Hairdo.com: Domain Capital won UDRP filed after portfolio acquisition
Domain Capital was hit with a UDRP filed against the domain name Hairdo.com; that domain was acquired as part of a portfolio due to its generic nature. The Complainant is HairUWear Inc. that claimed rights to the HAIRDO mark for wigs. The domain name was first registered in 1998 and has had many different owners […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LAFitnessNearMe.com: Greedy squatter declined generous offer from trademark holder
The domain name LAFitnessNearMe.com was involved in a UDRP filed by LA Fitness International LLC, owners of the famous LA FITNESS mark. What’s interesting in this case is that through negotiations, the Respondent was able to secure a $2,000 dollar offer for this domain, substantially higher than the $500 opening offer. After involving an attorney […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Asweev.com UDRP: Trademark registration application hijacked by serial offender
Every day someone scans the USPTO for new trademark registration applications and promptly attempts to register the matching .com domain name. This process has been happening for months by the same offenders, located in China’s Hong Kong. Thousands of domain names are registered every month using this aggressive cybersquatting technique. The method presumably returns big […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Scoop Soldiers Services Company refiles UDRP, gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking 💩
In 2023, Scoop Soldiers Services Company LLC lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name ScoopSoldier.com. They lost that case against Top Paw Distributing LLC and a year later, they refiled. The reason: […] the previous panel conducted serious misconduct when they found Complainant’s trade mark SCOOP SOLDIERS (“Scoop Mark”) was “merely descriptive”, thereby […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Keeper Security tried to usurp the domain Keeper.com
Keeper Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity firm that attempted to usurp the domain name Keeper.com – an aged, generic domain name registered in 1995 – by filing a UDRP at the WIPO. Despite the fact that the Respondent, Lou Crawford, THE KEEPER INC., failed to respond, the WIPO panelist performed enough due diligence leading him […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AlteraHealths.com UDRP: Relying on common law marks isn’t the path to victory
Altera Digital Health Inc.filed a UDRP to get the domain AlteraHealths.com, a domain that was used to impersonate one of their employees. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain. Despite this obvious abuse of the domain to facilitate phishing, the Forum panelist was adamant about not transferring it: Complainant has failed to support […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Peppercorn.com: UDRP returns domain to rightful owner 15 years later
Peppercorn Gourmet Goods & Cooking School, Inc. registered the domain name Peppercorn.com in 1998 and used it directly to promote its business. As of 2009, the domain was transferred to a marketing company as part of a business agreement, to handle such services “more efficiently.” In 2024, that agreement that spanned 15 years was terminated […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who is the real “Fred Williams”? QW.com UDRP involves brazen fraud attempt
A UDRP filed at the WIPO by a “Williams Fred” attempted to take control of the domain QW.com, passing off as the domain’s real owner, Fred Williams. QW.com is owned by Quickware and its representative, Fred Williams, is the Respondent in the UDRP. It might sound comedic but it’s not. The WIPO panelist gathered information […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A film called Wanda: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in WandaFilm.com UDRP
A Spanish film company called Wanda Films attempted to get the domain WandaFilm.com via the UDRP process. The Respondent is a Chinese film distribution company doing business in China where it was founded in 2005. According to the UDRP, the Complainant’s Website is only available in Spanish and targets only the Spanish speaking market, while […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pools123texas.com: UDRP Complainant got hit with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Pools123 Houston LLC is the registrant of the service mark POOLS123 on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), registration number 6117335, registration dated August 4, 2020. Meanwhile, the domain name Pools123texas.com was registered in 2023. Pools123 filed a UDRP to get the domain, believing that their mark’s registration being […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ironic? USPTO infringement via the matching .com domain name
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a federal agency responsible for granting patents and registering trademarks in the United States. It operates under the Department of Commerce and helps protect intellectual property rights by: Granting Patents: The USPTO examines and issues patents for inventions, giving inventors exclusive rights to their creations for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kartalyuvasi.com: Eagle’s nest domain wins #UDRP filed by #Turkish soccer team
Founded in 1903, Besiktas is a popular Turkish sports club that includes football (soccer,) basketball, volleyball, boxing, and wrestling. The company holds a registered trademark for KARTAL YUVASI since 2009, which translates as “Eagle’s Nest.” They filed a UDRP to get the domain Kartalyuvasi.com from its Turkish registrant. In their response, the Respondent noted that […]
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