NewForests.com : Geo domain used in marketing salvaged from UDRP
Executive summary: The UDRP against the aged, generic domain, NewForests.com was denied, with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking as well. A three member panel at the WIPO delivered their decision, after hearing out the Complainant’s claims. New Forests Asset Management Pty Limited of North Sydney, Australia, asserted they held a trademark on ‘NEW […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mikro.com saved from UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
In an all-Turkish legal domain battle, the generic domain Mikro.com has been salvaged from a UDRP filed at the WIPO. Between 2005 to 2010, the two Turkish companies established a business relationship, and the domain Mikro.com was used, along with the Turkish ccTLD Mikro.com.tr. The decision by a three member panel not only found that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Blackjack : Dot .com saved from UDRP aggressor with RDNH finding
It’s all about a deck of cards these days, and BlackJack.com is no exception. The aged domain – registered in 1996 – was challenged at the National Arbitration Forum. According to the UDRP, the three (!) Complainants – Cary Pinkowski, Darren Little, and Joe Whitney – asserted having common law rights in the BLACKJACK.COM mark, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ESQwire : Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling for client and iPayments.com
The domain name iPayments.com was challenged in a UDRP filed on June 15, 2015. The Korean Respondent was represented by ESQwire.com, a domainer-friendly lawfirm. For a domain registered in 1997, the Complainant, iPayment, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, claimed exclusive rights to the “IPAYMENT” mark it asserted to hold since 2001. In an interesting twist […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding in ProgressiveSpecialty.com UDRP
Apparently, Progressive Specialty Glass Company, Inc. did not research its target well before filing a UDRP for the domain name ProgressiveSpecialty.com. For starters, the domain was registered in 1999, predating the Complainant’s registration of a similar mark in 2011 by a full 12 years. Secondly, the mark registration in question was not for “Progressive Specialty” […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz acquired the domain Cybersquatter.com on Flippa
It was a wild guess, but it turned out to be 100% accurate: Rick Schwartz, the Domain King, has acquired the domain Cybersquatter.com on Flippa. Exactly as we predicted yesterday, Rick’s acquisition of Cybersquatter.com is an instant pointing of the domain to Hall Of Shame, a repository of shameful UDRP cases involving Reverse Domain Name […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RealeGroup.com remains with Respondent; no RDNH finding – here’s why!
In UDRP cases, a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is considered the ultimate trophy. The RDNH finding is delivered when a UDRP case involving a domain is clean-cut about the Complainant’s collective activity; in other words, when the Complainant was aware of the case’s particulars being in favor of the Respondent, but they filed […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO: Infotrax.com was denied transfer in UDRP but no RDNH finding
Citing first use of the mark “InfoTrax” in 1999, InfoTrax Systems waited 13 years to pursuit a trademark. When the mark was registered with the USPTO in 2013, the company decided to go after InfoTrax.com – a domain registered in 1995 – by filing a UDRP at the WIPO. Despite having a registered trademark for […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse domain name hijacking finding for Develi.com UDRP
A UDRP that was filed at the WIPO against the domain name Develi.com, resulted in the much coveted “reverse domain name hijacking” finding. A Turkish individual, Arif Develier of Instabul, claimed century old rights to the name “Develi” due to a restaurant chain his grandfather founded in 1912: “The Complainant is a private individual and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse Domain Name Hijacking versus Cybersquatting – Which is worse?
The use of outlandish claims and unjustified arguments against domain investors by corporations intending to steal domains via a UDRP, often results in a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). These UDRP decisions are often cited for their ultimate “gift” to the domain investing community, and Rick Schwartz maintains a list of such decisions […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse Domain Name Hijacking: The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus
As the Complainant in a UDRP, The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus attempted to take away the domain name SaintLazarusUSA.com from its Registrant, Thierry Villejust of Sunnyvale, California. Previously, the same Complainant filed and lost a UDRP for the dot .org, in an apparent attempt to set a precedent against the current […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Are you that stupid? Avvo user seeks legal advice to engage in RDNH!
One Avvo user – the online place to seek professional “free advice” on legal matters – is clearly in need of education on domain and trademark matters. The question asked was: ” If I Trademark a Website Domain that is currently owned can I legally have the owner forfeit the rights of ownership to me?” […]
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