Engel Coolers : Distributor contract fallout leads to UDRP over domain
When you operate a company that utilizes distributor contracts, using the UDRP process to reclaim a domain might not get you any results. In the case of the domain EngelCoolers.com, the UDRP was filed by Innovative Marketing and Distribution, Inc. doing business as “Engel Coolers.” According to the UDRP filing, the Complainant argued the following: […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Beach People : Australian company fails to grab 17 year old domain name
This is the second day in a row that an Australian company fails to grab an aged domain via a UDRP. Yesterday, we covered Patricks.com and its Aussie Complainant; today, it’s the turn of TheBeachPeople.com, a domain registered in 1999. The Australian company The Beach People International Pty Ltd, really wanted this 17 year old […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese owner of F5.net loses it via UDRP
The UDRP process has claimed another short, valuable domain, as F5.net was ordered to be transferred away from its registrant. The 1998 registration was challenged at the WIPO by F5 Networks, Inc. of Seattle, Washington, that claimed rights to various F5 mark going as far back as 1997. The company operates from the domain F5.com. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Generic domain : Meryl.com UDRP was denied
The aged, generic domain Meryl.com was challenged in a UDRP brought forth by Nylstar S.A. The Spanish textile manufacturer is the creator of Meryl® – “a luxury textile brand inspired by a woman’s femininity.” According to results extracted from the WIPO UDRP database, the case was denied and the domain Meryl.com should remain with the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dude, you’re (not) getting a Dell domain!
From 2000 to 2003, Benjamin Bowmar Curtis, also known as the Dell Dude, appeared in Dell commercials, promoting the company’s computers. To this date, Dell continues to create a large portion of good ole American hardware for the consumer market. Coincidentally, Dell just announced that they sold off their software division, Dell Software Group, to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybersquatters target Apple’s “Beats EP” domains
In an exclusive post a few days ago, we covered the move by Apple and its daughter company, Beats Electronics, to register several gTLD domains. The primary keyword involved in these domain registrations was “BeatsEP” which matches a pending trademark application at the USPTO. While Apple registered many of the most related gTLDs, several others […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy : New logo, new brand, new trademark!
GoDaddy has been around for a gazillion years, and as the biggest domain registrar it’s been quite protective of its brand. The GoDaddy.com story was recently shared by founder, Bob Parsons, who revealed the first domain registered at GoDaddy, way back in November 2000. Recently, GoDaddy redesigned its web site and logo, dropping the familiar, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Telepathy beats Turkish company’s UDRP against Fakir.com
Telepathy, Inc. beat an aggressor’s UDRP against the generic, aged domain Fakir.com. The Complainant is Fakir Elektrikli EV Aletleri Diş Ticaret Anonim Şirketi of Istanbul, Turkey who claimed a number of trademarks for “FAKIR” dating back to the 1960s and in various countries. Telepathy, Inc. sought a very reasonable $18,000 dollars for the domain; a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dymocks.com : Absent-minded Aussie company gets back dropped domain in UDRP
When you operate a company going back to 1879, you’d better have a solid control of your brand and digital property assets. In the case of Dymocks, a network of 59 franchised retail bookstores throughout Australia, they operate from Dymocks.com.au. They also operated Dymocks.com from 1996 until sometime in 2015 when they apparently allowed the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Audi.Auto and Audi.Cars domains lost in Uniform Rapid Suspension decision
Here’s a quick method to burn five grand in one move: register the domains of famous automotive makers. In a Uniform Rapid Suspension decision against the domains Audi.auto and Audi.cars, the loss was substantial: these domains cost $2,888 dollars each to register, if not more. That’s like losing the down-payment for a brand new Audi […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Evergreen : Domain UDRP results in transfer order of existing business!
Generic words put together can lead to some interesting combinations that infringe on existing trademarks. “Evergreen” is one such word, indicating the perpetuating green foliage of trees or pastures of land, through the year. For that use, the word is clearly generic. Despite all this, when combined with “SunPower,” there is a problem, as the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CloudCover.com UDRP denied despite existing trademark
The holders of a trademark for CLOUD COVER, filed a UDRP against the domain CloudCover.com. Complainant, CloudCover IP LLC, operates from the .net, and other cloud-related domain names, such as cloudcover-worldwide.com, and cloudcover.biz. The Complainant alleged that the Respondent has failed to use the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of […]
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