OnlineDivorcer.com UDRP: Complainant’s brand too generic
When you offer a product such as online divorce filing, your exact match domain is OnlineDivorce.com. The operators of this domain did the right thing, using it for their product. It’s hard to associate such generic pairs with trademarks, however; in their UDRP filing against OnlineDivorcer.com, they failed. The reason, per the panelists: “The Panel […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Retention.com CEO: What my $800,000 dollar acquisition taught me
Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention, shared news of his acquisition of Retention.com for the sum of $800,000 dollars. We noted about the domain’s sale when the company applied for the registration of the mark RETENTION.COM with the USPTO, last year. Although that application has been met with an initial refusal due to the mark being […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pens.com registrant applied for the mark’s registration with the USPTO
National Pen Co. LLC, operators of the ultra-premium domain name Pens.com, have filed for the mark’s registration with the USPTO. The mark consists of the literal element “PENS.COM” with a stylized plus sign forming part of the “P” in “PENS.” The “.COM” element is displayed vertically following “PENS”. The following classes are referenced for the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lawyer.com: Premium, aged domain files for matching trademark registration
Lawyer.com Inc., operators of the premium, aged domain name Lawyer.com, have filed for the registration of the LAWYER.COM mark with the USPTO. Registered in 1997, the domain name Lawyer.com appears to be actively providing access to legal services. According to the trademark application, the filing was done with an “intent to use” clause, which means […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google generics: Anguilla no longer linked to .ai domains
Google has added dot .ai, the ccTLD of Anguilla, to its growing list of “generic” TLDs, an indication that there are not many domains representing the small island. Dot .ai domains are being used as a reference to “artificial intelligence” or AI, technology, crypto, and other uses that are not linked to Anguilla. As such, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BabyForumula.com: Perrigo owns this exact match generic #domain
Perrigo, one of the four companies that control nearly 90% of the U.S. baby formula market, announced that “supply chain issues” will sustain the product’s shortage for the “balance of the year.” Perrigo makes store-brand baby formulas for big retailers, such as Walmart, Target, and Amazon. It has been working with these companies to provide […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sedo: GreatDomains auction for February 2022
It’s the end of January and Sedo, our premium sponsor, is already planning ahead! The GreatDomains auction for February 2022 is scheduled for the week of February 17th – 24th. Do you plan to drop a lot of money on Valentine’s Day gifts? Here’s your chance to get it back, and then some, by sending […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HikingTrails.com: #Trademark application points to recent #domain sale
The operators of the domain HikingTrails.com have applied for the registration of the matching mark, HIKINGTRAILS.COM. The USPTO application is filed with an “intent to use” clause, which often indicates that the related domain was acquired recently. Here are the services linked to the trademark’s application: Downloadable mobile applications for hiking trails, gear, equipment and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fast.co CEO envies Netflix’s Fast.com brand in humorous tweet
Google “fast” and you’ll see that Fast.co comes up tops—because they pay Google Ads for the top spot exposure. The top organic result, however, is Fast.com, a domain name that measures your internet speed. Fast.com was acquired in 2016 by Netflix and it’s a fine example of a secondary or “assisting” brand that leverages the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Homeland.com applied for trademark registration at the USPTO
The operators of Homeland.com have applied for the registration of the matching mark, HOMELAND.COM. The application at the USPTO was filed for property management; real estate investing, and general contracting. The applicant has already received trademark registration for the HOMELAND keyword as a mark. That application was for hand sanitizer, however. Who operates Homeland.com? According […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Outside.com receives trademark registration at the USPTO
Outside.com received a registration certificate from the USPTO, for the matching mark: OUTSIDE.COM. The trademark was issued for on-line retail store services featuring live plants; Operating an on-line shopping site in the field of live plants. The registrant cited 2018 as the year of first use for the mark. This indicates that a domain sale […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SexToy.com applies for #trademark registration at the USPTO – How much did they pay for the #domain?
The registrant of SexToy.com, a 1995 domain, has applied for the registration of the mark SEXTOY.COM at the USPTO. The trademark application was filed for the following classes of services: Cleaner for use on adult stimulation aids Personal lubricants and vaginal lubricants Adult sexual stimulation aids, namely, vibrators, artificial vaginas, penis enhancers, penis rings, anal […]
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