Namecheapx.com UDRP: Namesilo threatened with “retaliation”

Posted by DomainGang on August 23, 2023, at 1:40 pm

In 2020, the registrant of the domain name Namecheapx.com received a C&D notice from Namecheap, sent via the domain’s previous registrar, Namesilo. The domain was suspended and in the process, the registrant threatened to retaliate against Namesilo, after building a web site passing off as Namecheap. Later on, the domain was unsuspended and subsequently, it […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Namecheapx, Namecheapx.com, UDRP, WIPO, grant transfer, namecheap

Screencast.com wins UDRP against Screencast.ai despite Respondent’s gallant effort

Posted by DomainGang on August 23, 2023, at 9:40 am

The registrant of Screencast.ai tried it all: They hired an attorney to defend the UDRP filing asserting that the Complainant’s trademark has succumbed to “genericide.” Facts, however, show that the SCREENCAST mark, registered in 2018, is alive and well, along with the active domain Screencast.com, operated by the TechSmith Corporation that has owned the .com […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Screencast.ai, Screencast.com, TechSmith Corporation, UDRP, grant transfer, screencast, trademarks

CryptoSpace.com lost in UDRP debate between company’s officers

Posted by DomainGang on August 15, 2023, at 12:50 pm

The domain CryptoSpace.com was lost via the UDRP process, after the company’s CEO was given the go-ahead to get the domain back from the former CTO. CryptoSpace.com appears to have been acquired by the CTO while he was actively with the company, for the sum of $15,000 dollars. According to the UDRP, he kept the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with CryptoSpace, CryptoSpace.com, Domains, UDRP, WIPO, crypto, grant transfer

WeChatGPT.com: Tencent won UDRP as Chinese Respondent’s claims were ridiculous

Posted by DomainGang on August 7, 2023, at 10:20 am

Tencent Holdings is a huge Chinese company and WeChat is China’s most popular app for instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app. First released in 2011, it became the world’s largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. The WeChat brand and trademark are thus well-known in China; the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, UDRP, WeChat, WeChatGPT.com, grant transfer, trademarks

Adobe grabs AdobeFirefly.com via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on August 4, 2023, at 9:29 am

An Indian “Photoshop Instructor” jumped in and registered the domain AdobeFirefly.com on March 17, 2023. Four days later, Adobe introduced Firefly, a new family of creative generative AI models, focused on the generation of images and text effects. It must have been insider information, no doubt; registering a domain containing the famous Adobe mark sounds […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Adobe, Adobe Firefly, AdobeFirefly.com, Domains, Firefly, UDRP, grant transfer, trademarks

Italians took AKU.com from the Chinese using the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on July 20, 2023, at 8:59 am

Italian footwear company, Aku Italia S.R.L., won the UDRP it filed against the Chinese registrant of the domain name AKU.com. The Complainant’s brand was launched 40 years ago. Lacking a response from the domain’s registrant, the Forum panel accepted the Complainant’s statement that they operate in China with a registered mark for AKU since 2005, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with AKU, AKU.com, UDRP, footwear, grant transfer

Stericycle gets Stericorp.com (reg: 1999) in strange UDRP decision

Posted by DomainGang on June 21, 2023, at 9:59 am

A company called Stericycle, Inc., filed a UDRP to usurp the domain name Stericorp.com. The reason: Claims of alleged common law rights to the STERICORP brand. The UDRP does not make it clear how this is established. The Respondent appears to have acquired the domain name in when it expired, around 2018. In fact, the domain […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Stericorp.com, UDRP, grant transfer

PayPal.zip UDRP a reminder of Google’s risky domain names

Posted by DomainGang on June 7, 2023, at 9:21 am

The domain name PayPal.zip was involved in a UDRP; dot .zip is one of two risky gTLDs assigned to Google’s Registry. Along with .mov domains pose the risk of being used in phishing campaigns, as they are associated with .zip and .mov files respectively. In the case of PayPal.zip, the domain is already blacklisted by […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, PayPal.zip, UDRP, cybersquatting, grant transfer, malware, phishing

PaulLoebach.com UDRP exposed serial case loser

Posted by DomainGang on March 27, 2023, at 4:27 pm

If you’ve lost 46 out of 47 UDRP cases, odds are that you will lose the 48th. In the case of the domain PaulLoebach.com, the Respondent was exposed as a serial registrant of domains involving trademarks or other established rights. The UDRP was filed by ESQwire.com on behalf of their client, Paul Loebach. As a […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, Paul Loebach, PaulLoebach.com, UDRP, grant transfer

Fiverr.ai: Respondent’s claims didn’t sway experienced UDRP panelist

Posted by DomainGang on March 23, 2023, at 9:09 am

Some people will invent all types of back stories regarding the meaning of domains, as in the case of Fiverr.ai that ended up in a UDRP. The FIVERR mark has been registered since 2011, citing first use in 2010. Meanwhile, the domain was registered in 2020. In the ensuing UDRP, the Respondent claimed that the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, FIVERR, Fiverr.ai, Forum, UDRP, grant transfer, trademarks

James lost the #UDRP for ThermoMixer.com—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on February 28, 2023, at 11:48 am

The Thermomix is a multi-purpose kitchen appliance made by the Vorwerk Corporate Group, dating back to 1971. The THERMOMIX brand is thus established; a mixer is also a common name for the appliance that mixes. That reference put the domain name ThermoMixer.com in the sights of the mark owner that filed a UDRP to get […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, ThermoMixer.com, Thermomix, UDRP, WIPO, grant transfer

Wolfspeed.xyz: UDRP filing cost vs. lower asking price

Posted by DomainGang on December 15, 2022, at 10:51 am

When you offer for sale a domain that violates a registered trademark, the low asking price might not be a deterrent for the Complainant. In the case of Wolfspeed.xyz, its registrant sought to get $1,450 dollars or a hundred bucks below the typical cost of a UDRP ($1,500 dollars or so.) The Complainant, Wolfspeed, Inc., […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with .XYZ, Domains, Liuqingru, Spam, UDRP, WIPO, Wolfspeed.xyz, domainnamesusa, grant transfer, premiumdomainseller

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