iBuy.com : Domain name registered in 1995 was saved from UDRP
The “e” and “i” domain prefixes are reminiscent of the early 90’s, but this does not mean such domains are useless. In the case of iBuy.com, the prefix can indicate personal action and regardless, the domain is short and memorable – not to mention, 20 years old. Perhaps that’s why IBUY Stores, Inc. of Harriman, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Luxus.com : 19 year old domain saved from the claws of a UDRP
Luxus.com, a domain registered in 1996 – the golden era of the commercial Internet for domain registrations – was challenged in a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum. A Canadian company, Luxus Management Co. Ltd., asserted rights to the domain, although they acquired a Canadian trademark in 2011 – more than 16 years since the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO releases global trademark and patent stats for 2014
The World Intellectual Property Organization has released statistics related to the global trademark and patent applications. Sharing data for years 2012-2013, the latest infographic shows some surprising information that brand creators, entrepreneurs and IP attorneys will find interesting: In 2013, 2.6 million patents were applied for globally Annual growth was 9% for patent applications in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Golf.com.br domain : Brazilian generic ccTLD lost in UDRP
Gotta love words with secondary meaning. The domain Golf.com.br, a Brazilian ccTLD, was lost in UDRP, after its owner tried to sell it for $100,000 dollars. It’d be great to do so if the content at Golf.com.br were related to golf – the sport. Unfortunately, the Complainant in this UDRP is the German automotive corporation […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SolidX : Ukrainian couple wins UDRP despite Complainant’s registered trademark
Just because you live in Ukraine, does not mean your response to a UDRP warrants a loss. After getting hit with a UDRP over the domain SolidX.com, a Ukrainian married couple refuted the Complainant’s claims of having no rights to the domain. Mr. Viktor Viktorovych Cherkasov and Ms. Darya Mykhaylivna Grygoryeva contracted marriage in Kharkov, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lawyers For Human Beings – Patent trolls, trademark bullies, and cybersquatters need not apply ®
Rick Schwartz’s acquisition of the domain name Cybersquatter.com via Flippa for $3,000 led us to the obvious question: is the term ‘cybersquatter‘ generic or trademarked? These days, one never knows, and we just had to look the term up at the USPTO. As it turns out, there is no such trademark, but a related trademark […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution
An advanced workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution will be held on Thursday, May 14th. The location will be at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City. This WIPO-organized event is targeting trademark practitioners and potential filing parties, namely trademark owners and domain name registrants. Participants should have a basic understanding of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WHOIS info might confuse the public, says WIPO panelist in Yoyo Email UDRP
A WIPO panelist made a clear statement about the WHOIS info of domain names: it might confuse the public into believing a domain is endorsed by a trademark holder, when they are held by an unlicensed party. It’s yet another case involving the illustrious Yoyo Email Ltd., quite possibly the record holders of all time […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Latvian trademark for ‘Sexy Japanese’ fails to secure positive UDRP outcome over the .com
A company that uses the term ‘sexy Japanese‘ to provide educating courses in the Japanese language, registered the mark ‘Sexy Japanese’ with the trademark office of Latvia. The mark was registered last October, and the Complainant went after the domain name SexyJapanese.com, registered in 1998. Despite the Complainant’s allegation that the domain only became property […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.This trademark owner will NEVER get the matching dot com domain!
It’s one of these cases that makes one scratch their head in amazement. When you spend thousands of dollars to secure a trademark in several classes, spanning hundreds of different items and objects, not to mention thousands of dollars in lawyers’ fees, what good is all that if you’ll never be able to get the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Victory for Napoleon: Two more domains lost in UDRP for Yoyo Email Ltd.
February is far from over, and Yoyo Email Ltd. has received yet another losing decision from the WIPO. The UDRP case covers the domains saintgobain.email and saint-gobain.email, marks of the French company, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of Courbevoie. The Complainant was established in 1665, and is a world leader on the construction market. It designs, manufactures […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Michelin.Email is the latest domain lost in ‘Yoyo Email’ UDRP
We hadn’t heard from the Yoyo Email Ltd. guys in a UDRP recently, and we were getting a bit worried. Here they are, bouncing back into the Guinness Book of records, with most UDRP cases against a single company in a single year. The UDRP for the domain name Michelin.Email was filed at the WIPO […]
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