Hard to be a virgin in 2016 : VirginReality.com domain lost in UDRP
The challenges of being a virgin for religious purposes are big in our time and era. The registrant of the domain VirginReality.com decided to create a reality show demonstrating exactly that. Virgin Enterprises Limited of London, United Kingdom, decided that the dictionary word “virgin” is solely theirs, and filed a UDRP at the WIPO. According […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NikeGoogle.com UDRP : Who gets to keep the domain?
Back in July, the double-infringing domain, NikeGoogle.com, was challenged in a UDRP. In a surprising decision, the Complainant, Nike corporation, was denied transfer of the domain. The reason: there are two infringing trademarks involved, Nike and Google. Lo and behold, the Nike lawyers called up Google, and a new UDRP was filed against the owner […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mclip.com UDRP : If you own 43 domains you’re a “sophisticated domainer”
This is one for the domain books. A UDRP against the domain Mclip.com that was filed at the WIPO, used the following reference to the domain’s owner: “According to the DomainIQ records, the Respondent is the owner of 43 active domains, with an estimated portfolio value of over USD 10,000. Therefore, it is submitted that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.One party UDRP : Alienware or NVIDIA – who gets the domain?
An interesting situation surrounds the UDRP against the domain alienware-nvidia.xyz that was dealt with at the National Arbitration Forum. Alienware is a computer brand owned by Dell Inc., while NVIDIA is a cutting edge computer hardware manufacturer, including popular video cards. The domain’s registration contains two marks, each managed by their respective owners. However, only […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Eli Lilly : Epic UDRP includes 218 Cialis domains!
Eli Lilly is a pharmaceutical company manufacturing among others, the erectile dysfunction medication “Cialis.” Such medication is sold only via prescription in the US and many Western countries, while contraband or fake meds bearing the Cialis mark are sold on the Internet. For that purpose, domain names using the Cialis brand are utilized in a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Olympic domains : Protection of the City+Year word mark
A recent lawsuit filed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sought to secure rights to domains consisting of “City+Year” word marks. Although the practice targeted specific candidate cities owned by a self-professed investor in geo-domains, one might be walking on thin ice when registering any such “City+Year” combinations. In a recent article about the intellectual […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pokemon domains : Shortest and longest trademark violations
There is no bigger indication of a game’s success, than the number of registered domains violating its trademark. Pokemon Go has been smashing every known record as far as downloads and usage are concerned. The average Joe Gamer is often unaware of such “minute” details as trademarks, and Pokemon is one such registered mark. Using […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domains not to register : TrumpOlympics.com
Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has been the butt of many jokes in recent days. After sharing a photo from 2004 that shows him carry the Olympic torch in New York wearing the official Athens 2004 outfit, Twitter exploded with the hashtag #TrumpOlympics. Although it’s debatable whether using famous marks in hashtags constitutes infringement, someone […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PodHotels.com UDRP exchange : Back off, not interested in selling
Every domain has a price tag at some point in time. Making an offer for a domain clearly slated for development, can get quite annoying. When you repeatedly make offers, either higher or lower, seeking to harass the domain owner, most likely you’re not going to get anything. After years of not hearing back from […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pokemon domains : UDRP arrived 14 years later
If you haven’t heard of the latest Pokemon GO mania taking over the Internet and people’s lives, you don’t own a smart phone. Nintendo‘s brilliant idea to re-launch its Pokemon franchise as an Augmented Reality (AR) game, has sent its stock skyrocketing. Meanwhile, opportunists wanting to capitalize on the Pokemon fame and brand, aren’t wasting […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Trademarks, copyrights and lunch : Educational seminar with Daliah Saper
IP attorney Daliah Saper of Saper Law will be hosting an educational seminar on July 26th. The subject: Trademarks and Copyrights 101. Learn the basics and more, while having lunch with an expert IP attorney, at the Saper Law Offices in Chicago. According to their invitation: “If you recently created a new business entity and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bellhops.com : Domain registered in 2000 challenged in UDRP
A furniture moving company going by the name GetBellhops, filed a UDRP to challenge the ownership of the domain Bellhops.com. According to the filing, Bellhops, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, based their filing on a 2015 registration date of the mark, BELLHOPS: “The Complainant is a Delaware company offering business services based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing […]
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