OrlandoLiving.com UDRP: Orlando realtors clash over geo-descriptive brand; WIPO sides with domain owner
Florida realtor Mitchell Kesller Holguin Fortunato, owner of US trademark ORLANDO LIVING (reg. 2020, “orlando” disclaimed) for real estate services, went after the domain OrlandoLiving.com, used by fellow Orlando agent Roberto “Bobby” Baldor for his “the baldor group” site and email since buying the domain in August 2022 for $9,995 dollars. The Complainant argued the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SmashMusic.net UDRP: Complaint over weakly argued typo-targeting claim denied
Sam Ash LLC, owner of long-standing SAM ASH and SAM ASH MUSIC trademarks and domains samash.com / samashmusic.com, went after SmashMusic.net, arguing it was just one letter off “samashmusic” and deliberately set up to catch typo traffic in the same musical-instrument space. The complaint painted Smash Music as a Monster Music spin-off trying to trade […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CallSpin.com UDRP: Complaint denied for lack of proven trademark rights
CallSpin LLC went after the domain Callspin.com, claiming common-law rights in the CALLSPIN mark since 2009 for its cloud telephony/SaaS services, even though it never registered the mark. With the Respondent defaulting, the Panel still needed proof of trademark rights predating the domain’s registration. CallSpin, however, produced almost no supporting evidence – no dated ads, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Basware.ai UDRP: Respondent made “private ruminations” in response to $5k offer
Basware Oy, owner of the BASWARE mark since 2001, challenged the domain Basware.ai, a 2025 registration that only showed a “Launching Soon… Contact Us” page. After a cease-and-desist, the Respondent rejected Basware’s $500 and then $5,000 offers, arguing the name was worth more because it “exactly matches a globally recognized brand name,” while later trying […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ekinfrites.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
EKIN SAS, a French food manufacturer and owner of the EKIN mark and ekin.fr / ekinfrites.fr, filed a UDRP against Ekinfrites.com, claiming the domain was confusingly similar to its brand, passively held, and potentially dangerous for email-based phishing or unfair competition. EKIN argued the Respondent had no authorization to use “ekin” or “ekin frites” in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TheBlackGPT.com UDRP: Transfer was denied
BLACKGPT, a US AI startup with a 2025 USPTO registration for BLACKGPT and claimed first use in January 2023, filed a UDRP for theblackgpt.com. It argued that the Respondent deliberately rode on its brand after BLACKGPT launched blkgpt.com and filed its mark, pointing to PR and media where Latimer was promoted as “the BlackGPT,” including […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Datasnap.com UDRP: Domain stays with Sedo as new startup fails to show any trademark rights
DataSnap LLC, a 2025-formed data analytics startup using thedatasnap.com and a 2025 U.S. application for DATASNAP, tried to wrest the domain Datasnap.com from Sedo, a well-known domain marketplace that holds the name at GoDaddy. The Panel immediately hit a wall on the first UDRP element: the domain was registered in 2002, while the Complainant admitted […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ArtOfLiving.com: Domain stays with 1996 non-profit despite Art of Living claim
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tried to usurp the domain ArtOfLiving.com, arguing it matched his THE ART OF LIVING mark, that his spiritual/charitable movement has used the name since 1981, and that the current “for sale” status showed an attempt to cash in on his goodwill. The Respondent, Flemming Funch, showed that he registered the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MediaMonks takes aim at Monks.agency in cross-border branding clash
MediaMonks Multimedia Holding B.V. went after the domain Monks.agency, arguing that the domain is identical to its MONKS mark, that “.agency” amplifies confusion given its global creative/marketing business, and that the site’s earlier tagline — “WE ARE NOT MONKS. Something Like Monks, But on Steroids” — was a cheeky but deliberate reference to its rebranded […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nexim.com UDRP: Dispute fails against domain investor represented by attorney John Berryhill
Nexim Italia, an Italian connectivity and broadcast provider founded in 2018, went after the domain Nexim.com, arguing that its NEXIM mark is globally recognized and that the domain was grabbed to resell back to them. The domain, however, was first registered in 1999 by a third party and only dropped into auction in 2025, when […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Emcrit.com UDRP: Medical podcast brand overreaches and gets hit with RDNH
Metasin LLC, the team behind the EMCrit podcast and emcrit.org, tried to wrest the domain Emcrit.com away from a Finnish registrant, arguing the parked page with medical-themed PPC links was misleading and harmful to its emergency medicine brand. The WIPO Panel noted that emcrit.com was first registered in 2001, long before EMCrit existed or had […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HaitiChildren.com UDRP: Is it a generic domain name?
HaitiChildren, a Colorado non-profit caring for abandoned and disabled children in Haiti, brought a UDRP against Doms Most / MostDomCorps over HaitiChildren.com. The charity showed long and continuous use of the HAITICHILDREN name since at least 2015, plus ownership of haitichildren.org since 2004, and explained that it had previously operated on haitichildren.com for about 20 […]
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