Wolfspeed.xyz: UDRP filing cost vs. lower asking price
When you offer for sale a domain that violates a registered trademark, the low asking price might not be a deterrent for the Complainant. In the case of Wolfspeed.xyz, its registrant sought to get $1,450 dollars or a hundred bucks below the typical cost of a UDRP ($1,500 dollars or so.) The Complainant, Wolfspeed, Inc., […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tox.com: German company found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Tox Pressotechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German company that filed a UDRP against the domain name Tox.com. Registered in 2001, Tox.com was offered for sale by its registrant for thousands of dollars; the Complainant in the UDRP offered a maximum of $24,000 dollars and when that offer was declined it proceeded with a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NV4Geospatial.com : Indian company’s UDRP got denied
A company using its common law mark rights and an applied-for mark in the US attempted to get the domain NV4Geospatial.com away from its Indian registrant. Only problem: The mark covers NV5 Geospatial; the Indian respondent noted the following: The Respondent explains its choice of the disputed domain name as follows. It states that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mixmasters.net: Domain UDRP was ridiculous to begin with!
The domain name MixMasters.net is used by a company providing courses to audio mixing mastery. Registered in 2002, Mixmasters.net is fully developed and operated as a business with HQ in Singapore. MAVEN, a French company with a registered mark for MIX WITH THE MASTERS, filed a UDRP to usurp the domain name. The mark is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Scuba.net.au UDRP drowned with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
An Australian domain name, Scuba.net.au, was the subject of a UDRP filed at the WIPO. The domain is generic and used as a forwarder to Underwater.com.au, a web site with diving resources for Australians. That didn’t stop eScuba Pty Limited from filing a UDRP just because at some point one of its officers owned Scuba.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BrooklynBrewery.com.au: Huge interest in beer not a reason to extort $5,000 dollars
An Australian radiology company founder noted his “huge interest in craft beer” as one of the reasons for registering the domain name BrooklynBrewery.com.au. The matching Aussie domain of the popular NYC/Brooklyn beer brewery was registered in 2017, followed by news of a licensed expansion of the US brewery in Australia. In his response, the domain’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fast, faster: Latin keywords send domain to the UDRP process
The owner of CitusTech.com registered the domain in 2013, while researching for suitable names available for his IT business. Citus means fast in Latin; meanwhile, an Indian company using the brand name Citius Tech acquired the matching trademark that same year. Citius means faster in Latin. Eventually, the IT owner chose a different direction with […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stylage.com: Korean mega-domainer lost UDRP filed by French company
A Korean mega-domainer with almost 40,000 registered domains suffered a French defeat over Stylage.com; a French company claiming rights to the STYLAGE mark filed a UDRP. The domain was picked up via DropCatch in 2017, after the auction’s winner spent $1,005 dollars. Source: NameBio. Prior to the drop, the domain Stylage.com was in the possession […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RockSolar.com: Domainer rocks UDRP filed on aged solar domain
The domain RockSolar.com was registered in 2006; in 2017, RockSolar Technology LLC allegedly acquired a trademark registration for ROCKSOLAR. The company filed a UDRP to usurp the domain from the domain investor who hand-registered it 16 years ago, well before Complainant received any rights to its mark. Additionally, the filing revealed that the Complainant has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CandyCloud.com #UDRP ends with not so sweet note for Complainant
The domain CandyCloud.com consists of two generic words; this 2006 registration has been listed by its registrant with a $40,000 dollar asking price. Meanwhile, Candy Cloud IP LLC is a company that acquired the registration of the mark CANDY CLOUD with the USPTO in 2022. How would a UDRP fare, given the fact that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forum Panelist denied transfer of ultra-short domain 50.com
Incredible: Someone filed a UDRP against the ultra-short, mega-premium domain name 50.com. That’s number 5 followed by the number 0 in .com. Complainant Johannes Schumann owns a US trademark registration for a design mark composed of a red speech bubble with the number “50” within it. The mark is registered in class 45, for leasing […]
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