Why Morgan Stanley lost the UDRP filed against MSFinancements.com
Financial giant, Morgan Stanley, owns rights to the mark MORGAN STANLEY and treats the letter pair “MS” as an abbreviated variant, apparently. A French company, formed by two individuals, Medji Bamba and Sarah Pascual, uses the domain MSFinancements.com. It’s not clear why Morgan Stanley’s lawyers believed they’d get this domain via the UDRP process, unless […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mercury.cash: Domain UDRP unveils drama behind cryptocurrency corp
Mercury Cash is a global cash and crypto management solution designed for fortune 500 companies. The company operated from the domain Mercury.cash, until the Estonia-based COO of the company pulled the plug on the domain. The company moved to the domain MercuryCash.us and filed a UDRP, noting that their mark for MERCURY CASH was registered […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SambaTV.com beat Samba.TV in UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The operators of SambaTV.com registered the domain name in 2000. Samba TV, a US-based television technology company operates from the “domain hack” Samba.tv. They filed a UDRP to grab the domain but it didn’t end well. Not only was the dispute rejected, the Forum (NAF) panelist delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hummingbird.com UDRP: Hummingbird RegTech lost bid to aged domain name
OpenTex, registrant of the domain Hummingbird.com acquired it some time in 2006; this 1994 generic .com domain became the target of Hummingbird RegTech, Inc., that filed a UDRP at the Forum (NAF.) Hummingbird was a Canadian company founded in 1984. It became known for its flagship Exceed™ product, and evolved as a strong player in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Redacted domain vs. redacted trademark in redacted UDRP due to porn
There are times when the domain name involved in a UDRP can be redacted per either party’s request. In the case of a redacted UDRP at the Forum (NAF) the Complainant’s name, the domain, and the trademark have all been redacted. The reason: The Respondent who is apparently Chinese, built a load of pornographic content […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why MGG Investment Group LP lost UDRP against mgcinv.com
MGG Investment Group LP filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name mgcinv.com. The Complainant operates from the domain mgginv.com. The rationale, per the UDRP filing at Forum (NAF): Respondent’s mgcinv.com domain name is virtually identical and confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark because it incorporates the MGG mark in its entirety, replaces the letter […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LinkStake.com: Domain lost via the UDRP process to Chain.link
Chainlink, a provider of smart contracts for the blockchain, operates from the domain name Chain.link. They have registered the marks CHAINLINK and LINK with the USPTO. The company filed a UDRP against the domain LinkStake.com that according to the Complaint, competes and disrupts their services. The web site at LinkStake.com doesn’t make it clear about […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nuramax.com: UDRP decision based on LinkedIn connection of the two parties
Nuramax.com is a domain registered in 2022 and it appears to stand on its own two feet as a brand. That’s not what Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. thought, however, and they filed a UDRP to get the domain from its registrant. In this case, the Respondent failed to respond and the Complainant reigned supreme in their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CleanGarage.com: Twenty year old domain lost via the UDRP process
The domain CleanGarage.com was registered in 2002 and it sounds generic enough for its registrant to seek $25,000 dollars for it. Alas, a company that registered the mark THE CLEAN GARAGE usurped the aged domain via the UDRP process. The sole panelist at the Forum (NAF) pointed out that the asking price / cost delta […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.KaufmanAuctions.com UDRP leads to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Kaufman Realty and Auctions specializes in auctions of personal and real property and the sale of real property. The mark KAUFMAN AUCTIONS was registered in 2021 and in recent months they filed a UDRP against the domain name KaufmanAuctions.com. That domain was registered in 2005, a substantial amount of time prior to the Complainant’s claimed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Calpers.com: Sold on NameJet, domain gets lost via the #UDRP process
Paying up for a domain in a NameJet auction, only to lose it a few months later isn’t great news. In the case of Calpers.com, it was sold for $1,718 dollars last December. Source: NameBio. CALPERS is an acronym for California Public Employees’ Retirement System and a registered trademark since 2001. The domain was in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bitmex fires up salvo of UDRP filings
Crypto exchange Bitmex has been actively hunting down domains that abuse its famous mark. With BITMEX being a registered trademark there are several reasons to target such domain names: Some domains are used for phishing purposes, such as to steal crypto. Some domains are used to leverage “extortion” money via a sale. They infringe on […]
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