StudioAutobody.com: Why the heck was this UDRP denied?

Posted by DomainGang on August 10, 2022, at 9:26 am

When you register a domain on the instructions of someone, there better be an arrangement of sorts, such as a contract clause. In the case of StudioAutobody.com, two parties formed a company and one instructed the other to register the domain. Once the partnership was dissolved, the registrant declined to transfer the domain to the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Forum, NAF, StudioAutobody.com, UDRP, deny transfer

Lazyboy.xyz: Here’s what not to do with famous trademarks

Posted by DomainGang on August 4, 2022, at 6:47 pm

Famous trademarks such as LA-Z-BOY attract domain investors like flies to cow dung! The “art” of registering domain names that incorporate famous trademarks is lost in the mist of time and many domainers have gotten in deep poop for infringing on such trademarks. The very least you can lose is the domain and in the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with LA-Z-BOY, Lazyboy.xyz, NAF, UDRP, grant transfer, trademarks

Wanderlist.com: Two word generic domain hit with a UDRP by Virtuoso

Posted by DomainGang on July 30, 2022, at 1:17 pm

The domain Wanderlist.com comprises of two generic words; the composite refers to a list of destinations to visit. The domain was registered in 1998 and in 2022 Virtuoso Ltd. filed a UDRP to get the domain. The Complainant is a Texas-based global travel agency, claiming rights in the WANDERLIST mark through its registration with the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, NAF, UDRP, Wanderlist.com, deny transfer, trademark

OpenBots.com: Twenty year old #domain owner beat AI company

Posted by DomainGang on July 14, 2022, at 1:05 pm

The owner of the domain name OpenBots.com registered it in 2003; since then, he has been using it, along with the matching .org domain. The domain is serving as a project related to a code repository and for its owner’s personal presence online. Meanwhile, OpenBots, Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp this domain. According to […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Forum, NAF, OpenBots, OpenBots.com, UDRP, deny transfer

RockHardTools.com: UDPR states you don’t have to use the #domain to prove fair use

Posted by DomainGang on July 10, 2022, at 9:44 am

The registrant of the domain RockHardTools.com formed a proprietorship in 2010, calling it “Rock Hard Tools.” No surprises there, except the mark ROCKHARD had been registered by another company, Rockhard Tools, Inc., in 2006. The ensuing UDRP explains how the Respondent is the domain’s custodian, registered for a sole proprietorship run and owned by Mr. […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, NAF, Rock Hard Tools, RockHardTools.com, UDRP, deny transfer

Drywater.com: Aged domain wins UDRP over mark’s dubious rights

Posted by DomainGang on July 7, 2022, at 11:51 am

The domain name Drywater.com was registered in 1996. DryWater Inc. filed a UDRP claiming prior rights to the domain name, based on a trademark registered in 2021. The panelist pointed out that the DRYWATER mark claimed by the Complainant appears to be registered to someone else: “The trademark that is in Annex 5 is not, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Driwater, DryWater, Drywater.com, NAF, UDRP, deny transfer

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 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Instapaint.com, NAF, UDRP, grant transfer

Pay.com beat Paycom.com in associated UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on June 21, 2022, at 9:21 am

Paycom Payroll LLC fired up its lawyers in an attempt to usurp the ultra-premium domain Pay.com from its owners. The Complainant operates from the domain name Paycom.com. The domain Pay.com is used as a software platform for facilitating financial transactions. In the UDRP, the Complainant alleges that the Respondent acquired the domain in 2020: The […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with NAF, Pay.com, Paycom, Paycom.com, UDRP, deny transfer

IssaquahFC.com engaged two soccer teams; one wins with a RDNH finding

Posted by DomainGang on June 14, 2022, at 9:27 am

Two soccer teams in Issaquah, Washington, engaged in a bitter fight over the domain name IssaquahFC.com. One of them filed a UDRP to get the domain from the other, but their formation and claim to the ISSAQUAH FC mark took place 10 months after the domain’s registration. The UDRP was decided by a sole panelist […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Forum, Issaquah FC, IssaquahFC.com, NAF, RDNH, UDRP, reverse domain name hijacking

Camco.com: Domain in #UDRP filing existed in 1994

Posted by DomainGang on May 24, 2022, at 9:29 am

A domain investor holding Camco.com since its registration in 2003, successfully defended it via the UDRP process. Camco Manufacturing LLC filed the UDRP with the Forum (NAF) to usurp the domain, claiming rights in the name since 2007. The domain’s registrant describes himself as a professional who “buys, sells, markets, develops, promotes and advertises generic, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Camco, Camco.com, Domainers, Domains, NAF, UDRP, deny transfer

Wex.com registrant won #UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

Posted by DomainGang on May 17, 2022, at 8:39 am

The registrant of the aged three letter domain, Wex.com, scored a big victory at the Forum (NAF) against a company that attempted to usurp the domain via the UDRP process. Registered in 1994, Wex.com has been in the possession of the Respondent since, as registered agent of a company named Altadena Instruments Corporation, developers of […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with NAF, RDNH, UDRP, Wex.com, deny transfer, reverse domain name hijacking, wex

Dentally.com: Doctor lost UDRP over #domain he bought at GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on May 12, 2022, at 8:34 am

The domain name Dentally.com was registered in 2002 and it was sold via GoDaddy to a dentist’s practice on June 10, 2021. Arjang Raoufinia DDS established a temporary website to create a dental services subscription plan for new and existing patients lacking dental insurance. Henry Schein One LLC, is a UK, Australia, and New Zealand […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Dentally, Dentally.com, Domainers, Domains, NAF, UDRP

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