EmersonTower.com UDRP: Respondent got greedy, apparently
The UDRP for the domain EmersonTower.com involved two Missouri companies; the Complainant being Emerson Electric Co, operating from Emerson.com, and the Respondent being a web consulting company. Despite the Respondent’s attempts to justify the domain’s registration which is forwarding to their web site, it’s interesting to note the following: The Respondent registered the domain mere […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BritishAirways.ai UDRP: Cybersquatting at its finest
The Turkish registrant of BritishAirways.ai wanted $999 dollars for the domain but no brand owner should accept to pay any ransom; British Airways is a global brand and an airline with 100+ years of history. Filing a UDRP was the obvious solution and the Respondent failed to respond. A company such as British Airways has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Aston Martin wins UDRP for matching .ai domain
World-known automaker, Aston Martin, won the UDRP it filed against the domain name AstonMartin.ai. The Respondent actually used the services of an attorney from India to argue about the Complainant’s mark rights in Anguilla, operators of the .AI ccTLD. The domain has been offered for sale on the Dan.com platform. In the end, the WIPO […]
Copyright © 2024 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 © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brainly.ai: Quebecois registrant lost .AI domain despite response to UDRP
The domain name Brainly.ai seems rather generic; owned by Beslogic Inc., Canada, since 2018 the domain was slated for development. Brainly Sp.zo.o, Poland, operates from the matching .com domain and is the owner of five registered trademarks dating as far back as in 2014. In the ensuing UDRP the Respondent noted that it uses AI […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Watson.ai UDRP: Respondent claims he had this domain in 1997
A strange case of apparent time travel took place in the UDRP filing against the domain Watson.ai. International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) is the Complainant, using the WATSON mark since 2010 when it introduced a question answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language. The Respondent alleged that they registered Watson.ai in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GlassesShop.com: Domain stolen by former admin returned via the UDRP process
The domain name GlassesShop.com was allegedly transferred without its registrant’s permission in 2017; six years later it was ordered to be returned to Four E LLC via the UDRP process. The domain appears to have been acquired by the Complainant in 2008 for the sum of $2,488 dollars. That same year, the Complainant registered the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Not so wyze: Chinese squatter lost UDRP for Wyzes.com
The epitome of cybersquatting is when you take that infringing domain and monetize it by selling products that are knockoffs of these sold by the trademark holder. In the case of the domain Wyzes.com, the Chinese squatter used the domain to sell knockoff products of Wyze Labs, creators of high-quality, easy-to-use smart home products under […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WorkNumber.com: Equifax grabs seemingly generic domain via the UDRP process
Equifax filed a UDRP to usurp the seemingly generic, aged domain name WorkNumber.com. Registered in 1998, WorkNumber.com displayed PPC ads that linked to services provided by competitors of Equifax. The Complainant operates from the domain TheWorkNumber.com and has registered the mark THE WORK NUMBER, effective in 1997. The sole panelist took all these facts under […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.OlympicsHasFallen.com UDRP: Trademarks, deepfakes, and a fake Netflix documentary
The registrant of the domain name OlympicsHasFallen.com was hit with a UDRP, filed by the International Olympic Committee. The Complainant is notoriously protective of their marks and in this case the underlying details are rather interesting. A film named “Olympus Has Fallen” is a political thriller that was shot a decade ago. In the case […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lanborghini.com: A 19 year old typo-domain gets snatched by automaker
The registrant of the domain Lanborghini.com held it for 19 years; in a recent UDRP filed by the Italian automaker, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., the Complainant succeeded in snatching the aged domain name. Typo-domains such as Lanborghini.com generate traffic from fat-fingering the Lamborghini domain name. As the letters N and M are next to each other, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MrVapes.com: Aussie buyer of domain got smoked in UDRP filed by Kiwi corp
Mrvapes Australia Limited established their brand, MRVAPES, in New Zealand. It has been trading under that name since 2018, eventually branching off to Australia in 2022, where it applied for the mark’s registration. The latter was granted in 2023. Meanwhile, the domain MrVapes.com was registered in 2012 but was acquired in 2022 by an Australian. […]
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