Trimble.ai UDRP: We are not domainers, or cybersquatters

Posted by DomainGang on April 23, 2024, at 9:34 am

The Respondent to a UDRP about the domain Trimble.ai used novel language to describe their use of the domain. “We are not domainers or cybersquatters,” said the Respondent, in response to Trimble Inc. that filed the UDRP. The three member panel was prepared to believe them, despite their listing of the domain at Sedo with […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, NAF, Trimble.ai, UDRP, deny transfer, split decision

JCTAttachments.com UDRP: Panelist sides with Complainant but drops the ball

Posted by DomainGang on April 19, 2024, at 11:49 am

The WIPO panelist presiding over the JCTAtattachments.com UDRP pointed out that the web site hosted on the domain mimics the Complainant’s; that the purpose of the disputed domain’s existence is to confuse the consumers and pass off as the Complainant. Given the degree of similarity between the Respondent’s logo and the Complainant’s mark, and the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, JCTAttachments.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Because.com: British company failed to get generic domain because …

Posted by DomainGang on April 18, 2024, at 12:00 pm

OEE Ltd, United Kingdom, believed they were entitled to the aged domain Because.com, because they owned the domain in the past. Also, because they didn’t renew the domain, it was auctioned off and the Respondent acquired it. The Respondent gets to keep the domain, because they acquired it in the same way that the Complainant […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Because.com, Domains, John Berryhill, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Lifeware.com: UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding

Posted by DomainGang on April 18, 2024, at 11:00 am

The UDRP filed against the domain name Lifeware.com has ended with the domain transfer’s refusal by the WIPO panel. Furthermore, the sole panelist at the WIPO found that the Complainant engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Lifeware SA, Switzerland, failed to prove that it has prior rights to the mark as the domain was registered […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Lifeware, Lifeware.com, RDNH, UDRP, deny transfer, reverse domain name hijacking

GrainGauge.com UDRP: Complainant’s disclaimed mark essentially worthless in a UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on April 16, 2024, at 9:43 am

The UDRP filed against the domain GrainGauge.com wasn’t going anywhere, as the GRAIN GAUGE mark of the Complainant’s is double disclaimed. In other words, both GRAIN and GAUGE had to be disclaimed per the Respondent’s statement: Respondent, Web Master / LevALERT, Inc. (“Respondent”) contends Complainant filed an application to register a design mark that included […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with GrainGauge.com, NAF, UDRP, deny transfer

Hyzon.com UDRP: Domain registration predates Complainant’s mark rights

Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2024, at 11:30 am

The domain name Hyzon.com was challenged by Hyzon Motors USA Inc., in a UDRP filed at the WIPO. Although the Respondent did not respond, the WIPO Panelist noted that the domain name’s registration date (2018) predates that of the Complainant’s mark registration in 2020. As the domain’s WHOIS information remains private, the Respondent in this […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Hyzon, Hyzon.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

FamilyPolicyFoundation.org: UDRP against criticism domain failed all three points

Posted by DomainGang on April 10, 2024, at 2:20 pm

The domain FamilyPolicyFoundation.org was challenged by Family Policy Foundation via the UDRP process. The Complainant asserted they have rights to the FAMILY POLICY FOUNDATION mark since 2016. The Respondent is using the domain to deliver criticism of the Complainant’s policies, particularly the rights of the gay community: “The Family Policy Foundation is a fake charitable […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domains, FAMILY POLICY FOUNDATION, FamilyPolicyFoundation.org, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Alhambra.com UDRP: Spanish entity fails to get aged domain

Posted by DomainGang on April 8, 2024, at 10:30 am

A Spanish organization has failed to usurp the domain name Alhambra.com from its registrant, a Malta-based domain investor operating under the Indefinite.com brand. Registered in 2000, the domain matches the Complainant’s mark, ALHAMBRA, that was registered in 2011. Furthermore, the Complainant is entrusted with the protection, administration and conservation of the Monumental Complex of the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Alhambra, Alhambra.com, Domains, Indefinite.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

ResourceX.com UDRP: A 2014 registration beat one from 2015 – Makes sense

Posted by DomainGang on April 4, 2024, at 11:26 am

The registrant of the domain name ResourceX.com was slapped with a UDRP, filed by Hannes Schmutterer Schmutterer & Partner Information Technology GmbH, Austria. The Complainant registered the .at counterpart in 2015, a year after the Respondent registered the .com. In other words, a ccTLD holder was late to the domain game, and yet they believed […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Hannes Schmutterer Schmutterer, ResourceX, ResourceX.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Nestra.com UDRP: Complainant and Respondent bought the domain at an auction!

Posted by DomainGang on March 22, 2024, at 12:59 pm

ALTILINK Real Estate Hungary KFT, Hungary, bought the domain name Nestra.com at an auction, spending $1,200 dollars in 2018. They trademarked the NESTRA mark in Hungary in 2019. The company used the domain since its acquisition but in 2023 they forgot to renew it and it dropped. The Respondent bid and won the domain at […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Nestra, Nestra.com, WIPO, deny transfer

TheGardenSavvy.com: Small business owner won this UDRP—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on March 21, 2024, at 9:29 am

A small business owner operating from the domain TheGardenSavvy.com was hit with a UDRP from Hobby Fun LLC, operators of GardenSavvy.com. Despite not having a trademark for GARDEN SAVVY, the Complainant rolled the dice in this case and they lost, as the Respondent’s registration and use of the domain was not made in bad faith; […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Forum, Garden savvy, TheGardenSavvy.com, UDRP, deny transfer

John Berryhill wins UDRP on behalf of Respondent in Pitstop.com case

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2024, at 11:15 am

Distribuidora Automotiva S.A., Brazil filed a UDRP to usurp the aged, premium domain Pitstop.com. They probably believed it’d be an easy case; they hold the trademark PIT STOP AUTO CENTER since 2002 and the matching domain, Pitstop.com.br since 1997. Meanwhile, the Respondent provided evidence that he registered the domain in 1994 on behalf of his […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Distribuidora Automotiva, Domains, John Berryhill, Pitstop, Pitstop.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer