Dick’s vs. Wang: UDRP against SportingGS.com failed and here’s why
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name SportingGS.com; the Respondent is Bo Wang. In this case, the Complainant asserted that the domain is infringing on its DICK’S SPORTING GOODS mark, registered with the USPTO in 2012. Complainant alleges that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MinervaSA.com: Brazilian company claimed its mark was infringed on; WIPO panelist disagreed
Minerva, the Roman goddess representing Athena, is also a registered trademark for numerous goods and services. A Brazilian company, MINERVA S.A., filed a UDRP to get the domain name MinervaSA.com. At first, it makes sense that when your company is Minerva SA the exact match .com represents an attempt to infringe on the trademark; however, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Manga.io hit with UDRP; Complainant lost the case
The domain name Manga.io was hit with a UDRP; the decision was made by the WIPO panel to deny its transfer. The domain was deemed generic; also, in the Panel’s view, the Complainant, Mangas.io, France, did not show that the Respondent knew or should have known the Complainant or its rights when registering the Disputed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Richard Lau is now a founding investor at DomainEasy; James Morfopoulos joins the company
Domain entrepreneur and investor, Richard Lau, has announced his immediate involvement with the DomainEasy project. The NamesCon founder stated that he’s a Founding Investor along with DomainEasy.com founder, Sam Dennis. The company has been in the works for a year, creating a platform for domain investors to transact domain sales on. In associated news, James […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands: Will the UK sink .IO?
The Chagos Archipelago or Chagos Islands is a group of seven atolls made of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean. The islands are located 300 miles south of the Maldives. The UK is in possession of these islands, currently, with the exception of Diego Garcia that was leased to the US for strategic […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cyberist.com: Million dollar domain listing hit with UDRP
The domain name Cyberist.com was registered in 2002 and was hit with a UDRP 22 years into its registration. Cyberist.com is listed for sale with a $1,000,000 dollar price tag, which must have agitated the Complainant, Mr. Kevin Fream, who claims that he coined the term “Cyberist” in 2006. He acquired the registration of a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Long-awaited .MUSIC TLD and MusicID debuts globally
The .MUSIC registry announced the global launch of the community-based .MUSIC top-level domain name extension and its verified MusicID. This is a press release: Long-Awaited .MUSIC Domain and MusicID Debuts Globally – With Full Support from the Global Music Industry Today, the global music industry and community takes a transformative step forward with the official […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Help Ryan Colby beat colorectal cancer
Domain investor and broker, Ryan Colby, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and needs our help. Just weeks after his 50th birthday and after a routine colonoscopy, Ryan was diagnosed with the type of aggressive cancer that develops in the tissues of the colon or rectum. Ryan Colby has been a long time member of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SweetJames.com UDRP: When partners fall out what happens to the domains?
The domain name SweetJames.com was part of a UDRP that involved business partners parting ways. Registered in 2011 by the Respondent among 50 other domains, it became the law firm’s brand; in 2015 the founder and Complainant invited the Respondent as a equal (50%) partner to the firm, without requiring him to bring capital to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Polydec.com UDRP ends with German respondent gaining Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The domain name Polydec.com was registered in 1998 and in 2013 it was acquired by Knauf Information Services GmbH, a German company. Based in Switzerland, Polydec SA filed a UDRP claiming rights to the POLYDEC mark as early as in 2018. The WIPO panelist noted that the domain’s ownership change predates the Complainant’s mark by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SpongeBobSquarePants.com: UDRP decision ends domain’s squatting of a Viacom character
SpongeBob SquarePants lived in a pineapple under the sea for 23 years, until Viacom International Inc. filed a UDRP Complaint against the domain SpongeBobSquarePants.com. The domain forwards to a zero click PPC lander ensuring steady revenue for its registrant. As the owner of SPONGEBOB and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS trademark registrations in various jurisdictions, the Complainant is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainLeads.com: Domain analytics tool is no longer free
The DomainLeads tool is a recent addition to Estibot, able to filter and search data from a live database of more than 330 million registered domain names. For example, you can find all the TLDs, gTLDs, and ccTLDs that a “keyword” exists in, as an exact string, or as the beginning or the end of […]
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