Gropod.com owners were offered $1,000 dollars; what happened next?
Heliponix LLC offered the registrant of the domain Gropod.com $1,000 dollars. The domain was registered in 2000 and for this domain asset its registrant, Groviv LLC, had bigger aspirations so the offer was turned down. Their counter-offer of $20,000 dollars was rejected by Heliponix LLC that had registered the mark GROPOD with the USPTO in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Harima.com : Mike Mann ups asking price to $1,000,000 dollars!
Domain investor, Mike Mann, won the UDRP for the aged domain Harima.com, that was filed by Harima Chemicals Group, Inc., Japan. The domain was registered in 1998, all while the Complainant asserted rights to the mark since 1996. Mike Mann acquired the domain Harima.com in 2008. In 2017, Mike Mann had listed the domain with […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.JointMax.com: Trademark holder failed to recover #domain via the UDRP process
Healthy Pets, Inc. d/b/a Pet Health Solutions, are the owners of the registered mark JOINT MAX. The mark was registered in 2003. The domain JointMax.com was owned and operated by the company, until they failed to renew it. The domain was snapped by its Korean registrant in September 2020, after it was not renewed. In […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.IndoorBillboard.com: Domain genericness turns #UDRP into a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The registrant of the domain IndoorBillboard.com hit back, when Indoor Billboard/Northwest, Inc. filed a UDRP at the Forum (NAF.) Registered in 1999, the domain consists of two generic words, descriptive of “indoor billboard” advertising. Despite the Complainant’s claims to notoriety of its INDOOR BILLBOARD mark, the three member panel found no such evidence. In summary: The […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WeatherUSA.com: Another case where the #domain is senior to the trademark
The domain WeatherUSA.com was registered in 1998. WeatherUSA, LLC registered the WEATHERUSA mark in 2019, claiming first use in 2001 and common law mark established via its domain weatherusa.net. In 2021, they filed a UDRP to usurp the .com. The Respondent acquired the domain in 2013 and challenged the claims of first use of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hola Domains: Investor won UDRP filed against OceanReady.com
Hola Domains, also known as Hola Dominios Limitada, is an active domain investment company based in Costa Rica. They fought and won a UDRP filed against the domain OceanReady.com, based on the registered mark OCEANREADY claimed by GXI LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, the world’s most popular cruise line and largest leisure travel […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LuxuryAuction.com & LuxuryAuctions.com: Domains from 1998 shaken by #UDRP filing
The domain names LuxuryAuction.com and LuxuryAuctions.com were registered way back in 1998. Almost 24 years later, a UDRP was filed for the pair by Platinum Luxury Auctions LLC. Based on a trademark for LUXURY AUCTION registered in 2016, the Complainant fired up its lawyers, all while the Respondent did not file a response. Generally speaking, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WooExperts.com: Indian developer made fair use of “WOO” mark in domain
The registrant of WooExperts.com is an Indian developer who has been creating software plugins for WooCommerce. The online platform, WooCommerce, Inc., did not like that and filed a UDRP to get the domain. Calling oneself a “Woo Expert” is their right, said the Respondent: WooCommerce is open-source plugin and any individual who works with WooCommerce […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Appfollow.com: Another .IO startup tries to take over the .com and fails
Appfollow.com is a domain registered in 2017 and if it matters, its expiration is set in 2030. Meanwhile, Appfollow.fi Oy, Finland, is a Finnish company founded in 2015, which provides a software application review management, analytics and app store optimization platform under the name “Appfollow.” They filed a UDRP at the WIPO to usurp the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Securus.com: Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for aged #domain name
The registrant of Securus.com, a domain registered in 1995, was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The Complainant, Securus Technologies LLC, claimed rights to the SECURUS mark that was registered in 2006. There was no response filed by the Respondent in this case, that are based in Hong Kong. Regardless, the sole panelist at […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TER.com #UDRP: No finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
SNCF Voyageurs, France, filed a UDRP against the three letter .com domain TER.com. The Complainant, the French national railway company, operates a public transport service in France called “TER”, which carries more than one million travellers daily and owns some 7,500 trains and 2,000 coaches. The domain TER.com was registered in 1994. How can a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nextbite.com UDRP result bites Complainant with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding!
Nextbite Brands LLC filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Nextbite.com, after failing to acquiring it from a Kuwaiti company that predates them in existence. The Complainant operates from the domain Nextbite.io. The Respondent’s case is that it is a bona fide Kuwait entity called “Nextbite LLC”, and it independently derived the name Nextbite and […]
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