Metco.com UDRP targeted domain with a $900,000 dollar price tag
The domain name Metco.com was registered in 1995 and 27 years later a company filed a UDRP in an attempt to usurp it. In their inofficial response, the Respondent stated that they were exposed to unnecessary stress from the Complainant’s allegations, after quoting an asking price of $900,000 dollars for the aged domain; the listing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SalomonBrothers.com: Citi Corp hit with #UDRP over brand it acquired in 1998!
Salomon Brothers was an American multinational investment bank headquartered in New York. It was one of the five largest investment banking enterprises in the US and the most profitable firm on Wall Street during the 1980s and 1990s. Its CEO and chairman at that time, John Gutfreund, was nicknamed “the King of Wall Street.” Salomon […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Escapade.com: UDRP complaint should have been a RDNH
The registrant of Escapade.com got the domain in 1999; on top of this, they used the domain commercially and acquired the registration of a trademark for ESCAPADE. Escapade Silverstone Limited, a British company that failed to perform due diligence on the fact that the original registrant and the current one are the same (they are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tox.com: German company found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Tox Pressotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German company that filed a UDRP against the domain name Tox.com. Registered in 2001, Tox.com was offered for sale by its registrant for thousands of dollars; the Complainant in the UDRP offered a maximum of $24,000 dollars and when that offer was declined it proceeded with a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NV4Geospatial.com : Indian company’s UDRP got denied
A company using its common law mark rights and an applied-for mark in the US attempted to get the domain NV4Geospatial.com away from its Indian registrant. Only problem: The mark covers NV5 Geospatial; the Indian respondent noted the following: The Respondent explains its choice of the disputed domain name as follows. It states that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why Morgan Stanley lost the UDRP filed against MSFinancements.com
Financial giant, Morgan Stanley, owns rights to the mark MORGAN STANLEY and treats the letter pair “MS” as an abbreviated variant, apparently. A French company, formed by two individuals, Medji Bamba and Sarah Pascual, uses the domain MSFinancements.com. It’s not clear why Morgan Stanley’s lawyers believed they’d get this domain via the UDRP process, unless […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mercury.cash: Domain UDRP unveils drama behind cryptocurrency corp
Mercury Cash is a global cash and crypto management solution designed for fortune 500 companies. The company operated from the domain Mercury.cash, until the Estonia-based COO of the company pulled the plug on the domain. The company moved to the domain MercuryCash.us and filed a UDRP, noting that their mark for MERCURY CASH was registered […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Goin.com: Two German companies spat over short domain name
The domain Goin.com was registered in 1998 and it’s in the possession of a German company. Another German company, GO IN GmbH, filed a UDRP to usurp the domain, citing trademarks registered in Germany in 2001. In the process, the Complainant offered a measly 1000 euro for the domain, all while the Respondent sought to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dagi.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding due to “Plan B”
The registrant of the aged LLLL .com domain Dagi.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. Registered in 2000, the domain was acquired by the Respondent in 2012. The UDRP was filed by a Turkish retailer company, Dagi Giyim San. Ve tic.a.ş., that claims rights to a stylized form of DAGi since 2017 in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Schiedmayer.com: Seller of over 50,000 pianos won UDRP
Mr. Glenn Treibitz, owner of Sweet 16 Musical Properties and the historic Hollywood Piano stores in California, has been involved with the sale and rental of over 50,000 pianos of all modern and many historical piano brands. He also created his own piano brands, one of which is called Schiedmayer. Mr. Treibitz registered the domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hummingbird.com UDRP: Hummingbird RegTech lost bid to aged domain name
OpenTex, registrant of the domain Hummingbird.com acquired it some time in 2006; this 1994 generic .com domain became the target of Hummingbird RegTech, Inc., that filed a UDRP at the Forum (NAF.) Hummingbird was a Canadian company founded in 1984. It became known for its flagship Exceed™ product, and evolved as a strong player in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sight and sound: Dot .film domain UDRP a victory for registrant
The domain name SightAndSound.film was slapped with a UDRP at the WIPO, filed by Sight and Sound Ministries, Inc. They operate from the domain Sight-Sound.com. Complainant alleges that it “owns and operates a theatrical services company in the business of performing, producing, and recording live public theatre events and productions related to Christian religious stories.” […]
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