#Dell grabs typo #domain DRLL.com via the #UDRP process
The domain DRLL.com was registered in 1998, and now Dell has claimed it via the UDRP process. Visually, the two domains DRLL.com and DELL.com are 75% identical, but what’s more important is how Drll.com was used as a parked domain, taking advantage of the proximity of letters “E” and “R” on the keyboard. Apparently, Drll.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#UDRP filing cost to increase at the National Arbitration Forum
The fee schedule of the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) gets a price increase on October 1st, along with other new rules on UDRP disputes. According to an announcement by NAF, the following updates are effective at the beginning of next month: Rule 1(d) will be changed to reflect the current practice of requiring the amendment […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#GOAT .com registrant filed 2 #UDRP cases and only won one – here’s why
The registrant of Goat.com operates the domain as a “greatest of all time” acronym on quality footwear. They have an active trademark for GOAT, registered at the USPTO in 2016. At the end of 2016, Goat.com appears to have been sold by its previous owner for an undisclosed amount. Goat.com filed two UDRP cases against […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Investigo .com UDRP : Someone tried to sell the #domain to the trademark holder
Some jackass attempted to sell the domain Investigo.com to the owners of the INVESTIGO mark, potentially posing as a broker for the registrant. The asking price was $45,000 dollars and that’s when Investigo UK filed a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum. The owner acquired the domain 9 years before the Complainant acquired the mark […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Puretalk .com : Aged #domain name wins #UDRP with short panelist’s statement
Puretalk.com is a short, aged domain registered in 2003, and 16 years later it was challenged via the UDRP process. The Complainant, Puretalk Holdings LLC, is a telecommunications company, and they registered the PURETALK trademark in 2018. The Complainant operates from the domain name PuretalkUSA.com. With that in mind, the sole panelist at the National […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MorningSafe.com : #Domain age safeguarded Registrant from #UDRP
Whoever claims aged domains aren’t better than new domain registrations, needs to have a reality check. Aged domains offer protection from UDRP filings, in cases where some company comes up with a brand matching an existing domain and decides to bully the Registrant. In the case of MorningSafe.com, a domain name registered in 2016, the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Femida .com : Justice goddess #domain registrant survives #UDRP filing at NAF
The registrant of the domain name Femida.com, a 2002 registration, faced a UDRP, filed by an international law firm that registered the mark in 2004. The Complainant operates from Femida.us and has offices in the US, Paris and Moscow. The domain existed as far back as in 1999, and the term “femida” translates as “Lady […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MichalMenert .com : #UDRP failed despite “anal sex toy” store use of the #domain
Michal Menert is a music producer with his own Wikipedia entry, and yet, according to a panelist at the National Arbitration Forum, he’s not famous enough! Mr. Menert filed a UDRP against the domain MichaelMenert.com, that was registered in 2010. In previous years, the domain was used as a storefront for merchandise and tickets. Things […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why did #Mercury Luggage lose the #UDRP for #SewardLuggage .com?
With domain names, time lines matter. Mercury Luggage Manufacturing Company formed in 1946, and it claimed the year 1968 as the date of first use for the term SEWARD TRUNK. However, they did not apply for the mark’s registration until 2017, almost 20 years after they acquired Seward Trunk of Petersburg Virginia, and the trademark […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Davanti goes after #Davandi .com via the #UDRP process
A tire company using the registered trademark DAVANTI in the US, filed a UDRP against the Davandi.com owners. The case could have resulted in a typical typo-squatting decision, leading to the loss of the domain by the Respondent. In this case, however, the Davandi.com registrant operates their own cycling products business in Germany, where they […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#SumValley .com : John Berryhill defends Texas business with #domain UDRP
The business owner of Sum Valley LLC, a Texas corporation formed to deliver tax-related services, was probably surprised when Sinclair Finance Company claimed it infringes on their SUN VALLEY mark. The Respondent was represented by attorney John Berryhill, who pointed out that the domain SumValley.com is not a misspelling or a typo, but a real […]
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