Hola Domains: Investor won UDRP filed against OceanReady.com
Hola Domains, also known as Hola Dominios Limitada, is an active domain investment company based in Costa Rica. They fought and won a UDRP filed against the domain OceanReady.com, based on the registered mark OCEANREADY claimed by GXI LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, the world’s most popular cruise line and largest leisure travel […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EquityTrust.com: Dutch company failed to respond to UDRP against aged domain
The domain EquityTrust.com was registered in 2001 and more than two decades later it was hit with a UDRP. The Complainant formed in 2003 and used the EQUITY TRUST mark from 2012 onward. Despite not responding to the UDRP, the Respondent’s saving grace was the Forum (NAF) panelist, who pointed out: Respondent could not have […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Petra by Night: Domains dragged out of UDRP between #Jordanian tour operators
Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. Petra is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan’s most-visited tourist attraction. It comes as no surprise that a UDRP was filed by a Jordanian tour operator against a company operating tours in Petra; the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Speculet.com UDRP: Trademark speculation can lose you the #domain
Speculating on filed or pending trademark applications at the USPTO can lead to a domain’s loss. The domain Speculet.com was registered on March 2, 2019, suspiciously close to a fresh (at the time) trademark application for SPECULET, filed on February 27, 2019. The 3 day gap indicates that the registration was the result of observing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Actionship.com: How a domain investor lost a $34,000 dollar prospect via Afternic
Domain investors follow one simple mantra: buy low, sell high. In the case of Actionship.com, the domain is a great, short, brandable pseudo-dictionary domain. We call it pseudo-dictionary because although it appears to be a valid dictionary word, it’s in fact an invented portmanteau of action and another word, such as “relationship” that forms a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SimplePlan.com: UDRP plan to usurp aged domain fails with RDNH finding
It was a simple plan for Simple Plan Inc.: File a UDRP on the ultra aged domain, SimplePlan.com, and take it back home. Registered in 1996, SimplePlan.com was used by the Complainant for 20 years, when the unforeseeable happened and the domain wasn’t renewed. As an expired domain, SimplePlan.com was picked up by the Respondent […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Libertas.org: Complainant’s claims led to “free” Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The UDRP case for Libertas.org involved a three member panel at the WIPO, for a domain that was registered in 2004. The Complainant is Pacific House LLC and the Respondent was represented by IP attorney, John Berryhill. The Complaint against Libertas.org was based on a pending US trademark filed in early 2021, with an intent […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Booking.com files UDRPs to protect its registered trademark
Booking.com and its registered trademark made waves in June 2020, when it received the green light for registration from the US Supreme Court. The mark was issued a registration certificate from the USPTO about six months later, in January 2021. Since then, dozens of generic domain names have been applied to be registered as trademarks, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BabyShark.com: Viral kids’ video/song publisher gets matching .com domain in #UDRP
“Baby Shark” is a children’s song and dance; originally a campfire song, “Baby Shark” became very popular in 2016, when Pinkfong, a South Korean entertainment company, released a version of the song with a YouTube music video that went viral across social media, online video and radio. In November 2020, Pinkfong’s version became the most-viewed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Olympic Committee lost #UDRP match on Soccerstore.cc
The Olympic mark is world famous and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is very protective of its brand and heritage. That being said, the UDRP it filed against the domain Soccerstore.cc was mostly based on the claim that soccer is the most popular Olympic sport: “The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CloudFM.com: Sold in auction, aged #domain gets hit with a #UDRP
The domain CloudFM.com was auctioned off in 2020 as an expired domain. Registered in 2009, the domain was picked up by the operator of two similar domains, PlayFM.com and RockFM.com. According to NameBio, the GoDaddy auction closed at $1,751 dollars. Cloudfm Group Limited, United Kingdom filed a UDRP to get the domain, based on a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LuxuryAuction.com & LuxuryAuctions.com: Domains from 1998 shaken by #UDRP filing
The domain names LuxuryAuction.com and LuxuryAuctions.com were registered way back in 1998. Almost 24 years later, a UDRP was filed for the pair by Platinum Luxury Auctions LLC. Based on a trademark for LUXURY AUCTION registered in 2016, the Complainant fired up its lawyers, all while the Respondent did not file a response. Generally speaking, […]
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