CheyneGroup.com: 76 year old UDRP Respondent defends her European roots
A British company, Cheyne Capital Holdings Limited, filed a UDRP to usurp the domain CheyneGroup.com. They registered the trademark in 2000 all while an American registered the domain in 2015. It would have been an easy case for the Complainant, it seems, but it wasn’t. Despite not providing a formal response, the 76 year old […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tolles.com was registered in 2003 and was hit with a UDRP 19 years later
The domain Tolles.com was registered in 2003, making it 19 years old currently. In 2011, Tolles Development Company LLC was formed in Arizona; in 2022 the company filed a trademark application with the USPTO for the mark TOLLES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. At the same time, they filed a UDRP to usurp Tolles.com. How did that play […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lambo.com: Following UDRP loss, Respondent files lawsuit against Lamborghini
Lamborghini S.p.A. won the UDRP it filed against the domain Lambo.com; now the Respondent and registrant of the domain is hitting back with a lawsuit. The case between Richard Blair, plaintiff, and Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A, defendant, refers to the Lambo.com domain’s acquisition as a follow-up to adopting that moniker (Lambo) as a private alias for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.KaufmanAuctions.com UDRP leads to Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
Kaufman Realty and Auctions specializes in auctions of personal and real property and the sale of real property. The mark KAUFMAN AUCTIONS was registered in 2021 and in recent months they filed a UDRP against the domain name KaufmanAuctions.com. That domain was registered in 2005, a substantial amount of time prior to the Complainant’s claimed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Calpers.com: Sold on NameJet, domain gets lost via the #UDRP process
Paying up for a domain in a NameJet auction, only to lose it a few months later isn’t great news. In the case of Calpers.com, it was sold for $1,718 dollars last December. Source: NameBio. CALPERS is an acronym for California Public Employees’ Retirement System and a registered trademark since 2001. The domain was in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Palex.com: UDRP after 26 years failed to achieve Complainant’s goal
A company claiming rights to the mark PALEX going as far back as in 1989, waited 26 years after the registration of the domain Palex.com to file a UDRP. That didn’t sit well with the sole panelist at the WIPO, who noted: the disputed domain name was registered some 26 years ago when such obligations […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bitmex fires up salvo of UDRP filings
Crypto exchange Bitmex has been actively hunting down domains that abuse its famous mark. With BITMEX being a registered trademark there are several reasons to target such domain names: Some domains are used for phishing purposes, such as to steal crypto. Some domains are used to leverage “extortion” money via a sale. They infringe on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Payoneer added 2 domains to UDRP victory roster
Payoneer Global Inc. is an American financial services company that provides online money transfer, digital payment services and provides customers with working capital. Founded in 2005, Payoneer operates form the domain name Payoneer.com and is very protective of its brand and matching trademark, PAYONEER. Since 2019, Payoneer has filed 16 UDRP cases at the WIPO, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Titmouse.com renders Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision in UDRP
The UDRP filed against the aged domain name Titmouse.com isn’t about a tit or a mouse. Registered in 1998, the domain represents a generic keyword, as a type of bird called Titmouse. The sole panelist at the WIPO accepted the Respondent’s statement that when he registered the domain 24 years ago the Complainant’s trademark was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Schlossberg.com: Swiss company gets whipped with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
A Swiss company that owns the mark SCHLOSSBERG in Switzerland attempted to usurp the domain name Schlossberg.com from its owner. The registrant, Mr. Craig Schlossberg, registered the domain in 1996 for obvious reasons: It’s his own last name. The WIPO panelist agreed with the Respondent and not only ordered the domain Schlossberg.com to remain in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.StepsApp failed to usurp Step.app via the UDRP process
StepsApp GmbH is a German developer of a pedometer application or app named “StepsApp” and it operates from the domain Steps.app. Meanwhile, Step.app—the singular—is operated by a Russian entrepreneur developing a pedometer app that rewards its users with crypto. While the Complainant claimed that the Respondent simply rides on the coattails of their app’s fame, […]
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