SmartPrivacy.com UDRP: Two “Smart Privacy” companies collided over domain name
The domain name SmartPrivacy.com was registered in 2001 and was apparently acquired in 2016 by OneTrust LLC. The company also registered the mark SMARTPRIVACY in 2017. Meanwhile, British company Gazey and Partners LLP trading as Privacy Partnership, acquired rights to the mark SMART PRIVACY in the UK, in 2016. The ensuing UDRP focused on that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PlanPay.com UDRP: Complainant’s apparent plan was to not pay
The registrant of the domain PlanPay.com was taken to the WIPO and the UDRP process. Registered in 2010, the domain matches the “plan pay” keywords that are rather generic in nature. PlanPay.com is listed for sale on Uniregistry and Afternic with a $34,500 dollar price tag. Layaway Travel Australia Pty Ltd., filed the UDRP attempting […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Shocker: Melinda Gates has failed to grab MelindaGates.com via the UDRP process
Despite winning the UDRP for MelindaGates.org, philanthropist Melinda French Gates has failed to grab the matching .com domain via the UDRP process. This “shocker” of a decision is based on one simple element: the registration date of MelindaGates.com. Registered in 1999, the domain predates the .org by 12 years and according to the three member […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tobias.com UDRP: Registrant won with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The registrant of the domain name Tobias.com has won the UDRP that Gibson Brands, Inc., filed to usurp the domain. The Complainant produces the famous Gibson guitars, but their TOBIAS brand is not globally known, per the UDRP: Complainant holds the registered trademark TOBIAS in connection with “stringed musical instruments, namely bass guitars,” registered on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why MGG Investment Group LP lost UDRP against mgcinv.com
MGG Investment Group LP filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name mgcinv.com. The Complainant operates from the domain mgginv.com. The rationale, per the UDRP filing at Forum (NAF): Respondent’s mgcinv.com domain name is virtually identical and confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark because it incorporates the MGG mark in its entirety, replaces the letter […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sukh Sagar: Indian family business casts father against son in domain UDRP
It’s father against son in a UDRP filed over the domain name SukhSagar.com. The domain’s registrant and Respondent is the son of one of the partners that filed the UDRP. Sukh Sagar, India, is a partnership firm represented by its Partner Mr. Siddarth Poojari and claimed rights to the SUKH SAGAR in India, going as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Snugg.com: UDRP loss against #domain registered in 1999
The domain name Snugg.com was registered in 1999, eons ago in internet time. In 2022, British company Arniston Ltd registered the mark SNUGG with the British trademark office and attempted to usurp the domain. Citing a failure to respond to its brokered offer of $5,000 dollars, the Complainant filed a UDRP. It miserably lost, however, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tolles.com was registered in 2003 and was hit with a UDRP 19 years later
The domain Tolles.com was registered in 2003, making it 19 years old currently. In 2011, Tolles Development Company LLC was formed in Arizona; in 2022 the company filed a trademark application with the USPTO for the mark TOLLES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. At the same time, they filed a UDRP to usurp Tolles.com. How did that play […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.KaufmanAuctions.com UDRP leads to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Kaufman Realty and Auctions specializes in auctions of personal and real property and the sale of real property. The mark KAUFMAN AUCTIONS was registered in 2021 and in recent months they filed a UDRP against the domain name KaufmanAuctions.com. That domain was registered in 2005, a substantial amount of time prior to the Complainant’s claimed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Palex.com: UDRP after 26 years failed to achieve Complainant’s goal
A company claiming rights to the mark PALEX going as far back as in 1989, waited 26 years after the registration of the domain Palex.com to file a UDRP. That didn’t sit well with the sole panelist at the WIPO, who noted: the disputed domain name was registered some 26 years ago when such obligations […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Titmouse.com renders Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision in UDRP
The UDRP filed against the aged domain name Titmouse.com isn’t about a tit or a mouse. Registered in 1998, the domain represents a generic keyword, as a type of bird called Titmouse. The sole panelist at the WIPO accepted the Respondent’s statement that when he registered the domain 24 years ago the Complainant’s trademark was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.StepsApp failed to usurp Step.app via the UDRP process
StepsApp GmbH is a German developer of a pedometer application or app named “StepsApp” and it operates from the domain Steps.app. Meanwhile, Step.app—the singular—is operated by a Russian entrepreneur developing a pedometer app that rewards its users with crypto. While the Complainant claimed that the Respondent simply rides on the coattails of their app’s fame, […]
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