BMW.ge UDRP: Respondent wanted a car worth $100,000 dollars in exchange for domain

Posted by DomainGang on March 22, 2023, at 11:28 am

Registering a domain matching the initials of a world-famous brand such as BMW can be quite risky. Offering to sell them the domain BMW.ge for thousands of dollars, or for a luxury car, is a sure path to losing it. The UDRP process was initiated by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) against a Georgian individual […]

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DotNotCom brand rolls out

Posted by DomainGang on March 22, 2023, at 11:10 am

Nicolas van Heule is an experienced entrepreneur, having rolled out clothes-wear and power drink brands. The DOTNOTCOM project is now the umbrella corporation, operating from the domain DotNotCom.com. Says the founder of the company: The NOT in our name implies a non-commercial endeavor, yet our domain extension is “.com” which is short for “commercial.” We […]

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Ready to move out of Uniregistry?

Posted by DomainGang on March 21, 2023, at 10:19 am

Uniregistry has had a great run spanning almost a decade. The company was acquired by GoDaddy three years ago, as a bridge to founder Frank Schilling’s portfolio of domain names. While GoDaddy kept Uniregistry and the Uni Market alive, the latter will shut down on April 18th, marking the end of an era for the […]

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Dan + Afternic: Out of sync

Posted by DomainGang on March 21, 2023, at 9:12 am

Recent updates at Dan.com triggered a range of frustrating sentiments to domain investors, who had to rush in and tweak account settings once again. What took place: Portfolio holders at GoDaddy-owned Dan received a system update and while things looked normal, a little “devil” flipped the Afternic Integration switch from OFF to ON, at least […]

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Cheap brokers, rude attitude, and chicken feed

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2023, at 3:20 pm

Better watch your attitude, cheap brokers. If you are a domain reseller looking for chicken feed, offering 4 to 5 figures, or working for a small business, don’t bother! All these are exclusions from being considered for the domain name Securi.com, according to the landing page. The same page has existed with fewer requirements since […]

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YSL means Youth Service Learning, according to UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2023, at 1:30 pm

The YSL mark and acronym is world famous; anyone attempting to use the Yves Saint Laurent brand, established in 1962, in an infringing manner would soon find out. In the case of the domain name YSL.ae, its registrant has parked it at Dan with a pointless and thinly veiled disclaimer: YSL stands for the following: […]

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Paper.io UDRP leads to domain loss for Respondent

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2023, at 11:19 am

The registrant of the domain Paper.io lost it via the UDRP process, despite the domain’s registration 9 years before the Complainant established its mark. The Respondent objected to the panel’s competence and requested that the proceedings be suspended due to concurrent court proceedings in Russia. However, the panel ultimately decided in favor of VOODOO, Complainants […]

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ICANN76: List of accomplishments at the big conference in Cancun

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2023, at 9:49 am

The most recent session of ICANN, referred to as ICANN76, closed its gates in Cancun, Mexico. The event attracted a large number of professionals familiar with the well-established multi-steakholder model. It was one of the biggest events ever organized at ICANN, according to one participant still in recovery from the event’s alcohol intake. He promised […]

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The Domain King’s GPT domain and other registrations

Posted by DomainGang on March 19, 2023, at 7:15 pm

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy educating his closed circle of Twitter followers. One of the most recent, important quotes by Rick reads as follows: “I Don’t buy domains to sell. I buy domains to hold. To collect. To admire. To enjoy. To savor. To learn about. To use.” Think for a second […]

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GoDaddy Lead Center: New updates this weekend

Posted by DomainGang on March 18, 2023, at 5:28 pm

GoDaddy has announced that its team of domain brokers will now be required to report every detail of their daily activities, including bathroom breaks, lunches, and other mundane activities, on the company’s new “Lead Center” feature. The new tool is part of Afternic, a domain marketplace in perpetual “beta.” According to the GoDaddy press release, […]

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Technical Unique Venture Pakistan: Tüv Nord lost UDRP despite famous trademark

Posted by DomainGang on March 17, 2023, at 1:59 pm

Tüv Nord AG is a German company that has established a technical accreditation certificate process, indicated by its famous TÜV mark. The mark was registered in 1980 in Germany and the company was formed in the 1860s. Therefore, the TÜV existed already at the dawn of the commercial internet in the early 1990s. The company […]

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Seven with Sedo: Go green, go eco, go bid!

Posted by DomainGang on March 16, 2023, at 3:28 pm

The auction by Sedo that features domains that are either environmental “green” keywords, or related keywords in “green” TLDs, has started! Sustaining the environment’s quality is important to every living creature on earth; the week-long auction at Sedo takes place from March 16th to March 23rd, 2023. From a total of 144 listed domains that […]

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