Retailinsite.com: UDRP focused on domain’s forwarding to Complainant’s competitor
The domain name Retailinsite.com was registered in 1998; the mark RETAIL INSITE was registered by R.I. Properties, Inc. dba. Retail Insite in 2022, citing a date of first use in 1999. The sole panelist stated that the mark’s registration date is the definitive date in making a decision: Of course, “the claimed date of first […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.JKDewberry.com: UDRP unveils web of litigation; ends with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
A UDRP involving the domain name JKDewberry.com unveiled a web of past litigation between the two parties. The Respondent is a former athlete and philanthropist, while the Complainant operates from dewberry.com with a matching mark, DEWBERRY, as the spear of this UDRP. The Complainant’s alleged ignorance of the Respondent’s identity was disputed by the WIPO […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Optimistic Complainant failed to usurp the domain www-optimism.com
The Optimism Foundation is a Cayman Islands company involved in the building, development, and running of software applications on the blockchain. They operate from the domain name Optimism.io. They filed a UDRP to usurp the domain www-optimism.com, which appears strange as that domain clearly targets Optimism.com which they don’t operate from. The company filed a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PaulLoebach.com UDRP exposed serial case loser
If you’ve lost 46 out of 47 UDRP cases, odds are that you will lose the 48th. In the case of the domain PaulLoebach.com, the Respondent was exposed as a serial registrant of domains involving trademarks or other established rights. The UDRP was filed by ESQwire.com on behalf of their client, Paul Loebach. As a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fiverr.ai: Respondent’s claims didn’t sway experienced UDRP panelist
Some people will invent all types of back stories regarding the meaning of domains, as in the case of Fiverr.ai that ended up in a UDRP. The FIVERR mark has been registered since 2011, citing first use in 2010. Meanwhile, the domain was registered in 2020. In the ensuing UDRP, the Respondent claimed that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Limble.com UDRP results in win for domain investor
Limble Solutions, Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Limble.com from its domain investor registrant. The domain is listed for sale at SquadHelp with a $56,000 dollar price tag. According to the UDRP: The Respondent contends it purchased the Disputed Domain Name at a GoDaddy auction on July 16, 2021, because it was a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BMW.ge UDRP: Respondent wanted a car worth $100,000 dollars in exchange for domain
Registering a domain matching the initials of a world-famous brand such as BMW can be quite risky. Offering to sell them the domain BMW.ge for thousands of dollars, or for a luxury car, is a sure path to losing it. The UDRP process was initiated by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) against a Georgian individual […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.YSL means Youth Service Learning, according to UDRP
The YSL mark and acronym is world famous; anyone attempting to use the Yves Saint Laurent brand, established in 1962, in an infringing manner would soon find out. In the case of the domain name YSL.ae, its registrant has parked it at Dan with a pointless and thinly veiled disclaimer: YSL stands for the following: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Paper.io UDRP leads to domain loss for Respondent
The registrant of the domain Paper.io lost it via the UDRP process, despite the domain’s registration 9 years before the Complainant established its mark. The Respondent objected to the panel’s competence and requested that the proceedings be suspended due to concurrent court proceedings in Russia. However, the panel ultimately decided in favor of VOODOO, Complainants […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Technical Unique Venture Pakistan: Tüv Nord lost UDRP despite famous trademark
Tüv Nord AG is a German company that has established a technical accreditation certificate process, indicated by its famous TÜV mark. The mark was registered in 1980 in Germany and the company was formed in the 1860s. Therefore, the TÜV existed already at the dawn of the commercial internet in the early 1990s. The company […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ebay fires UDRP salvo against Trademark Clearinghouse!
Fresh from the “it can’t be really this stupid” department comes the UDRP filed by eBay for a number of gTLD domains, and here’s why. The domains are: ebay.fashion, ebay.yoga, ebay.wedding, ebay.horse, ebay.work, ebay.vodka, ebay.surf, ebay.garden, ebay.rodeo, ebay.fishing, ebay.fit, ebay.casa, ebay.cooking, and ebay.beer – all of which are registered with Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Not even a UDRP can stop the “Cocaine Bear”—Matching .com domain remains with Respondent
Cocaine Bear is a viral fantasy movie involving a bear high on cocaine. It’s a spinoff of a true story involving a bear that died after ingesting a bag of cocaine; in the movie, the bear becomes addicted and ravages through a forest. The UDRP involves a dispute between Kentucky for Kentucky LLC (“Complainant”) and […]
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