Equafix.com UDRP ends domain’s PPC revenue stream after two decades
It took the better part of 20 years for the typo-domain, Equafix.com, to be surrendered to the squatted brand’s owners. The domain name has been parked with zero click landers, presumably generating a steady PPC revenue stream. Equifax Inc., filed a UDRP to get the domain from the Respondent, whose information is hidden behind WHOIS […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SMContact.com UDRP decision favors domain investor Respondent
SM Contact is a French company that filed a UDRP against the domain name SMContact.com. Registered in 2019, the domain is owned by domain investor Ehren Schaiberger, who is the Respondent in this case. The Complainant asserts that it formed 35 years ago and registered the mark SM CONTACT in France in 2024, several years […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sparklets.com UDRP: Victory for the Respondent
ISI GmbH, an Austrian company, filed a UDRP against the domain Sparklets.com. As the Respondent, Dave Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., came through as the victor in this oddly aggressive UDRP filing. The experienced domain investor and UDRPsearch.com founder focuses on the registration and acquisition of meaningful, brandable, one and two word .com domains. In […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SnapchatPlanets.org UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Snap Inc., operators of Snapchat lost a UDRP they filed against the domains SnapchatPlanets.org and .net. The Forum panelist determined that the domains were used in good faith, providing educational information and not intending to exploit the Complainant’s mark, or confuse consumers and denied the domains’ transfer, adding a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MonogramFood.com UDRP: Monogram Foods failed to get the domain in odd decision
The UDRP that Monogram Foods, an established producer of food production, filed at the WIPO failed to achieve its intended goal: to get the domain MonogramFood.com. Operating from MonogramFoods.com, the company stated in the UDRP that it just celebrated its 20th anniversary, with over $350 million in capital investments. In 2021, it surpassed $1 billion […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Citi.ai: Domain lost in UDRP thanks to made-up acronym
Citigroup Inc. is very protective of its famous CITI mark; it filed a UDRP to get the domain Citi.ai from its registrant. It appears that the Respondent fired up ChatGPT and generated a plausible acronym of CITI: Carbon Innovations & Trading Initiative. In their response, the Respondent analyzed that alleged business project further: “I registered […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Multident.net: Dictionary domain got UDRP’ed-Here’s why the Complainant lost
The Korean registrant of the domain Multident.net secured the domain in 2010; a German company filed a UDRP on the basis of a trademark registered in Germany in 2009. The Respondent did not respond; however, the WIPO panelist noted the dictionary qualities of the domain and ordered Multident.net to remain with the Respondent: “The principal […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.YetiSoftware.com: UDRP was filed by snow software logistics company—Here’s why they lost
Yeti Software Inc. operates from the domain YetiSnow.com since 2016, using the name Yeti Snow Management Software and mark in connection with software. They filed a UDRP against the domain name YetiSoftware.com which was registered in 2008. As the disputed domain was registered 7 years before the Complainant’s company formed and the Respondent provides no […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why
The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RushTees.com: UDRP prints “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking” on Complainant’s t-shirt
The domain RushTees.com is used by an active business that prints on t-shirts; along with RushOrderTees.co were involved in a UDRP filed by Printfly Corporation. The Complainant alleged that the Respondent targeted their RUSH ORDER TEES Mark and website, first by registering its RushTees.com domain in 2009, and thereafter with its RushOrderTees.co domain in 2011, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LagunaClothingCompany.com UDRP: Complainant is not the only one with rights to Laguna
A small company from Laguna, California, has operated online via an eBay store and the domain name LagunaClothingCompany.com since 2009. It was hit by UDRP on the basis of an existing LAGUNA mark, claimed by the Complainant, R. Josephs Licensing Inc. The Complainant is a California-based corporation that holds trademarks related to outdoor casual clothing […]
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