won UDRP filed against Ebet.com.au

An Australian domain investor that registered the domain Ebet.com.au in 2021, was hit with a UDRP filed at the WIPO by Intecq Limited, Australia. The Complainant asserted that their right to the EBET mark in 2016 and another fancy mark with EBET in 2009 establish rights in the disputed domain. However, the panelist pointed out […]

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PioneerNRC.com: NameJet auctioned domain ends up in a UDRP

The domain PioneerNRC.com was expired at Network Solutions when it was thrown into the NameJet inventory of auctions. Registered in 1997, the domain was being used since its registration by Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. Due to a billing issue related to credit card and subsequent email notification failures to alert of the said billing […]

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HempFreeze.com UDRP: Mark and domain shared the same date

A company filed for the registration of the mark HEMP FREEZE; on the same day, the domain name HempFreeze.com was registered. Was that a coincidence, or intentional? Founders Wellness LLC filed a UDRP alleging that the Respondent was aware of their brand or mark application. The difference of a few hours between the mark’s application […]

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Gaggle.com UDRP a victory for domain name investor Ammar Kubba

A company named Foundations Worldwide, Inc. filed a UDRP for the domain name Gaggle.com. Gaggle is a dictionary word referencing a group of geese; also used as a metaphor for unintelligent or silly people. Registered in 2001, the domain has been in the possession of domain investor and afterTHOUGHT founder, Ammar Kubba. He was represented […]

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Skilshare.com: UDRP loss despite obvious link to Skillshare

Skillshare Inc. filed a UDPR to get the domain Skilshare.com which only has one “L” – the offending domain was registered 7 years after the Complainant’s domain was registered in 2003. The Complainant registered the mark SKILLSHARE in late 2022, with an additional claim to common law rights dating back to 2010. Despite the Respondent’s […]

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Moroccan bank loses UDRP it filed against the #domain name Cdmbank.com

Credit du Maroc is a Moroccan bank with CDM CREDIT DU MAROC as its primary trademark. It filed a UDRP to get the domain name Cdmbank.com from its Registrant who appears to be a domain investor. The Respondent was represented by IP attorney, Howard Neu. The Respondent acquired the domain for $80 dollars in an […]

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