You’re a dumbass #domainer : Microsoft-Watch.com
We’re launching a new series today, “You’re a dumbass domainer,” dedicated to bidders of domain auctions that are obvious trademarks. Going after a previously registered domain for its traffic, all while the trademark issues are so prominent, grants the bidder a “domainer dumbass” award. Starting off with a DropCatch auction for the domain Microsoft-Watch.com. It […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Want to Google #China? Cool, but can’t use the #domain name GoogleChina.com
Google is a famous trademark, despite the mark’s (ab)use as a verb – to “Google” something. More important, you can’t incorporate the Google mark into domain names, if you are not Google. The registrant of GoogleChina.com found out recently, as Google filed a UDRP to recover the domain. While many “Google China” to find more […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DerekRose.com : #GoDaddy auction sale ends up in #domain loss via the #UDRP process
The auction high bidder of DerekRose.com, a domain registered in 1999, didn’t seem to have fully researched the “Derek Rose” keywords for trademark issues. Last year, the domain was sold in a GoDaddy auction for the price of $597 dollars – a low price for an aged, .com domain name. This is indicative of how […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cool #JUUL : Don’t ride on a famous #trademark with your #domain registrations
Registering “cool” variants of existing trademarks is pretty much cybersquatting. Tagging a word on a popular brand such as JUUL is not exactly “fair use” of their mark. In the case of the domain name CoolJuul.com the intent is obvious, as the two words rhyme. Perhaps it’s “cool” to use a smokeless product, such as […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Tokyo2021 Olympic #domains : Let the #Cybersquatting games begin!
Cybersquatters are snapping up “Tokyo 2021” domain names bearing the Olympic trademarks, hoping to capitalize on the change in the Olympiad. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) moved the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021, shifting the year and triggering a digital gold rush. That’s one side effect of the Coronavirus pandemic! Meanwhile, in Japan, a research […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Pornhub typosquatter paid a small fortune for #domain but lost the #UDRP
The typosquatter of a Pornhub domain paid a small fortune to acquire it. The registrant of Ponrhub.com alleges he spent 7,241 EUR in late 2018 to get the domain in the aftermarket – about $7,946 USD. In the ensuing UDRP filed by Licensing IP International S.à.r.l., the Respondent claims that he forwarded the domain to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Coronavirus vaccine : Massachusetts company files #Covid19Vax trademark application!
If you throw up at the idea of toilet paper hoarders at Costco, this trademark application for Covid19 vaccinations takes the trophy. The trademark application for COVID-19 VAX at the USPTO, is for vaccines. In other words, if this trademark were to be granted, the use of “covid-19 vax” would have to be licensed by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Coronavirus trademarks at the #USPTO brand cesspool
It’s not just domainers that are jumping into the coronavirus registration cesspool – brand wannabes are swimming in it too. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been receiving applications for trademarks that contain the “coronavirus” word as the mark, or as part of the mark. At the USPTO database, we found the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reverse #Domain Name Hijacking finding in Kret.org #UDRP
Kret.org, a short domain registered in 2005, was challenged via the UDRP process. The Complainant is Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo “Kontsern Radioelektronnye Tehnologii”, Russian Federation, that claimed rights to the Russian trademark for KRET. The sole WIPO panelist pointed out the following: “The Complaint lacks candour in that it makes no mention of the fact that the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Microsoft 365 Assistant : #Cortana substitute didn’t advise its own #domain name
Microsoft is apparently getting ready to change the name of Cortana, the personal productivity assistant in Windows 10. Unlike Apple and Siri, Cortana does not arrive with its own domain name. Microsoft has chosen a path on Microsoft.com for Cortana, while Apple is using Siri.com as a forward to Apple.com. When it comes down to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Corioliss brand: When you transfer the #trademark, don’t forget to transfer the #domains
Business 101 : When a company acquires intellectual property rights from its former partners, they’d better not forget to include the related domains in the exchange! In the case of Corioliss Europe S.L., Spain, they paid the sum of $750,000 dollars to acquire global rights to the CORIOLISS brand and mark, but they left out […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Trademark on top: The buyer of Pornhub.co just lost $72k via the #UDRP process
Pornhub is one of the biggest destinations of adult content on the Internet, and they have trademarked their brand, operating from the matching .com domain. In 2010, the domain Pornhub.co was registered, and the domain apparently changed hands in 2018. In the ensuing UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum, the Estonian Respondent stated that they […]
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