Poliedro.com: Domain investor received bad news via the UDRP process
Poliedro is the name of a Brazilian company, founded in 1993; they have been using the domain Poliedro.com.br since 1998. In Portuguese and Spanish, the word “poliedro” stands for “multi-faceted” as in the Greek word “polyhedron” – having many sides as a geometrical shape. Meanwhile, the domain name Poliedro.com was registered in 2008; its registrant […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CarPlus.com: Spanish used car company taunts Swedes via UDRP
CarPlus.com is a domain registered in 1997 and it’s being used by a Swedish company that leases cars. The domain forwards to CarPlus.se. Meanwhile Caetano Retail España S.A.U. claims rights to a series of marks that include or consist of the CARPLUS word and filed a UDRP to get the domain. The Respondent rejects these […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google takes Googled.com 21 years later
Google, the 800 lbs search engine gorilla, has taken over the domain Googled.com. It took 21 years and the use of the UDRP process to bring this 2001 registration home. Googling is the act of using Google to search for and find related results and “Googled” would be the past tense, however, this is a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HandyGuy.com wins UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
If you’re a handy guy, you get the domain HandyGuy.com. In this case, domain investor and entrepreneur, Merlin Kauffman, acquired the domain HandyGuy.com in 2013, for the sum of $500. That’s a demonstration of a “handy guy” domain investor. Handy Guy Inc. filed a UDRP, claiming ownership of the trademarks The Handy Guy and Handy […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PalPay.com: A 22 year old #domain lost via the UDRP process
The domain name PalPay.com was registered in 2000, making it 22 years old; as a brand, the first thing that comes to mind is an anagram of PayPal. It took a long time for PayPal to file a UDRP and it finally did, but it seems that a recent sale of PalPay.com triggered that action. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.FlingPals.com beat Fling mark holders in UDRP
FlingPals.com, a domain registered by a business that promotes “fling” affair opportunities, was challenged via the UDRP process. The Complainant is Global Personals LLC that operates a similar web site and app, along with the mark FLING. In the filing, Complainant argues that its website is a long-running fixture in the adult dating marketspace and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.OpenBots.com: Twenty year old #domain owner beat AI company
The owner of the domain name OpenBots.com registered it in 2003; since then, he has been using it, along with the matching .org domain. The domain is serving as a project related to a code repository and for its owner’s personal presence online. Meanwhile, OpenBots, Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp this domain. According to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RockHardTools.com: UDPR states you don’t have to use the #domain to prove fair use
The registrant of the domain RockHardTools.com formed a proprietorship in 2010, calling it “Rock Hard Tools.” No surprises there, except the mark ROCKHARD had been registered by another company, Rockhard Tools, Inc., in 2006. The ensuing UDRP explains how the Respondent is the domain’s custodian, registered for a sole proprietorship run and owned by Mr. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Drywater.com: Aged domain wins UDRP over mark’s dubious rights
The domain name Drywater.com was registered in 1996. DryWater Inc. filed a UDRP claiming prior rights to the domain name, based on a trademark registered in 2021. The panelist pointed out that the DRYWATER mark claimed by the Complainant appears to be registered to someone else: “The trademark that is in Annex 5 is not, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DWRS.com UDRP: Translation Failed, domain lost via GoDaddy
The UDRP for the aged four letter .com domain, DWRS.com, was field by MAGT Holding B.V., Netherlands. The Complainant claims to have commenced business in 2015. It has a number of registered trademarks for DW\RS (figurative) and DWRS, in Benelux countries and the European Union. Meanwhile, the domain DWRS.com was registered 21 years ago, in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Barefoot Dreams, Inc. lost bid to usurp aged domain BFD.com
Barefoot Dreams, Inc., a retailer of luxury apparel, homeware, and accessories, filed a UDRP to usurp the premium, aged three letter domain BFD.com, registered in 1993. The Chinese registrant responded via their legal representative to the UDRP, filed at the Forum (NAF) thus: Respondent alleges that Complainant’s mark is not well known in China; further, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Zydus.com UDRP: Complainant found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The UDRP filed against the domain name Zydus.com failed; this 2004 domain registration was challenged by an Indian pharma company, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd., that adopted this name in 2022. Claims of owning US trademarks for Zydus as early as in 1952 were deemed to be inaccurate by the three member panel at the WIPO. Not only […]
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