Copilots.com #domain auction: #COPILOTS is a registered trademark
The domain name Copilots.com expired and dropped, after its previous registrant allowed it to expire and lapse. DropCatch caught the domain — what a surprise — and it’s in a three day auction ending in less than an hour. Numerous bids have been placed for the domain, raising the current highest bid to $5,250 dollars. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LAFitnessNearMe.com: Greedy squatter declined generous offer from trademark holder
The domain name LAFitnessNearMe.com was involved in a UDRP filed by LA Fitness International LLC, owners of the famous LA FITNESS mark. What’s interesting in this case is that through negotiations, the Respondent was able to secure a $2,000 dollar offer for this domain, substantially higher than the $500 opening offer. After involving an attorney […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Asweev.com UDRP: Trademark registration application hijacked by serial offender
Every day someone scans the USPTO for new trademark registration applications and promptly attempts to register the matching .com domain name. This process has been happening for months by the same offenders, located in China’s Hong Kong. Thousands of domain names are registered every month using this aggressive cybersquatting technique. The method presumably returns big […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.I bought a domain that contains a trademark, take it back!
A buyer that used Dan.com as a platform to acquire a domain name, is now posting a bad review of Dan on Trustpilot. He’s not the first, or the last. User complaints vary in their severity and this one is one big joke, as far we can tell. Says the Dan.com user: “I bought a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Don’t mess with #Midjourney and its registered trademark
Midjourney is one of the most popular AI-driven platforms for digital creators. The company operates from Midjourney.com, a domain name that it acquired in the aftermarket. MIDJOURNEY is also a trademark registered with the USPTO and for this matter, the company often files UDRPs against the registrants of domains that infringe on its mark. One […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lego.box UDRP: Registrar gave Respondent a refund
Squatting on a famous brand mark such as LEGO can be the result of ignorance; in the case of the domain Lego.box the Respondent were lucky to get their money back. LEGO filed a UDRP to get the domain and as part of the communication exchange the Respondent attempted to justify their purchase. It seems […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sennheiser.ai UDRP results in victory for famous trademark holder
In the UDRP case of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG v. jan jilek, the Complainant, a German audio products company, contested the registration of the domain name Sennheiser.ai by the Respondent from Croatia. The domain was listed for sale at EUR 139,689.34. Sennheiser argued that the domain was confusingly similar to its trademark and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ITDOTCOM: Trademark registration approved; it’s not by Intis Telecom
Intis Telecom launched it.com as a Registry of it.com third level domain names. Since then, the company has been promoting its it.com domains as suitable for information technology and Italian interests. While there are no public metrics about the number of registered it.com domains, there are reported sales in the thousands of dollars a piece, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Renderman.com: Here’s why this 2018 registration was infringing
Registered in 2018, the domain name Renderman.com appears to be generic, when in fact it’s a direct infringement of a registered trademark. PIXAR created a tool to render images way back in the 1980’s and in 1988 they registered the mark RENDERMAN in connection with its proprietary software used in computer graphics and digital film-making. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Midjourney.ai: UDRP result hardly a surprise for veteran domain investor
The domain Midjourney.ai was the subject of a UDRP; the Complainant was Midjourney, Inc. an AI pioneer operating from the domain Midjourney.com. Not many know, apparently, that MIDJOURNEY is a registered trademark; the company applied for the mark’s registration with the USPTO in September 2022, a smart move as OpenAI failed to act quickly for […]
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