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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Slots.net UDRP was a big gamble
Novomatic AG filed a UDRP to usurp the aged, seemingly generic domain name Slots.net. Registered way back in 1997, Slots.net is used as a forward to the domain Slots.ca. The Canadian respondent secured counsel who sought a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. While that finding wasn’t granted by the single member panel at the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nes.cafe domain hack: Seven years of renewals down the sink
The registrant of the domain name Nes.cafe believed he scored a nice “domain hack” that matches NESCAFE, the popular coffee brand. The domain was registered seven years ago and the current renewal price is around $40 dollars. All these renewal fees were flushed down the sink drain, however, as Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, operators […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO panelist: rggwgrwg wrgwrgw is presumably fake
A UDRP that was filed against a group of domains targeting Swiss Bank Cler AG customers with phishing campaigns, ended with an outcome that favored the Complainant. These domains belonged to four individuals, one of which is named “Ivan Popov” – an ultra common name in Russia, indicating that it’s just an alias. Others, however, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EmpowerMedia.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Empower Media Partners LLC filed a UDRP to usurp the domain EmpowerMedia.com from its registrant. The Respondent in this case is a Canadian citizen that incorporated as Empower 360 Inc. in 2007; it acquired the disputed domain in 2010. Meanwhile, the Complainant registered the mark EMPOWER in 2018 with the USPTO. The three member panel […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TheFutureHotels.com: UDRP victory for Greek hotelier
UK-based Future Inns UK Ltd attempted to get the domain TheFutureHotels.com from its Greek registrant, operator of a hotelier resource with offices in Athens and Santorini, Greece. The Complainant has been operating a chain of hotels in the UK since 2005, with three hotels in the chain, Future Inn Cardiff, Future Inn Plymouth, and Future […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MrBallen.com: YouTube phenom grabs #domain via the UDRP process
Mr. Ballen is a social media phenom with a sizable YouTube followship. Founded in 2015 by Jonathan Bartlett Allen, the “Mr. Ballen” channel presents videos of entertaining nature to its 7 million subscribers. The popular YouTube channel’s operator registered the MRBALLEN trademark in 2022, citing date of first use in 2015. Meanwhile, someone registered the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LawCloud.com: UDRP ends with a RDNH finding
A Belgian services provider of cloud services has lost a second UDRP in a week, this one with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. After losing the UDRP for LawCloud.eu, Lawcloud B.V., Belgium, lost the UDRP it filed against LawCloud.com, a domain registered in 2006. In that UDRP, the Complainant did not disclose that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Equefax.com: Typo-squatter lost #domain after 20+ years
A typo-squatter has lost the domain name Equefax.com after using it for more than two decades to monetize fat-fingering of the Equifax brand. The domain name was registered in 2002, at a time when UDRP filings were still few. The UDRP process was established in 1999. Equefax.com forwarded to PPC landers featuring financial services, credit […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.James lost the #UDRP for ThermoMixer.com—Here’s why
The Thermomix is a multi-purpose kitchen appliance made by the Vorwerk Corporate Group, dating back to 1971. The THERMOMIX brand is thus established; a mixer is also a common name for the appliance that mixes. That reference put the domain name ThermoMixer.com in the sights of the mark owner that filed a UDRP to get […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Inaccessible art foundation filed UDRP to get 4 domains hosting parody
The domain SolowFoundation.org hosts a parody web site for the foundation of the late mogul and art collector, Sheldon Solow. It was set up by a Washington-based art collector, Ethan Arnheim, who spells out the notorious off-limits status of the gallery’s collections in a comical way: Monday: Inaccessible Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: No public hours Thursday: […]
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