EyeTube.com : 10 year old domain hit with UDRP by trademark holder
YouTube launched in February 2005, and became an overnight success, spawning numerous “tube” domain registrations. In December 2005, a Cayman Islands company registered the domain EyeTube.com. According to DomainTools, it appears to have maintained the domain since then, despite several WHOIS changes. Our research indicates that the domain EyeTube.com is the property of Frank Schilling’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lady Gaga Foundation .com fails to sell for $1,000,000 dollars
Lady Gaga‘s performance during Super Bowl 50 and her singing of the National Anthem was outstanding. Some domain opportunists make the assumption that due to her fame and success she can be extorted out of $1,000,000 dollars. That was the asking price for the domain name, LadyGagaFoundation.com. According to a UDRP that was filed by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.UDRP for “188” domains puts owners of short numerics in danger
If you own a short numeric domain that begins with “188” you might be in trouble. In a UDRP at the WIPO, Cube Limited of Isle of Man, United Kingdom set claim to a group of domain names that began with the number “188”. These domains are: 188201.com 188202.com 188203.com 188204.com 188205.com 188206.com 188207.com 188209.com […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hopscotch.com : Generic domain was saved from the clutches of a UDRP filing at the WIPO
The generic domain Hopscotch.com has been saved from the clutches of a Complainant who filed a UDRP relying on a French trademark. Hopscotch Group of Paris, France filed the UDRP at the WIPO, flaunting its trademarks and several registered domains that contained the term “hopscotch.” They currently operate from HopscotchGroupe.com. According to the UDRP: “The […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Citi.land UDRP : Don’t mess with trademarks and gTLDs
Riding on famous trademarks by registering alternate domains, is a bad choice regardless of TLD. Especially marks that form brands that stand out internationally, and offering these domains for sale to the trademark holder. That’s the epitome of cybersquatting. In a UDRP case involving the domain Citi.land, the Complainant was Citigroup Inc., holders of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Vodex.com : 1999 domain UDRP results in RDNH finding
Imagine registering a domain in 1999 and being challenged about its ownership almost 17 years later. That’s exactly what happened to the owner of Vodex.com, who led his company to a series of successful acquisitions by tech industry giants. According to a UDRP filed at the WIPO, the Respondent used Vodex used for a voice […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Madonna’s “joint venture” wins UDRP for MaterialGirl.com
Gotta love the music of the 80’s. Madonna‘s 1984 album “Like a Virgin” spawned several hits, including “Material Girl.” In a strange UDRP involving MG Icon LLC, a company in a “joint venture” with Madonna, the domain MaterialGirl.com was challenged at the National Arbitration Forum. Registered in 1998, MaterialGirl.com was listed for sale on Afternic […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.iCloak.com : 16 year old domain saved from over-reaching UDRP challenge
Companies and start-ups eager to invent new brands, are essentially hitting a wall these days. In the case of Icloak, Inc., a company incorporated in 2014 in Florida, they went ahead and registered the trademark ICLOAK for the following services: “Computer software for protecting anonymity and privacy while browsing the Internet and while connecting remotely […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stinkiest domain UDRP of 2015 a big win for Respondent
We’re at the very end of 2015, a year with numerous frivolous UDRP cases brought against domain owners. Good guys win in the end, and we’re hereby presenting you the stinkiest domain UDRP of the year. A hockey club from Massachusetts that calls itself “Stinky Socks Hockey“, attempted to wrestle away the domain StinkySocks.com from […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Yikes! USPTO hit by power outage, damaging systems
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that its online services are currently under-performing, or not at all. A power outage has damaged some of the equipment managing the provision of services related to trademark and patent processing. An announcement at USPTO.gov states: “A major power outage at USPTO headquarters occurred last night […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HECS.com : Four letter domain saved from UDRP that was filed against it
Four letter .com domains have always had a high valuation, when formed with “clean” letters appealing to Westerners. With the increased interest by the Chinese in the remaining gamut of “lesser” letters, the overall price of four letter .com domains has reached levels unseen before. It comes as no surprise, that the owner of HECS.com […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Halifax.com : 20 year old geo-domain hit with UDRP
The domain name Halifax.com has been hit with a UDRP, filed at the WIPO by the Bank of Scotland Plc. One would expect that a geo-domain about the city of Halifax, in the Nova Scotia of Canada, would be immune from such an attempt to wrestle away a 20 year old domain. Registered in 1995, […]
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