AF-SS.org: Sole panelist delivered Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision; Here’s why
North Seattle Community College Foundation does business as “American Financial Solutions” with the acronym AFS. They filed a UDRP to usurp the domain name AF-SS.org. The sole panelist at the forum pointed out that even when the hyphen and TLD are accounted for, the ending string, AFSS, does not match the Complainant’s trademark. The Complainant’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EagleData.com UDRP: “Plan B” case leads to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The registrant of EagleData.com was hit with a UDRP for this domain, registered in 2002. The Complainant, Eagle Data, Inc., believed that its 2024 registration of the EAGLE DATA mark was enough to claim the .com as theirs, upgrading from the .biz TLD. In their trademark registration application with the USPTO the Complainant referenced 2018 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybernautics.com UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The UDRP against the domain name Cybernautics.com ended with the following decision: Refusal of a transfer plus a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against the Complainant, Cybernautic, Inc. Respondent registered the domain name Cybernautics.com on April 4, 2001 all while the Complainant’s CYBERNAUTIC mark was registered much later, in 2022. Said the WIPO panelist: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Voyeur-house.tv UDRP: SEO metrics helped Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Voyeur-house.tv is a provider of adult content related to voyeurism; it received a UDRP from Viking Exchange & Marketing that secured a trademark for VOYEURHOUSE in 2024 with the USPTO. The Complainant’s claims were rebutted by the Respondent by using not only the domain’s registration date (2015) as the starting point, but also by providing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Polydec.com UDRP ends with German respondent gaining Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The domain name Polydec.com was registered in 1998 and in 2013 it was acquired by Knauf Information Services GmbH, a German company. Based in Switzerland, Polydec SA filed a UDRP claiming rights to the POLYDEC mark as early as in 2018. The WIPO panelist noted that the domain’s ownership change predates the Complainant’s mark by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.JudiciaryProcessServer.com UDRP: Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The owners of a registered mark for JUDICIARY PROCESS SERVERS filed a UDRP to usurp the domain JudiciaryProcessServer.com, all while they operate from the plural form. However, this mark is registered only on the Supplemental Register of the USPTO. Under US trademark law, this means that the mark is considered to be descriptive and not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sichem.com UDRP results in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
A Swiss company with a 130 year history split off one of its brands, leading to the acquisition of the domain Sichem.com for a “substantial amount” of money. Sipchem Europe S.A., Switzerland filed a UDRP claiming rights to the SICHEM mark. In this UDRP at the WIPO, the Respondent prove that a company operated by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Inkas.ae: Canadian Complainant lost UDRP with RDNH finding
Canadian company INKAS Group of Companies filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Inkas.ae from a former partner who branched off a successful armored vehicle business in Dubai, UAE. It got messy after that. The Respondent argued that the parties are engaged in a business dispute over competing claims of contractual and trademark rights, but […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Scoop Soldiers Services Company refiles UDRP, gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking 💩
In 2023, Scoop Soldiers Services Company LLC lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name ScoopSoldier.com. They lost that case against Top Paw Distributing LLC and a year later, they refiled. The reason: […] the previous panel conducted serious misconduct when they found Complainant’s trade mark SCOOP SOLDIERS (“Scoop Mark”) was “merely descriptive”, thereby […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A film called Wanda: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in WandaFilm.com UDRP
A Spanish film company called Wanda Films attempted to get the domain WandaFilm.com via the UDRP process. The Respondent is a Chinese film distribution company doing business in China where it was founded in 2005. According to the UDRP, the Complainant’s Website is only available in Spanish and targets only the Spanish speaking market, while […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wipsystems.com UDRP ends with a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
The domain name WIPSystems.com was registered in 2000 and Work In Progress Creative Solutions Ltd, based in the UK, attempted to buy the domain on several occasions. The British company offered $3,000 dollars between 2003 and 2005 but that offer was refused. The domain’s registrant asked for $10,000 USD dollars which was rejected. Further attempts […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Complainant went after 1inch.com; Got a mile via Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The registrant of the domain 1inch.com did so in 1999 targeting to build a futuristic 1-inch monitor device. Twenty-five years later, 1inch Limited, British Virgin Islands, filed a UDRP to get the domain name. That attempt did not go well for the Complainant, as their 1INCH trademark arrived in 2021. It’s rather obvious which party […]
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