OrlandoLiving.com UDRP: Orlando realtors clash over geo-descriptive brand; WIPO sides with domain owner

Posted by DomainGang on December 12, 2025, at 10:48 am

Florida realtor Mitchell Kesller Holguin Fortunato, owner of US trademark ORLANDO LIVING (reg. 2020, “orlando” disclaimed) for real estate services, went after the domain OrlandoLiving.com, used by fellow Orlando agent Roberto “Bobby” Baldor for his “the baldor group” site and email since buying the domain in August 2022 for $9,995 dollars. The Complainant argued the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Orlando Living, OrlandoLiving.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Rams.com UDRP fumbled by the Los Angeles Rams; John Berryhill MVP once again!

Posted by DomainGang on December 11, 2025, at 6:01 pm

The Los Angeles Rams LLC tried to grab the generic domain Rams.com from Canadian domain investor Frank Mardian of MapleDots.ca, represented by attorney John Berryhill, arguing the domain was identical to their RAMS and LOS ANGELES RAMS trademarks. The domain was parked on a “Domain For Sale” lander with leaping rams. The three member WIPO panel […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Frank Mardian, John Berryhill, Los Angeles Rams, MapleDots.ca, Rams.com, The Rams, WIPO, adam dicker, deny transfer, rams

Basware.ai UDRP: Respondent made “private ruminations” in response to $5k offer

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 3:41 pm

Basware Oy, owner of the BASWARE mark since 2001, challenged the domain Basware.ai, a 2025 registration that only showed a “Launching Soon… Contact Us” page. After a cease-and-desist, the Respondent rejected Basware’s $500 and then $5,000 offers, arguing the name was worth more because it “exactly matches a globally recognized brand name,” while later trying […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Basware.ai, UDRP, WIPO, grant transfer

Ekinfrites.com UDRP ends with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 3:20 pm

EKIN SAS, a French food manufacturer and owner of the EKIN mark and ekin.fr / ekinfrites.fr, filed a UDRP against Ekinfrites.com, claiming the domain was confusingly similar to its brand, passively held, and potentially dangerous for email-based phishing or unfair competition. EKIN argued the Respondent had no authorization to use “ekin” or “ekin frites” in […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Ekin Frites, Ekinfrites.com, RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer, reverse domain name hijacking

TheBlackGPT.com UDRP: Transfer was denied

Posted by DomainGang on December 8, 2025, at 10:20 am

BLACKGPT, a US AI startup with a 2025 USPTO registration for BLACKGPT and claimed first use in January 2023, filed a UDRP for theblackgpt.com. It argued that the Respondent deliberately rode on its brand after BLACKGPT launched blkgpt.com and filed its mark, pointing to PR and media where Latimer was promoted as “the BlackGPT,” including […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with BLACKGPT, UDRP, WIPO, blkgpt.com, deny transfer, theblackgpt.com

ArtOfLiving.com: Domain stays with 1996 non-profit despite Art of Living claim

Posted by DomainGang on December 5, 2025, at 10:18 am

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tried to usurp the domain ArtOfLiving.com, arguing it matched his THE ART OF LIVING mark, that his spiritual/charitable movement has used the name since 1981, and that the current “for sale” status showed an attempt to cash in on his goodwill. The Respondent, Flemming Funch, showed that he registered the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Art of Living, ArtOfLiving.com, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, UDRP, WIPO

MediaMonks takes aim at Monks.agency in cross-border branding clash

Posted by DomainGang on December 4, 2025, at 12:06 pm

MediaMonks Multimedia Holding B.V. went after the domain Monks.agency, arguing that the domain is identical to its MONKS mark, that “.agency” amplifies confusion given its global creative/marketing business, and that the site’s earlier tagline — “WE ARE NOT MONKS. Something Like Monks, But on Steroids” — was a cheeky but deliberate reference to its rebranded […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Monks.agency, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer, trademarks, we are monks

Nexim.com UDRP: Dispute fails against domain investor represented by attorney John Berryhill

Posted by DomainGang on December 3, 2025, at 11:31 am

Nexim Italia, an Italian connectivity and broadcast provider founded in 2018, went after the domain Nexim.com, arguing that its NEXIM mark is globally recognized and that the domain was grabbed to resell back to them. The domain, however, was first registered in 1999 by a third party and only dropped into auction in 2025, when […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Adam Maysonet, John Berryhill, Nexim.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

SipMamas.com: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking despite no response filed

Posted by DomainGang on December 1, 2025, at 9:49 am

Destination Liquid LLC, a Florida company formed in 2025, acquired the MAMA’S soft-drink trademark out of a creditor action against cannabis beverage outfit Mama Munchies LLC, then went straight to UDRP to grab the domain SipMamas.com from former owner Edgar Cohen. The problem: Cohen had registered Sipmamas.com in 2022 for Mama Munchies, built a Shopify […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, RDNH, SipMamas.com, UDRP, WIPO, reverse domain name hijacking

Upscaleavenues.com UDRP: Yet another RDNH win for John Berryhill

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2025, at 5:30 pm

The fight over the domain UpscaleAvenues.com came out of a busted real-estate partnership in Virginia. Victor Adam Bosak III claimed he created the UPSCALE AVENUES brand in 2015 and pointed to a 2019 Trademark Co-Ownership Agreement giving him and Robert Rogers equal rights in the mark and related assets. Rogers, however, had registered upscaleavenues.com back […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with John Berryhill, RDNH, UPSCALE AVENUES, Upscaleavenues.com, WIPO, reverse domain name hijacking

PapaJohns.cn: Chinese cybersuatter’s brazen response to C&D

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2025, at 11:11 am

Papa John’s International, Inc., which has operated in China since 2003 and owns long-standing Chinese trademarks for PAPA JOHN’S / PAPA JOHNS, discovered that its former local domain Papajohns.cn had been drop-caught in July 2025 by Zhang Wei, a Chinese bulk domain buyer. The company had previously owned and used papajohns.cn from 2013 to 2024 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Chinese cybersquatter, Domains, Papa John's domains, Papajohns.cn, UDRP, WIPO, cybersquatter, grant transfer

UDRP denied: Six years too late for HighLevel.com

Posted by DomainGang on November 27, 2025, at 10:11 am

HIGHLEVEL Inc., the CRM platform behind gohighlevel.com, tried to grab the domain HighLevel.com from Weedmaps / Ghost Management Group, arguing that the passive, broker-style GoDaddy parking page and silence on a $200,000 purchase offer showed bad faith aimed at its HIGHLEVEL mark (first use 2018, registration 2025). The Respondent countered with a different story: co-founder […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with HighLevel.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer