Apsen.com UDRP: This 20+ year old domain will be transferred—Here’s why
Apsen.com is a domain registered in July 2003; more than 20 years later, a UDRP decision by a sole panelist will force its transfer to the Complainant. Apsen Farmaceutica S.A., Brazil, cited its Brazilian trademark for APSEN, registered in 1984 for various pharmaceutical products. Its domain Apsen.com.br was registered in 1998. Despite appearing to be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Catapillar.com: A 23 year old typosquatting domain gone via the UDRP process
How do you spell caterpillar? Definitely not “catapillar” but it may sound like that! The registrant of the domain Catapillar.com has held it since 2001 but this 23 year old domain was challenged via the UDRP process. The Complainant is Caterpillar, Inc., a well-known provider of heavy-industry equipment, in business since 1904. Complainant holds a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EpIcgames.com: #Domain lost via the #UDRP process
Typosquatting is bad enough; creating visual confusion with the use of alternate letters takes it to another level. Epic Games, Inc. filed a UDRP against the domain name Eplcgames.com. That’s a lower case “L” there, not a capital “i.” Such letter substitutions can be used for phishing and the installation of malware, as many would […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tubortax.com : Fifteen years of PPC monetization ends here
It’s the end of the line for the domain Tubortax.com – after 15 years of presumably massive earnings, it’s time to pay the final tax. The typosquatting domain was challenged in a UDRP filed by Intuit Inc., makers of the popular tax filing software, TurboTax. The infringing domain was parked with a zero click PPC […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Caterpillar #domain : Blatant #typosquatting is the #1 reason for #UDRP loss
If you want to end up with a potential UDRP case, engage in blatant typosquatting of domain names. What is blatant typosquatting, is easy to define: www prefixes of popular domain brands, such as in the case of wwwcaterpillar.com that was challenged via the UDRP process at the National Arbitration Forum. The domain appears to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry typo-domains : The smart way to branding
Brand protection of popular destinations on the Internet involves fighting back at typosquatters. When your business is also an authority in its field, registering typographical “errors” of your primary domain is a must. Uniregistry has grown in leaps and bounds during the past year, and it’s destined for greatness among other domain registrars. As “Uniregistry” […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oracle Corporation grabs Oracl.com domain via UDRP
The domain Oracl.com was registered in 1998, and it has just now been ordered into the lap of Oracle International Corporation, Complainant in a UDRP. Despite claims that they owned the domain for 18 years, a panelist at the National Arbitration Forum stated that ownership is “unverifiable.” On top of that, findings of use for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Four letter domain Nlke.com lost in UDRP
When you register a domain that looks like a famous trademark due to visual similarities of the letters, at least don’t park it or offer it for sale. The famous Nike mark is indisputable, along with the assorted “swish.” The shoe and sports apparel company went after the domain name nlke.com (NLKE.com in all capitals) […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The State Department confirms: typos can be bad for you
It appears that the State Department has confirmed that one of the reasons the Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, was allowed entry into the US was that his name was spelled with a typo. This really gives our original article and follow-up post additional credibility. Once again, DomainGang is a pioneer in tying current domestic […]
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