Winner of LeonardoDiCaprio.org auction lost domain via the UDRP process
From the “what were you thinking” department comes the UDRP of the domain LeonardodiCaprio.org. Matching the name of popular mega-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, this domain was in the possession of the Hollywood actor until August 2022 but it wasn’t renewed. Instead of dropping, the domain name ended up in a NameJet auction and someone from Indonesia […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ImpossibleKick.com UDRP failed due to Complainant’s rushed filing
When you claim your mark has become distinctive but it hasn’t, filing a rushed UDRP won’t get you the domain name. Impossible Kicks Holding Company, Inc. filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name ImpossibleKick.com. The Respondent did not respond, but the sole panelist at the Forum (NAF) pointed out that the Complainant’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CreditNinja Lending lost UDRP filed against KreditNinjaLLC.com
One can get “Kreative” with the letter “C” and in the case of the domain KreditNinjaLLC.com that phonetic change led to a UDRP. Filed by CreditNinja Lending LLC at the Forum (NAF) the case involves the registered trademark CREDITNINJA, obtained by the Complainant in 2019. Despite the domain’s registration in 2021, the case was dismissed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forum Panelist denied transfer of ultra-short domain 50.com
Incredible: Someone filed a UDRP against the ultra-short, mega-premium domain name 50.com. That’s number 5 followed by the number 0 in .com. Complainant Johannes Schumann owns a US trademark registration for a design mark composed of a red speech bubble with the number “50” within it. The mark is registered in class 45, for leasing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why Morgan Stanley lost the UDRP filed against MSFinancements.com
Financial giant, Morgan Stanley, owns rights to the mark MORGAN STANLEY and treats the letter pair “MS” as an abbreviated variant, apparently. A French company, formed by two individuals, Medji Bamba and Sarah Pascual, uses the domain MSFinancements.com. It’s not clear why Morgan Stanley’s lawyers believed they’d get this domain via the UDRP process, unless […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nuramax.com: UDRP decision based on LinkedIn connection of the two parties
Nuramax.com is a domain registered in 2022 and it appears to stand on its own two feet as a brand. That’s not what Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. thought, however, and they filed a UDRP to get the domain from its registrant. In this case, the Respondent failed to respond and the Complainant reigned supreme in their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.StudioAutobody.com: Why the heck was this UDRP denied?
When you register a domain on the instructions of someone, there better be an arrangement of sorts, such as a contract clause. In the case of StudioAutobody.com, two parties formed a company and one instructed the other to register the domain. Once the partnership was dissolved, the registrant declined to transfer the domain to the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.OpenBots.com: Twenty year old #domain owner beat AI company
The owner of the domain name OpenBots.com registered it in 2003; since then, he has been using it, along with the matching .org domain. The domain is serving as a project related to a code repository and for its owner’s personal presence online. Meanwhile, OpenBots, Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp this domain. According to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Barefoot Dreams, Inc. lost bid to usurp aged domain BFD.com
Barefoot Dreams, Inc., a retailer of luxury apparel, homeware, and accessories, filed a UDRP to usurp the premium, aged three letter domain BFD.com, registered in 1993. The Chinese registrant responded via their legal representative to the UDRP, filed at the Forum (NAF) thus: Respondent alleges that Complainant’s mark is not well known in China; further, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.IssaquahFC.com engaged two soccer teams; one wins with a RDNH finding
Two soccer teams in Issaquah, Washington, engaged in a bitter fight over the domain name IssaquahFC.com. One of them filed a UDRP to get the domain from the other, but their formation and claim to the ISSAQUAH FC mark took place 10 months after the domain’s registration. The UDRP was decided by a sole panelist […]
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