MultiWing.com UDRP crashed in mid-air

Posted by DomainGang on December 27, 2024, at 10:25 am

Multi-Wing Group A/S filed a UDRP against the domain Multiwing.com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was identical to its long-standing trademark and claimed that the Respondent lacked legitimate rights and had used the domain in bad faith to market competing products. The respondent countered by citing a terminated 1999 license agreement that permitted […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, MultiWing.com, UDRP, WIPO, WingFan, deny transfer

Ocasia.org: When asked to produce evidence, Complainant stalled

Posted by DomainGang on December 24, 2024, at 10:59 am

Filing a UDRP as the Complainant requires producing the necessary evidence; in the case of the UDRP involving the domain Ocasia.org this didn’t happen. The Complainant, Olympic Council of Asia, Kuwait, claimed that in 2001, it engaged the Respondent to register and maintain a website located at the disputed domain name. The filed complaint did […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, OCASIA, Ocasia.org, UDRP, WIPO

Glassagram.org: Instagram won this UDRP and here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on December 23, 2024, at 12:33 pm

Instagram LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name GlassaGram.org that appears to be providing behind the scenes access to Instagram profiles’ photos. Although the domain name does not contain the word INSTAGRAM, a registered trademark, the WIPO panelist ordered the domain to be transferred to the Complainant. Here’s why: Instagram also owns rights to […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Glassagram.org, Gram, Instagram, UDRP, WIPO, trademarks

Rentalend.com UDRP: Respondent won after spelling out the domain name!

Posted by DomainGang on December 17, 2024, at 12:40 pm

Talend S.A.S is a French company that owns a portfolio of trademark registrations for TALEND including European Trademark No. 014226989 registered on September 25, 2015. They filed a UDRP against the domain RenTALEND.com, registered in 2024. At first glance, the domain appears to incorporate the TALEND brand in in its entirety. At least, that’s what […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Rentalend.com, UDRP, WIPO

Thy.co domain shalt not be transferred in UDRP decision at the WIPO

Posted by DomainGang on December 16, 2024, at 10:57 am

Thy means “your” and Thy.co could mean “your .co” domain. The archaic reference did not sit well with Turk Hava Yollar, a Turkish company that operates Turkish Airlines since 1933 and THY.com since 1997. Turk Hava Yollar filed a UDRP to get the domain Thy.co but THY is not their primary trademark and it’s not […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Thy.co, Turk Hava Yollar, UDRP, WIPO

IotaComm.com: Despite $65,000 asking price, Respondent won this UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on December 10, 2024, at 1:30 pm

IotaComm, Inc. formed in 2018 and began using the term IOTACOMM at the time; meanwhile, iotacomm.com had been registered 3 months prior. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain, after receiving brokered offers from Nameholic brokerage, seeking $65,000 dollars in return; the price was negotiated down to $25,000 and then $7,500. When these […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, IotaComm.com, Nameholic, UDRP, WIPO, iotacomm

GetNeuron.com UDRP: Decision reveals bad SEO prospects for common keywords

Posted by DomainGang on December 9, 2024, at 12:19 pm

The UDRP filed against the domain GetNeuron.com ended with the Complainant, Optimal Satcom, Inc., having their request denied on the following basis: The Panel notes that the NEURON mark is also a dictionary word in English, referring to a specialized cell in the nervous system of humans and other animals that transmits electromechanical messages (see, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with GetNeuron.com, Neuron, SEO, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer, generic domains

WakeFit.com UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision

Posted by DomainGang on December 6, 2024, at 10:45 am

The domains WakeFit.com and Wake.fit were the focus of a UDRP that was filed by an Indian company, Wakefit Innovations Private Limited. The Complainant operates from the .co domain and in the past was contacted by the Respondent’s brokers (MediaOptions/VPN) that offer to sell the domain for $150,000 dollars. These offers were countered in the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with RDNH, UDRP, WIPO, Wake.fit, WakeFit.com, Wakefit, deny transfer, reverse domain name hijacking

Equafix.com UDRP ends domain’s PPC revenue stream after two decades

Posted by DomainGang on December 5, 2024, at 1:51 pm

It took the better part of 20 years for the typo-domain, Equafix.com, to be surrendered to the squatted brand’s owners. The domain name has been parked with zero click landers, presumably generating a steady PPC revenue stream. Equifax Inc., filed a UDRP to get the domain from the Respondent, whose information is hidden behind WHOIS […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Equafix.com, UDRP, WIPO, grant transfer, typodomains

SMContact.com UDRP decision favors domain investor Respondent

Posted by DomainGang on December 5, 2024, at 1:21 pm

SM Contact is a French company that filed a UDRP against the domain name SMContact.com. Registered in 2019, the domain is owned by domain investor Ehren Schaiberger, who is the Respondent in this case. The Complainant asserts that it formed 35 years ago and registered the mark SM CONTACT in France in 2024, several years […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Ehren Schaiberger, SMContact.com, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

Sparklets.com UDRP: Victory for the Respondent

Posted by DomainGang on December 4, 2024, at 10:20 am

ISI GmbH, an Austrian company, filed a UDRP against the domain Sparklets.com. As the Respondent, Dave Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., came through as the victor in this oddly aggressive UDRP filing. The experienced domain investor and UDRPsearch.com founder focuses on the registration and acquisition of meaningful, brandable, one and two word .com domains. In […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Dave Lahoti, David Lahoti, Domains, Sparklets.com, UDRP, WIPO

Multident.net: Dictionary domain got UDRP’ed-Here’s why the Complainant lost

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2024, at 10:20 am

The Korean registrant of the domain Multident.net secured the domain in 2010; a German company filed a UDRP on the basis of a trademark registered in Germany in 2009. The Respondent did not respond; however, the WIPO panelist noted the dictionary qualities of the domain and ordered Multident.net to remain with the Respondent: “The principal […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Multident.net, UDRP, WIPO, deny transfer

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