GotCredit.com registrant deflects #UDRP as NAF finds Reverse #Domain Name Hijacking

Posted by DomainGang on January 9, 2021, at 10:50 am

The registrant of the domain GotCredit.com managed to deflect the legal maneuver that Clean Slate Credit Solutions attempted via the UDRP process. The attempt to usurp the domain failed and the 3 appointed National Arbitration Forum (NAF) panelists delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Registered in 2002, GotCredit.com was targeted by the Complainant […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, GotCredit.com, GotCredit?, NAF, RDNH, UDRP, deny transfer

FreedomChurch.org : UDRP ends up with a minority declaration of Reverse #Domain Name Hijacking

Posted by DomainGang on December 21, 2020, at 10:19 pm

The domain FreedomChurch.org sounds very generic and yet someone contested it via the UDRP process at the National Arbitration Forum. Peymon Mottahedeh filed the UDRP on the basis of having a fresh state trademark: Florida/October 16, 2020. Furthermore, the Complainant asserted they used the domain between 1997 – 2020 and let it drop. The Respondent […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with AbdulBasit Makrani, FreedomChurch.org, John Berryhill, NAF, UDRP, deny transfer

FlyLife.com : #Domain from 2001 gets its life extended after #UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on December 11, 2020, at 11:45 am

The domain FlyLife.com was registered in 2001, and 19 years later it was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The Complainant Leighton Adem is the owner of FlyLife Magazine Pty Ltd, an Australian journal on fly fishing which was established in 1995. FlyLife Magazine Pty Ltd has trademark registrations for the FLYLIFE mark in […]

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

CobraJetAviation.com : The #UDRP process wasn’t designed for legal disputes

Posted by DomainGang on November 12, 2020, at 5:56 pm

US based Cobrajet, Inc., instructed one of its employees to register the domain CobraJetAviation.com, with subsequent compensation of his expenses. According to the ensuing UDRP, the now former employee refused to provide access to the accounts managing the domain and the web site. The Respondent is Cobra Jet, Cobrajetaviation, with an address in Cairo, Egypt, […]

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

YouLoveFruit.com #UDRP : The GoDaddy lander isn’t the Respondent’s responsibility

Posted by DomainGang on October 1, 2020, at 11:28 am

The domain YouLoveFruit.com was registered in 2018, and it displays the new generation of GoDaddy landers that incorporate PPC links with a “Get in touch” message. The registrant of the YOU LOVE FRUIT mark filed a UDRP, based on a 2015 registration with the USPTO. Surprisingly, the Respondent prevailed, despite not filing a response. According […]

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

Church of Christ 1914 : Matching .com #domain avoided digital crucifixion

Posted by DomainGang on September 22, 2020, at 12:39 pm

The registrant of the domain Churchofchrist1914.com was hit with a UDRP, that was filed by a church in the Philippines. The Complainant is Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), Philippines, that describes itself as an independent Christian church, founded in 1914, which maintains nearly 7,000 congregations and missions grouped into more than 160 ecclesiastical districts […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Churchofchrist1914.com, Iglesia Ni Cristo, UDRP, deny transfer

Lingaro.com : Polish #domain registered in 2005 hit with a #UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on June 5, 2020, at 5:24 pm

Lingaro.com, the brand name of a Polish startup “innovator in data analysis,” was registered in 2005. Fifteen years later, the company filed a UDRP at the WIPO. Surprisingly, the domain’s renewal fees throughout the years have been paid for by the Respondent in this UDRP, and not the Lingaro company. Lingaro.com is forwarding to LingaroGroup.com, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Lingaro, Lingaro.com, LingaroGroup.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Frisby.com : #Colombian restaurant chain filed UDRP against a 1996 #domain registration

Posted by DomainGang on May 27, 2020, at 12:46 am

Frisby is a Colombian fried chicken restaurant chain founded by Alfredo Hoyos Mazuera in 1983. Also known as Pollos Frisby, the company logo features a chicken mascot. Frisby.com is a domain registered in 1996, and the current registrant was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO, filed by Frisby S.A., Colombia. The Respondent states that […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Frisby, Frisby.com, Pollos Frisby, UDRP, deny transfer

ESQwire law firm lands the #domain name DAE.com back in the hands of its registrant

Posted by DomainGang on April 29, 2020, at 11:24 am

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise uses the DAE acronym, and went after the premium three letter domain DAE.com via the UDRP process. Registered in 1995, this aged acronym was offered for sale after the Complainant participated in a GoDaddy auction where the Respondent won it at for $126,000 dollars. Meanwhile, the GoDaddy brokering service had placed a […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with DAE.com, Domainers, Domains, ESQwire, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

#Campofrio .com : Spanish #geodomain name barely makes it past #UDRP filed 20 years later

Posted by DomainGang on April 22, 2020, at 1:35 pm

Campofrío is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain, with less than 1,000 inhabitants. The matching .com domain, Campofrio.com, was registered in 1999. Meanwhile, Campofrio is also an established food group in Spain, operating from the domain name CampofrioFoodGroup.com. The company owns several CAMPOFRIO marks, and filed two separate UDRPs at […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Campofrio.com, Campofrío, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

UTA .ro : Cradle or acronym domain? #UDRP decision favored Respondent

Posted by DomainGang on April 6, 2020, at 11:03 am

The beauty of acronym domains, such as the LLL type, is that there is a very large number of matching word combinations. In the case of UTA.ro, the domain was challenged at the WIPO by UTA Romania Services SRL, on behalf of the Germany mother company, Union-Tank Eckstein GmbH. The Romanian respondent claimed two things: […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, LLL domains, UDRP, UTA, UTA.ro, WIPO, acronym domains, deny transfer

CasinoDaddy.com : #Domain got hit with a #UDRP a decade after Complainant’s trademark

Posted by DomainGang on April 3, 2020, at 1:32 pm

A Swedish company took a bet with CasinoDaddy.com, and filed a UDRP at the WIPO. The domain was registered in 2009. The Complainant is Joelsson Media Group AB, Sweden, that acquired a European Union trademark in 2019 for CASINO DADDY. That’s a decade after the domain was registered. They operate from the matching .net domain […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with CasinoDaddy.com, ESQwire, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

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