WeChatGPT.com: Tencent won UDRP as Chinese Respondent’s claims were ridiculous
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Adobe grabs AdobeFirefly.com via the UDRP process
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Italians took AKU.com from the Chinese using the UDRP process
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, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stericycle gets Stericorp.com (reg: 1999) in strange UDRP decision
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PayPal.zip UDRP a reminder of Google’s risky domain names
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PaulLoebach.com UDRP exposed serial case loser
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fiverr.ai: Respondent’s claims didn’t sway experienced UDRP panelist
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.James lost the #UDRP for ThermoMixer.com—Here’s why
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wolfspeed.xyz: UDRP filing cost vs. lower asking price
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., […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stylage.com: Korean mega-domainer lost UDRP filed by French company
A Korean mega-domainer with almost 40,000 registered domains suffered a French defeat over Stylage.com; a French company claiming rights to the STYLAGE mark filed a UDRP. The domain was picked up via DropCatch in 2017, after the auction’s winner spent $1,005 dollars. Source: NameBio. Prior to the drop, the domain Stylage.com was in the possession […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRX.com: A 1999 domain was lost via the UDRP process!
The domain name TRX.com was registered in 1999; Fitness Anywhere LLC filed a UDRP to usurp this aged, valuable LLL .com. Citing rights to the TRX mark since “at least 2005,” the Complainant alleged that TRX.com was acquired by the Respondent much later, in 2021 or 2022. WHOIS records indicate that the contact information was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AuntieJoes.com UDRP: Here’s why the Respondent lost
Trader Joe’s is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. The chain has over 530 stores across the United States. The brand has a huge fan base and the groceries are often sought after in areas where there are no Trader Joe’s stores available. TRADER JOE’S is a registered trademark so when […]
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