GDOT.com: Girls Delivered On Time beats Georgia Department of Transportation!
Gotta love acronyms and in the case of GDOT.com, the Georgia Department of Transportation filed a UDRP against a massage domain that apparently stands for “Girls Delivered On Time.” The Complainant asserted rights to the GDOT mark registered in 2020. The disputed domain was registered in 2003. Past captures of the domain indicate that in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ASLA.com UDRP: A 1995 domain registration was lost—Here’s why
The domain ASLA.com was registered in 1995 and 30 years later it was lost in a UDRP filed by the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc. that operates from ASLA.org. Archive.org copies of the web site show that since at least 2004, an organization called “American Seminar Leaders Association” made use of the domain. That […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Vetronix.com: From a $361 dollar sale to a UDRP—Who won?
The French registrant of the domain Vetronix.com acquired it at a DropCatch auction for $361 dollars, seven years ago. The 2018 registration was followed by a trademark application soon after and the launch of a business. That application at the USPTO was turned down, however: the USPTO refused the application, citing that the term is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Playboy.ai UDRP: Chinese squatter planned to build web site for kids
The Chinese registrant of the domain Playboy.ai responded to the UDRP filed by Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. in the most creative way. The Respondent alleged that the term “playboy” dates to 1829 and refers to “the good life of the rich.” He went on to share his plans for the domain: “I also registered the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AlteraHealths.com UDRP: Relying on common law marks isn’t the path to victory
Altera Digital Health Inc.filed a UDRP to get the domain AlteraHealths.com, a domain that was used to impersonate one of their employees. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain. Despite this obvious abuse of the domain to facilitate phishing, the Forum panelist was adamant about not transferring it: Complainant has failed to support […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MinuteMen fails to get MinuteMen.com via the UDRP process
Minute Men, Inc., filed a UDRP to get the matching domain, MinuteMen.com from its registrant. Registered in 1998, the domain has been in the possession of PTB Media. Minute Men, Inc., dba Minutemen Staffing, has provided employment staffing and related services under the MINUTEMEN mark, in which it has common law and registered trademark rights. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.And just like that, FoodClub.com (1998) is lost in a UDRP
The old (1998) registration of the domain FoodClub.com did not matter when Topco Holdings, Inc filed a UDRP. Its FOOD CLUB trademark came into play, registered in 1957 in the US for services that began as early as in 1945. One has to wonder what took the Complainant this long—26 years—to file a UDRP. In […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Trimble.ai UDRP: We are not domainers, or cybersquatters
The Respondent to a UDRP about the domain Trimble.ai used novel language to describe their use of the domain. “We are not domainers or cybersquatters,” said the Respondent, in response to Trimble Inc. that filed the UDRP. The three member panel was prepared to believe them, despite their listing of the domain at Sedo with […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MediaCombo.com UDRP: A terrible decision demonstrates need for Respondent’s reply
The UDRP decision against the domain name MediaCombo.com demonstrates the importance of the Respondent’s reply to such filings. Registered in 2014, MediaCombo.com was challenged by Mediacom Communications Corporation, a company known to be proactively enforcing its rights to the MEDIACOM mark. Since 2011, Mediacom has filed at least 48 UDRPs, some with multiple domains. Every […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TheGardenSavvy.com: Small business owner won this UDRP—Here’s why
A small business owner operating from the domain TheGardenSavvy.com was hit with a UDRP from Hobby Fun LLC, operators of GardenSavvy.com. Despite not having a trademark for GARDEN SAVVY, the Complainant rolled the dice in this case and they lost, as the Respondent’s registration and use of the domain was not made in bad faith; […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.UltaCompany.com: Respondent’s cheeky message after UDRP loss
The Respondent of the UDRP involving the domain name UltaCompany.com did not file a formal response. Ulta Beauty, Inc. is the largest beauty retailer in the United States and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin, hair care products and salon services. The ULTA mark is thus famous and the Forum panelist ordered the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GPI.com UDRP was denied with no finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The aged domain GPI.com was used for decades as an acronym representing General Parts, Inc. A lapse in displaying an obvious landing page, however, led the Great Plains Ventures, Inc. to file a UDRP complaint. The Respondent proved that they used the domain along with a registered trademark for many years, utilizing the subdomain openwebs.gpi.com for […]
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