GeneralDynamics.net UDRP: Turkish Respondent pulls off victory!
General Dynamics Corporation is a mighty giant in the aerospace and combat systems. The GENERAL DYNAMICS mark was established in 1952 and it’s been registered with the USPTO 20+ years ago. The company filed a UDRP against the domain name GeneralDynamics.net, a domain registered in November 2024 by a Turkish person. It’s noteworthy that that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pharmanutra.com UDRP: DomainMarket asset escapes transfer after $180k dollar quote
An Italian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company that formed in 2003 filed a UDRP against the domain name Pharmanutra.com, a DomainMarket asset. The Complainant reached out to DomainMarket to acquire the domain, receiving a quote for $180,000 dollars. According to the UDRP, the Respondent indicated that it was acting as the domain’s broker at the time. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.VictoryCapital.com UDRP: $176.5 billion asset management company forfeits victory
Victory Capital Management Inc. is a US-based diversified global investment management firm with $176.5 billion in total client assets. Its VICTORY CAPITAL marks were registered in 2003, about 4 years after the domain VictoryCapital.com was registered (1999.) The Complainant filed a UDRP claiming that its mark is superior and that the Respondent acquired it in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MultiWing.com UDRP crashed in mid-air
Multi-Wing Group A/S filed a UDRP against the domain Multiwing.com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was identical to its long-standing trademark and claimed that the Respondent lacked legitimate rights and had used the domain in bad faith to market competing products. The respondent countered by citing a terminated 1999 license agreement that permitted […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HobbyLibby.com: Popular US store lost UDRP with RDNH finding—Here’s why
When is a typo-domain of a famous brand not infringing on the mark? When the typo itself is also a word, at least according to the panelist who decided on the HobbyLibby.com UDRP. In a shocking twist for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and their HOBBY LOBBY mark, the UDRP was denied because the “Libby” part […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GetNeuron.com UDRP: Decision reveals bad SEO prospects for common keywords
The UDRP filed against the domain GetNeuron.com ended with the Complainant, Optimal Satcom, Inc., having their request denied on the following basis: The Panel notes that the NEURON mark is also a dictionary word in English, referring to a specialized cell in the nervous system of humans and other animals that transmits electromechanical messages (see, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WakeFit.com UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The domains WakeFit.com and Wake.fit were the focus of a UDRP that was filed by an Indian company, Wakefit Innovations Private Limited. The Complainant operates from the .co domain and in the past was contacted by the Respondent’s brokers (MediaOptions/VPN) that offer to sell the domain for $150,000 dollars. These offers were countered in the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SMContact.com UDRP decision favors domain investor Respondent
SM Contact is a French company that filed a UDRP against the domain name SMContact.com. Registered in 2019, the domain is owned by domain investor Ehren Schaiberger, who is the Respondent in this case. The Complainant asserts that it formed 35 years ago and registered the mark SM CONTACT in France in 2024, several years […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SnapchatPlanets.org UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Snap Inc., operators of Snapchat lost a UDRP they filed against the domains SnapchatPlanets.org and .net. The Forum panelist determined that the domains were used in good faith, providing educational information and not intending to exploit the Complainant’s mark, or confuse consumers and denied the domains’ transfer, adding a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MonogramFood.com UDRP: Monogram Foods failed to get the domain in odd decision
The UDRP that Monogram Foods, an established producer of food production, filed at the WIPO failed to achieve its intended goal: to get the domain MonogramFood.com. Operating from MonogramFoods.com, the company stated in the UDRP that it just celebrated its 20th anniversary, with over $350 million in capital investments. In 2021, it surpassed $1 billion […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Multident.net: Dictionary domain got UDRP’ed-Here’s why the Complainant lost
The Korean registrant of the domain Multident.net secured the domain in 2010; a German company filed a UDRP on the basis of a trademark registered in Germany in 2009. The Respondent did not respond; however, the WIPO panelist noted the dictionary qualities of the domain and ordered Multident.net to remain with the Respondent: “The principal […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why
The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]
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