Ocasia.org: When asked to produce evidence, Complainant stalled
Filing a UDRP as the Complainant requires producing the necessary evidence; in the case of the UDRP involving the domain Ocasia.org this didn’t happen. The Complainant, Olympic Council of Asia, Kuwait, claimed that in 2001, it engaged the Respondent to register and maintain a website located at the disputed domain name. The filed complaint did […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nissan + Honda merger feeds domain registrations
Fresh news of an ongoing merger of automotive giants, Nissan and Honda, is causing domain registration frenzy among domainers. Whilst the merger is far from complete, it’d create a super automotive company that’d rank 3rd in the world in terms of vehicle sales. Both companies possess strong, famous brandmarks; both NISSAN and HONDA are world-renowned. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Glassagram.org: Instagram won this UDRP and here’s why
Instagram LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name GlassaGram.org that appears to be providing behind the scenes access to Instagram profiles’ photos. Although the domain name does not contain the word INSTAGRAM, a registered trademark, the WIPO panelist ordered the domain to be transferred to the Complainant. Here’s why: Instagram also owns rights to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bluesky app updates its domain-friendly process
Bluesky has been gaining popularity as a free social media app that presents a Twitter-like (now X) environment, free of bots and musky toxicity. For a while now, Bluesky users could switch away from the .bsky.social suffix to using their domain names as their Bluesky handle. The process is explained here and a more technical […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Florida county implements domain monitoring after large scam
Volusia county officials in Florida implemented domain monitoring, after a scam involved the creation of emails on a similar domain name. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of 26 year old Keith Merard, following a complex fraud scheme involving stolen Starlink satellites worth $48,000 dollars and other equipment. Merard created email addresses on […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oppenheimer moment: Atom.com splits its domain landers
The days of big, bulky “for sale” landers are over at Atom.com, formerly known as Squadhelp. In a true Oppenheimer moment, the company announced that it has changed its focus for 2025 and beyond, by creating small, “particle” landing pages. Darpan Munjal, founder & CEO of Atom.com noted about the changes: “It was a moment […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainTools: Possible deprecation of WHOIS services in 2025
DomainTools, the quintessential tool that queries, stores, and analyzes WHOIS data, and more, shared news that is of importance to all domain investors. The company is warning of a “Possible deprecation of WHOIS services for ICANN TLDs” after January 28, 2025. In detail: ICANN is in the process of transitioning registries and registrars from using […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic keywords for December: Have you boosted yet?
Afternic‘s top keywords for December 2024 are finally here, as the company prepares for an early holiday season shutdown. Tracked through GoDaddy‘s proprietary Cairo AIâ„¢, this amazing series tracks the most popular keywords in domain sales achieved through Afternic. “Our system analyzes millions of search terms on the so-called ‘registrar path’ that GoDaddy has several […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Swetha scores sweet Spectral.xyz sale!
It’s the end of the year and prolific Indian domain investor Swetha Yenugula shared news of her latest domain sale via the Afternic platform. Spectral.xyz, a 2020 registration, was sold by Swetha for $20,933 dollars. The meaning of “spectral” is of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly. There are several potential buyers for […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rentalend.com UDRP: Respondent won after spelling out the domain name!
Talend S.A.S is a French company that owns a portfolio of trademark registrations for TALEND including European Trademark No. 014226989 registered on September 25, 2015. They filed a UDRP against the domain RenTALEND.com, registered in 2024. At first glance, the domain appears to incorporate the TALEND brand in in its entirety. At least, that’s what […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Citigroup.ai UDRP: Inventing a purpose for a domain leads to loss
Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 and in 2023 had revenue in excess of $78 billion dollars. They filed a UDRP to get the domain name Citigroup.ai for obvious reasons: The domain infringes on their famous […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Thy.co domain shalt not be transferred in UDRP decision at the WIPO
Thy means “your” and Thy.co could mean “your .co” domain. The archaic reference did not sit well with Turk Hava Yollar, a Turkish company that operates Turkish Airlines since 1933 and THY.com since 1997. Turk Hava Yollar filed a UDRP to get the domain Thy.co but THY is not their primary trademark and it’s not […]
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