BeautyGarde.com rolls UDRP with a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Two French companies clashed at the WIPO over the domain BeatyGarde.com. The Complainant, Sothys Auriac, operates under the BEAUTY GARDEN mark. At first, it seems as if the domain is a typo of the Complainant’s domain and mark, only it isn’t. The Respondent owns the mark BEAUTYGARDE, where the word is “garde” and it means […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Exxe.com: Turkish Complainant slapped with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
A Turkish company is getting coal for Christmas, after filing a UDRP against the domain name Exxe.com. Registered in 1998, Exxe.com predates the Complainant’s domain name by 14 years. The Complainant’s claims that it began business in Turkey in 1997 were not supported by any evidence. The sole panelist at the WIPO declined to find […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tox.com: German company found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Tox Pressotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German company that filed a UDRP against the domain name Tox.com. Registered in 2001, Tox.com was offered for sale by its registrant for thousands of dollars; the Complainant in the UDRP offered a maximum of $24,000 dollars and when that offer was declined it proceeded with a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MindGym.com: Brainless UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The Irish registrant of the aged domain, MindGym.com, has been using it in business since 1996. British company, Mind Gym plc, acquired a number of trademark registrations for MINDGYM between 2002 and 2021 based on its use of the mark since 2000. But all these dates are junior to the domain’s registration and use in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Scuba.net.au UDRP drowned with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
An Australian domain name, Scuba.net.au, was the subject of a UDRP filed at the WIPO. The domain is generic and used as a forwarder to Underwater.com.au, a web site with diving resources for Australians. That didn’t stop eScuba Pty Limited from filing a UDRP just because at some point one of its officers owned Scuba.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CandyCloud.com #UDRP ends with not so sweet note for Complainant
The domain CandyCloud.com consists of two generic words; this 2006 registration has been listed by its registrant with a $40,000 dollar asking price. Meanwhile, Candy Cloud IP LLC is a company that acquired the registration of the mark CANDY CLOUD with the USPTO in 2022. How would a UDRP fare, given the fact that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BuildARocket.com: UDRP sends Complainant to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking space
The domain name BuildARocket.com consists of 3 dictionary words; registered in 2006, the domain was acquired in 2018 by Build a Rocket GmbH, a German company. They have been doing business as “Build a Rocket” under a variety of domains, all while Rocket Boy Games Ltd filed a trademark application for BUILD A ROCKET BOY […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Habi.com UDRP denied with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The UDRP against the domain Habi.com, an active business since 2021, was denied. The domain name Habi.com was registered in 1997. In the process, the WIPO panel found the Complainant, Inversiones MCN S.A.S., Colombia, guilty of engaging in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, as the domain’s registration precedes the use of the HABI mark. It was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ProjectPay.com UDRP: Time to pay with a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The Complainant in the UDRP filed against the domain ProjectPay.com believed they had a case; it all went downhill from there. ProjectPay Pty Ltd., Australia, tried to get this domain registered in 2001 based on trademarks that were registered 16+ years later. Add to the mix the fact that IP attorney, John Berryhill, represented the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dagi.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding due to “Plan B”
The registrant of the aged LLLL .com domain Dagi.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. Registered in 2000, the domain was acquired by the Respondent in 2012. The UDRP was filed by a Turkish retailer company, Dagi Giyim San. Ve tic.a.ş., that claims rights to a stylized form of DAGi since 2017 in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SambaTV.com beat Samba.TV in UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The operators of SambaTV.com registered the domain name in 2000. Samba TV, a US-based television technology company operates from the “domain hack” Samba.tv. They filed a UDRP to grab the domain but it didn’t end well. Not only was the dispute rejected, the Forum (NAF) panelist delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, as […]
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