Meta domains: UDRP targeted 33 domains in 9 countries!

Posted by DomainGang on July 29, 2022, at 6:30 pm

Meta, Inc., operators of the umbrella corporation running Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have filed a UDRP targeting 33 “meta domains.” The number is not extreme as we’ve seen similar UDRPs in the past targeting dozens of domains en masse. What’s different in this case is the multiple Respondents from all over the world – a […]

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Poliedro.com: Domain investor received bad news via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on July 26, 2022, at 1:48 pm

Poliedro is the name of a Brazilian company, founded in 1993; they have been using the domain Poliedro.com.br since 1998. In Portuguese and Spanish, the word “poliedro” stands for “multi-faceted” as in the Greek word “polyhedron” – having many sides as a geometrical shape. Meanwhile, the domain name Poliedro.com was registered in 2008; its registrant […]

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Google takes Googled.com 21 years later

Posted by DomainGang on July 21, 2022, at 11:33 am

Google, the 800 lbs search engine gorilla, has taken over the domain Googled.com. It took 21 years and the use of the UDRP process to bring this 2001 registration home. Googling is the act of using Google to search for and find related results and “Googled” would be the past tense, however, this is a […]

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PalPay.com: A 22 year old #domain lost via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on July 19, 2022, at 10:10 am

The domain name PalPay.com was registered in 2000, making it 22 years old; as a brand, the first thing that comes to mind is an anagram of PayPal. It took a long time for PayPal to file a UDRP and it finally did, but it seems that a recent sale of PalPay.com triggered that action. […]

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Instapaint.com lost to holders of newer domain Instapainting.com

Posted by DomainGang on June 30, 2022, at 4:13 pm

The domain name Instapaint.com was registered in 2012, providing services that recreate photographs as an oil painting. The registrant, Albert Cheng, indicated that the domain was registered in 2009: “if you check my domain history, my domain was registered on 2/1/2009. the litigants was registered 4 years after mine. I had already been using the name […]

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Opportunistic bad faith: Rushbet.com lost via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on June 24, 2022, at 10:05 am

When a company’s trademark expires, there’s opportunity for mischief, according to some. In the case of the domain name Rushbet.com, the registrant took a chance with picking up the domain after Rush Street Interactive allowed its RUSHBET mark and the domain to lapse. The Complainant called this action “opportunistic bad faith” and the Forum (NAF) […]

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Verkaba.com UDRP: Respondent fat-fingers response in ALL CAPS

Posted by DomainGang on April 6, 2022, at 12:44 pm

The UDRP filed against the domain Verkaba.com is worth reading, as the respondent *could* claim fat-fingering the domain’s registration. After all, their unofficial response quickly jumped into an ALL CAPS tirade about “fraudulent” assignment of the domain by Microsoft. The domain is pointed on Microsoft Office DNS. The Complainant Verkada, Inc., operates from Verkada.com. Here’s […]

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Lemonads beats Russian ops of Lemonad.com

Posted by DomainGang on April 5, 2022, at 3:26 pm

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or limonad, in Russian, and in the case of the domain Lemonad.com the alternate spelling sent two parties spinning into UDRP space. Switzerland based Lemonads SA, operates from the domain Lemonads.com to which it holds a matching mark in various markets. They filed a UDRP to get the […]

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Cxone.com, a #domain registered in 1999, lost via the #UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on March 24, 2022, at 3:00 pm

The domain name Cxone.com was registered in 1999 and its registrant just experienced a fundamental flaw of the UDRP process. Cxone.com was first sold in late 2020 for $376 dollars via a NameJet auction (source: NameBio) but in 2021 it was sold again via the DAN platform, and was quickly built up to host services […]

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Brindeed.com #UDRP unveils common practice of subdomain squatting

Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2022, at 10:18 am

Indeed, Inc. is the world’s largest job site, with over 200 million unique visitors every month from over 60 different countries. The UDRP filed against the domain name Brindeed.com was triggered by a common practice, that of subdomain squatting. Indeed uses subdomains for its regional web sites and in the case of this UDRP filing […]

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Cyrgo.com: WIPO panelist sides with Complainant; 15 year old #domain is lost

Posted by DomainGang on February 3, 2022, at 11:29 am

The WIPO panelist in a UDRP filed against the aged (2006) domain name Cyrgo.com has delivered a decision favoring the Complainant. Cyrgo S.A.S., Colombia, filed the UDRP to reclaim the domain that WHOIS records show it owned in 2001. The Colombian company registered the domain in 1999 but it apparently lapsed in 2006. Since then, […]

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MavenLawfirm.com: Two law firms go at it over Maven brand

Posted by DomainGang on December 22, 2021, at 9:59 am

Two law firms, one in Florida and another in California, engaged in a UDRP over the domain MavenLawFirm.com. The Complainant, MAVEN IP , PA, is a law firm that provides legal services regarding intellectual property and is located in Florida. They hold trademark rights to the mark MAVEN. On the other hand, the Respondent is […]

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