Hug.com, .net and .org : UDRP has been denied with RDNH finding
A UDRP against the domains Hug.com, Hug.net and Hug.org has been denied. The Complainant, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève of Geneva, Switzerland, claimed trademark rights to the HUG acronym. Wiley Rein LLP represented the Respondent, Aydin Karadeniz of Santa Monica, California. According to the Respondent, he acquired all 3 domains for a project, paying almost half […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why did Mike Mann jack up the price of DollarCity.com?
When you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Domain investor, Mike Mann, scored a huge victory after winning the rogue UDRP filed against his domain, DollarCity.com. Centroamerica Comercial, Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable not only lost the case, they were also found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH.) Effectively, this finding […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Denied : Mike Mann wins DollarCity.com UDRP with RDNH finding!
In August, we delivered the shocking news of how DollarCity.com, a generic, aged domain owned by investor Mike Mann, got hit with a UDRP. The Complainant, Centroamerica Comercial, Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable, operates discount stores in Central America. The Dollar City chain had 15 stores in El Salvador in 2014, so any claims to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision for Slized.com UDRP
Bigfoot Ventures LLC of New York, attempted to grab a recently registered domain, Slized.com via the UDRP process, at the WIPO. Its French registrant managed to not only fight back and keep the domain, but also to convince the panel to deliver a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Slized.com was registered in January of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MoonJuice.com : UDRP deflected by Satoshi Shimoshita with RDNH finding!
Satoshi Shimoshita is a hard-working domain investor from Japan; many domainers who have been around for the past 15 years have probably done business with him at some point. Satoshi invests in generic, dictionary domains and compound word domains, and one of them, MoonJuice.com, was hit with a UDRP claim at the WIPO. The Complainant […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Patricks.com UDRP : RDNH finding – Complainant attempted to involve former “Backpack girl” at eNom
In a UDRP involving the 19 year old domain Patricks.com, the Complainant attempted to somehow involve the famous “Backpack girl” stock photo. As part of the filing, the Complainant, who operates from Patricks.com.au, asserted the following: ” The Respondent’s posting on the Website of a photograph of a smiling girl with blonde shoulder length hair […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gregg Ostrick wins yet another UDRP for Greentrust.com with RDNH finding
Domain investor, Gregg Ostrick, has successfully fended off yet another attempt by an aggressor against his valuable domain portfolio. In a case involving the aged domain Greentrust.com, IP attorney John Berryhill represented Ostrick against the Complainant, Nedbank Limited of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Complainant alleged it has rights to the mark THE GREEN TRUST, and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRTL.com : After UDRP victory, domain owner lashes out at Complainant
When you win a UDRP with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), you might as well do a victory lap. 😀 The domain TRTL.com was challenged via a UDRP by a Scottish company that claimed rights to the TRTL mark. Only problem was, the mark was registered 10 years after the domain. IP […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chooze.com : 15 year old domain saved from UDRP with a RDNH finding
Domain investors are increasingly facing challenges over their long-held domain assets. Quite often, companies entering the market “late” attempt to wrestle these domains away, claiming trademark (ab)use. In the case of Chooze.com, a domain registered in 2001, the Complainant was Degani Designs LLC. The Respondent had legal representation, as they should. According to the UDRP […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SimpleDollar.com : UDRP delivers a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
A UDRP that was brought against the domain name, SimpleDollar.com, resulted in a refusal of its transfer to the Complainant. Not only that, the WIPO panelist found that the Complainant acted in a manner that justifies a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Registered in 2000, SimpleDollar.com’s registration predates the Complaint’s UDRP filing by 16 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Carmans.com.au saved from UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
Imagine using a brand since 1988, a domain since 1998 and being told to hand it over. The Registrant of Carmans.com.au was served with a UDRP at the WIPO by Carman’s Fine Foods Pty Ltd. of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. The Respondent, Ross Wayne Carman, is a resident of Australia as well, hence the apparent friction. According […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TopCare.com : Generic domain beats corporation at a WIPO UDRP
The ownership of TopCare.com, a domain registered in 1998, was at stake at a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP. Topco Holdings, Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, filed the UDRP to try to get the domain. The Complainant is a cooperative association of about 50 small and medium-sized independent regional supermarket chains operating in […]
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