FacebookCoin.com: Social media titan won’t pay $2,000 for this #domain name
Facebook declined an offer to pay up $2,000 dollars for FacebookCoin.com. So is there a “Facebook coin” in the works? Most likely not, but the domain name contains the world famous Facebook mark, which led to the social media titan filing a UDRP against it. The decision was swift: transfer the domain FacebookCoin.com to the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#IBM .onl : Registrant wanted $18 million dollars for infringing #domain name
From the blatant cybersquatting department: The registrant of IBM.onl sought $18,960,000 dollars for it. Listing an infringing domain for sale on Sedo didn’t sit well with IBM, a multi-billion dollar corporation with a world-famous mark. The ensuing UDRP resulted in transferring the domain to the Complainant: The Panel finds that the above-mentioned circumstances indicate that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.FacebookSell.com : “An ongoing project which I have invested for years”
From the hilarious responses to a UDRP department: FacebookSell.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The famous mark FACEBOOK is so strong that even savvy investor, Mike Mann, isn’t immune to it. And yet, the British Respondent in this UDRP had the cojones to respond thus: “I respectfully reject the allegation made by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.How Dominic Thiem, world class #tennis player, got his matching .com #domain name
When you’re a professional tennis player, such as Dominic Thiem, it’s important to own your matching .com domain name. Ranked 3rd in the world, Dominic Thiem didn’t register DominicThiem.com, however. The domain was registered by some speculator who referred to themselves as a “fan,” at a time that Dominic Thiem was a teenager. True fans […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Facebook template .com : Yes, you can lose your #domain 14 years later
If you hold onto a domain infringing on a famous trademark such as Facebook, you’re wasting your renewal fees. The registrant of FacebookTemplate.com, a domain registered way back in 2006 renewed it 13 times since then. Clearly, a waste of money, as Facebook Inc. filed a UDRP at the WIPO. Considering that on September 26, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MonsterEnergy.Monster #UDRP : “Can you please tell me what the problem is?”
From the hilarious responses to a UDRP department: The registrant of MonsterEnergy.monster appeared clueless, when the UDRP’s particulars were sent his way. The Complainant is Monster Energy Company, and the domain appears to be a clear cut violation of the Complainant’s trademark, both with the keyword part and the TLD. Here’s what the Respondent said: […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oh, snap! #UDRP against SnapFuck.co doesn’t end in RDNH
Snap and Snapchat are two registered trademarks of Snap Inc. that operates Snap.com and SnapChat.com for separate services. The Snap mark is being abused by domain registrants hoping to ride the popular app’s coattails, and the UDRP for SnapFuck.co points that out. The Respondent in this case argued through their Ukraine-based lawyer about the legitimacy […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Copycat #domain : Efashionova.com was sent to the #WIPO runway
The operators of the domain Efashionova.com attempted to pass off as world-famous fashion outlet, FashionNova. The ensuing UDRP revealed the extent that some will go to in order to ride on the coattails of a popular company supported by some heavyweight influencers, such as Kylie Jenner and Amber Rose. The content on Efashionova.com copied the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Denise Garner : #Arkansas politician gets her #domain name back from the #Russians
Denise Garner is a politician, and a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives with the Democratic party. The matching domain to her name, DeniseGarner.com, was owned at some point by Huge Domains. Between 2017 and 2018 the domain was operated by Denise Garner’s campaign in Arkansas, but it dropped at the end of 2019. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Cybersquatter went after #Teva Pharmaceuticals #domain brands
Pharmaceutical companies, such as Teva Pharmaceuticals, name their medications using complex, made up names. These names become fanciful marks, that have very little chance of becoming generic words. In a recent UDRP involving six domain names, the matching .com of each trademark was registered just 3 days after the Complainant’s trademarks were applied for: Complainant […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DerekRose.com : #GoDaddy auction sale ends up in #domain loss via the #UDRP process
The auction high bidder of DerekRose.com, a domain registered in 1999, didn’t seem to have fully researched the “Derek Rose” keywords for trademark issues. Last year, the domain was sold in a GoDaddy auction for the price of $597 dollars – a low price for an aged, .com domain name. This is indicative of how […]
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