Stainless company tried to get inless.com via the UDRP process—what happened

Posted by DomainGang on February 15, 2023, at 9:39 am

An Indian company by the name Jindal Stainless Limited attempted to get the domain inless.com via the UDRP process. Registered in 2006 and listed for sale for $9,999 dollars, inless.com appears to be a substring of the company’s brand. The Complainant alleged that wildcarding the domain such as “jindalsta.inless.com” equals to typo-squatting. This is some […]

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Mercury.cash: Domain UDRP unveils drama behind cryptocurrency corp

Posted by DomainGang on November 11, 2022, at 9:15 am

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 […]

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CleanGarage.com: Twenty year old domain lost via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on September 20, 2022, at 9:01 am

The domain CleanGarage.com was registered in 2002 and it sounds generic enough for its registrant to seek $25,000 dollars for it. Alas, a company that registered the mark THE CLEAN GARAGE usurped the aged domain via the UDRP process. The sole panelist at the Forum (NAF) pointed out that the asking price / cost delta […]

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RemoteOK.com: “Squatter” wanted $250,000 before settling for half as much

Posted by DomainGang on November 3, 2021, at 10:26 am

The founder of RemoteOK.com, an online repository of “digital nomad” jobs, complained on Twitter about having to pay to acquire the domain. Referring to the domain’s seller as a “squatter,” the enterprising founder of RemoteOK revealed how much he paid for the domain and the privilege of upgrading from the .IO: After 6 years of […]

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ASDFLKJ.com #domain aspires to get trademark registration

Posted by DomainGang on March 11, 2021, at 12:37 pm

Typing random keys on your keyboard? Chances are that your left hands begins typing on the middle row, ending up with ASDF at a minimum. Type some more in reverse order with your right hand and you’ll get ASDFLKJ for the full effect. The registrant of the domain ASDFLKJ.com intends to use it in internet […]

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CQD.com #domain drama continues : Previous owner claims #domain was stolen

Posted by DomainGang on March 8, 2018, at 11:34 am

Rebecca J. Burns, previous owner of the domain CQD.com and founder of ComQuest Designs, has come forward in social media, claiming that her domain was stolen. A few days ago, we were informed that CQD.com was taken away from domain investor, James Booth, who said he paid $26,000 dollars to acquire it. The story so […]

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Aged #domain lost in auction, case involves K-Systems and #GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on March 2, 2018, at 10:22 am

A bizarre situation involving a 1999 domain, LoansCanada.com, is unfolding over at DNForum. The owner of the domain, paid for its renewal via PayPal, and the domain registrar, K-Systems, initially claimed that the domain was “deleted.” LoansCanada.com did not drop, however, and current information shows that it was auctioned off at GoDaddy and was acquired […]

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Plated : From a $9.99 domain at GoDaddy, to a $300 million acquisition by Albertsons

Posted by DomainGang on September 23, 2017, at 9:04 am

Plated, operating from Plated.com, sends its customers the necessary ingredients to cook their own meals. This is what a “meal kit service” is all about. Instead of shipping pre-made, soggy food, Plated took the novel approach when it was founded in 2012. Its main competitor, Blue Apron, operates around the same principles. There is a […]

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Kiwi man wastes good lunch money on Covfefe.co.nz domain

Posted by DomainGang on June 3, 2017, at 2:27 pm

A man from New Zealand tossed a perfect lunch into the garbage, after deciding to register the domain Covfefe.co.nz instead. Auckland meme-lover, Samuel Chatwin, skipped lunch after a Donald Trump tweet about “Covfefe” went viral. “Spending $22.99 to get this piece of junk domain was a non-brainer,” said Samuel Chatwin. “Me and my friends could […]

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Twitter closes “video loop” service Vine down

Posted by DomainGang on October 27, 2016, at 3:34 pm

Twitter is closing down its Vine video loop service, which it acquired in 2012 for $30 million dollars. The sudden announcement shares the sad news of how one of the top 10 social media sites will be closing down – but not today: “Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at […]

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Oracle Corporation grabs Oracl.com domain via UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on June 29, 2016, at 10:52 am

The domain Oracl.com was registered in 1998, and it has just now been ordered into the lap of Oracle International Corporation, Complainant in a UDRP. Despite claims that they owned the domain for 18 years, a panelist at the National Arbitration Forum stated that ownership is “unverifiable.” On top of that, findings of use for […]

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Unbelievable : Domain hijacker wannabe seeks legal advice to steal domain!

Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2016, at 7:24 pm

We’ve seen a lot of stupid activity in domain investing circles, but this one has to beat every single one of them. An anonymous domain hijacker wannabe, is seeking legal advice on whether he’d be in trouble if he were to proceed with a common domain hijacking activity: “If an internet domain “example.com” has its […]

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