Hermes.Clothing domain UDRP unveils silly attempt at acronym generation
Hermes International is a French high fashion house established in 1837, and they produce some really sweet – and very expensive – bags and other clothing accessories. In the wake of the gTLD availability for dot .Clothing domains, someone registered Hermes.Clothing and sat waiting for the inevitable. The UDRP was filed at the WIPO, seeking […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.UDRP settled: PPC advertising *is* a bona fide use for domains
In a UDRP for the domain Kubex.com, the Complainant attempted to wrestle the domain away from its registrant, predating the “KUBEX” trademark by 11 years. Represented by the Zak Muscovitch law firm, the Respondent noted: “Respondent could not have registered the domain name in bad faith because Respondent’s registration of the domain name predates by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ugly domains: HomeVestors flaunts its trademark enforcement against domain name registrants
HomeVestors of America owns the trademark “We Buy Ugly Houses®“, and they aren’t shy disclosing their track record of enforcing their mark as it’s applied to domain names. Apparently, there have been more than 160 such cases, including 10 direct transfers of domains and 22 domain take-downs; that’s a lot of UDRPs. We have not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Austrian Airlines wins UDRP for exact match .com domain it let expire
If you think that Austrian Airlines sucks, you need to justify your sentiment by providing factual information – even if you’re squatting on the exact match dot com domain. The owner of AustrianAirlines.com, apparently has a bone to pick with the national Austrian airline, that operates from Austrian.com and AUA.com. The airline was founded in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Amegy Bank lost UDRP over a domain with a different vowel
Amegy, amogy: They are the same, right? Apparently, Amegy Bank National Association thought so, when they filed a UDRP with the WIPO against the owners of the domain Amogy.com. The Bank operates from Amegy.com and owns the trademark for AMEGY BANK. The Respondent, Wolfgang Moecklin of Germany, fought back, stating that the two are substantially […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bank of Scotland wins Halifax.Email gTLD in UDRP against Yoyo Email Ltd
The Bank of Scotland Plc uses the HALIFAX trademark in commerce for several decades; it comes as no surprise that they filed a UDRP against WIPO regulars, Yoyo Email Ltd. In this case, the domain Halifax.Email was contested as a match to the Bank’s trademark; the Complainant made a scalding statement, challenging the business model […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Marathons, China and geodomains: UDRP against domain failed
There are plenty of marathon races around the world, and it seems these days several companies take advantage of a purely geographical term, that of the Greek city of Marathon. If anything else, Marathon – or, Marathonas, in modern Greek – should sue each and every company making use of its historic locale. Apparently, there […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Trademark violations plague newly launched .OOO gTLD
The party has begun among those adopting the new India-based gTLD, .OOO (triple Oh) which launched to much fanfare and some very hopeful expectations. With around 4,600 registrations so far according to nTLDStats, .OOO is attracting numerous trademark violations – something that wasn’t witnessed with other gTLDs, such as .XYZ, for example. Domains of famous […]
Copyright © 2024 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 © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Statoil strike #2: What was the registrant of this dot .email gTLD domain thinking?
Two weeks ago, we covered the first recorded UDRP for a dot .Company domain name; Statoil, a Norwegian oil company undertook the task of protecting its trademark. In this case, the same company filed a UDRP against the registrant of the domain name, Statoil.email. The Respondent, Giovanni Laporta of UK, asserted that the domain is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Zions Bank reaps first multiple new gTLD domains in clear cut UDRP
Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, Utah landed the first multiple new gTLD UDRP that we’re aware of, seeking to protect its marks “Zions Bank” and “Zions.” The Respondent in this case clearly went after the intellectual property rights of the Complainant, per the choice of new gTLD domains that he registered: zions.equipment zions.holdings zions.today […]
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