TheCoromandel.com: Kiwi business fails to renew domain; files UDRP instead
Destination Hauraki Coromandel Trust of New Zealand filed a UDRP against the domain name thecoromandel.com, registered to Askerov Askar of Kazakhstan. Complainant, represented by Create IP, claimed common law trademark rights in “thecoromandel.com” after 25 years of use promoting the Coromandel region as a tourism destination, arguing that the term had acquired distinctiveness beyond its […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why
The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Kiwi Registry upset with ICANN over exorbitant annual gTLD fees
As if it shelling out $185,000 in application fees isn’t enough, ICANN commands an annual retainer of $25,000 dollars to maintain a gTLD active. Finally someone had to speak out about the exorbitant fees paid by the gTLD registries to ICANN, to maintain a gTLD every year. Tim Johnson, founder of Dot Kiwi Ltd., could […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EscrowHill announces ‘Protect Kiwi Nation’ conservation project
EscrowHill, the domain name escrow service founded by Andee Hill, has strong ties with New Zealand, where it’s formed as a Limited corporation. New Zealanders are fond of their national bird, the kiwi, which is currently undergoing a vicious attack by Australian poachers. “Some Aussies think it’s cool to come to New Zealand and attempt […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN: New Zealanders want to get patriotic gTLD .kiwi
New Zealanders are known affectionately as “kiwis” – what with the kiwi bird being the endemic, protected species living on the remote cluster of islands that form New Zealand. A group of patriotic entrepreneurs from New Zealand have announced their intention to apply for the .kiwi gTLD, taking advantage of the ICANN opening of such […]
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