SipMamas.com: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking despite no response filed

Posted by DomainGang on December 1, 2025, at 9:49 am

Destination Liquid LLC, a Florida company formed in 2025, acquired the MAMA’S soft-drink trademark out of a creditor action against cannabis beverage outfit Mama Munchies LLC, then went straight to UDRP to grab the domain SipMamas.com from former owner Edgar Cohen. The problem: Cohen had registered Sipmamas.com in 2022 for Mama Munchies, built a Shopify […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, RDNH, SipMamas.com, UDRP, WIPO, reverse domain name hijacking

PapaJohns.cn: Chinese cybersuatter’s brazen response to C&D

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2025, at 11:11 am

Papa John’s International, Inc., which has operated in China since 2003 and owns long-standing Chinese trademarks for PAPA JOHN’S / PAPA JOHNS, discovered that its former local domain Papajohns.cn had been drop-caught in July 2025 by Zhang Wei, a Chinese bulk domain buyer. The company had previously owned and used papajohns.cn from 2013 to 2024 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Chinese cybersquatter, Domains, Papa John's domains, Papajohns.cn, UDRP, WIPO, cybersquatter, grant transfer

UDRP denied: Six years too late for HighLevel.com

Posted by DomainGang on November 27, 2025, at 10:11 am

HIGHLEVEL Inc., the CRM platform behind gohighlevel.com, tried to grab the domain HighLevel.com from Weedmaps / Ghost Management Group, arguing that the passive, broker-style GoDaddy parking page and silence on a $200,000 purchase offer showed bad faith aimed at its HIGHLEVEL mark (first use 2018, registration 2025). The Respondent countered with a different story: co-founder […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with HighLevel.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Epiprotect.com: UDRP denied and Respondent won—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on November 26, 2025, at 11:01 am

Abena Holding A/S, owner of the EPIPROTECT mark for wound-care dressings, went after Epiprotect.com, a domain registered in 2016 and held by U.S. doctor Shaun Miglore / ION Management. Abena relied on its EPIPROTECT registrations (starting with Sweden in 2013), but offered virtually nothing about real-world use, sales, reputation, or market presence and its own […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Epiprotect, Epiprotect.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

FriendlyToast.com UDRP: Chinese Respondent toasted over passing-off attempt with domain

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2025, at 12:40 pm

Toasted Brothers LLC, owner of THE FRIENDLY TOAST mark for restaurant services since 2015, filed a UDRP over FriendlyToast.com, a .com domain that once sat in HugeDomains’ portfolio before being dropped and re-registered by Respondent Dahui Yang of Hong Kong. The Panel found the domain confusingly similar, noting that dropping “the” and adding .com doesn’t […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Friendly Toast, FriendlyToast.com, THE FRIENDLY TOAST, UDRP, WIPO

Walmart.ai UDRP: Proceed to aisle 25 for wet wipes

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2025, at 9:10 am

Walmart Apollo LLC filed a UDRP against UK-based Sebastian Haigh OAI Ltd over the domain Walmart.ai, relying on its long-standing WALMART, WAL-MART, and WALMART.COM trademarks and massive global retail footprint. The mark was characterized as fanciful and famous, with decades of use and a major online presence at walmart.com. The domain walmart.ai, registered in December […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with UDRP, Walmart.ai, grant transfer

UPPF.com UDRP: Another LLLL .com case ends with Respondent winning

Posted by DomainGang on November 24, 2025, at 11:26 am

Shanghai Joyvie Investment Trading Co., Ltd. filed a UDRP against the Chinese registrant of the domain UPPF.com. The WIPO Panel quickly found more than a simple cybersquatting dispute. Joyvie leaned on its UPPF trademarks (including a 2025 U.S. registration and Chinese marks acquired by assignment), arguing the Respondent was once an affiliate, no longer authorized, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, UDRP, UPPF, UPPF.com, WIPO

Temu grabs more domains from Chinese domain squatter via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on November 22, 2025, at 11:11 am

Temu is a global e-commerce platform owned by PDD Holdings, the company behind Chinese online marketplace Pinduoduo. Launched in September 2022, Temu operates on a low-cost, direct-to-consumer model, competing with platforms like Shein, AliExpress, and Amazon in the budget e-commerce space through its factory-to-consumer approach, and it is understandably protective of its brand, operating from […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Temu, Temu domains, Temu.com, UDRP, WIPO, cybersquatting, temu.city, temu.fit, temu.fund, temu.gold, temu.host, temu.ink, temu.love, temu.red, temu.show, temu.social, temu.today, temu.video, temu.wiki, temu.zone

Toptal.ai UDRP: Transfer ordered after blatant impersonation and passing-off

Posted by DomainGang on November 22, 2025, at 9:01 am

A UDRP was filed against toptal.ai by Toptal, LLC, the long-established freelance-talent platform operating under its TOPTAL mark since 2010. The Respondent, based in Armenia, registered the domain in 2024 and used it for a site that mimicked Toptal’s branding, copied its service descriptions, displayed “All Rights Reserved Toptal,” and presented itself as offering the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, UDRP, grant transfer, passing off, toptal, toptal.ai, trademarks

GeneralMusic.com UDRP: Italian Complainant lost case—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2025, at 2:58 pm

A UDRP was filed against the domain GeneralMusic.com by Italian company Audio Effetti S.R.L., which had recently acquired rights in the long-discontinued GENERALMUSIC brand. The Complainant argued that the Domain Name was identical to its mark and that the Respondent registered it in bad faith, pointing to the Domain’s prior fame and the Respondent’s price […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with GeneralMusic, GeneralMusic.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

SNSG.com UDRP: Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for LLLL .com

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2025, at 10:08 am

A UDRP was filed against the domain SNSG.com by SNSG Company, LLC, a California rapper’s corporate entity claiming trademark rights dating from 2022. The Complainant argued that the Domain Name was confusingly similar to its SNSG mark and asserted bad faith based on the Respondent’s sale price and passive use. The Respondent demonstrated that snsg.com […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with RDNH, SNSG.com, UDRP, WIPO, reverse domain name hijacking

AINanoBanana.ai: Another day, another “Nano Banana” UDRP filed by Google

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2025, at 9:29 am

Despite having only a common law trademark, Google won a second UDRP involving its Nano Banana product, an AI image-editing model launched on August 12, 2025. It lost one UDRP filing as well. In this case, the domain AINanoBanana.ai was registered just one week later and incorporated the mark in full, adding only “ai” to […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with AI, AINanoBanana.ai, UDRP, google, nano banana

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