WakeFit.com UDRP: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Equafix.com UDRP ends domain’s PPC revenue stream after two decades
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SMContact.com UDRP decision favors domain investor Respondent
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sparklets.com UDRP: Victory for the Respondent
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Multident.net: Dictionary domain got UDRP’ed-Here’s why the Complainant lost
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Only one can win: Netflix Studios grabs Squid-Game.io from squatting registrant
Squid Game is returning to Netflix for Season 2 on December 26 and the streamer has revealed that its biggest ever show will conclude with its third season. It goes without saying that Netflix is highly protective of its money-making brand; it filed a UDRP to get the domain Squid-Game.io from its Russian registrant. It […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why
The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LagunaClothingCompany.com UDRP: Complainant is not the only one with rights to Laguna
A small company from Laguna, California, has operated online via an eBay store and the domain name LagunaClothingCompany.com since 2009. It was hit by UDRP on the basis of an existing LAGUNA mark, claimed by the Complainant, R. Josephs Licensing Inc. The Complainant is a California-based corporation that holds trademarks related to outdoor casual clothing […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sparklets.com: SyncPoint in battlestations for ongoing UDRP
Dave Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., is no stranger to aggressive UDRP filings. The experienced domain investor and UDRPsearch.com founder is interested in the registration and acquisition of meaningful, brandable, two word .com domains. It just so happens that often these domains are wanted by others! In the case of Sparklets.com, a domain registered 21 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DiamondPoint.com: SyncPoint wins UDRP, as expected
SyncPoint, owners of a great portfolio of premium, descriptive domains, won the UDRP that a Dutch individual filed against the domain DiamondPoint.com. As we noted earlier this year, Jakob Ruben van Gelder filed a UDRP to usurp the domain DiamondPoint.com claiming that it violates a series of marks in the Netherlands. They sought to brand […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afer.com UDRP: Latin word for African beat French trademark claims
The Korean registrant of the domain Afer.com stated that the word means “African” in Latin. A French company, Association Francaise d’Epargne et de Retraite (AFER), claimed rights to the AFER brand and mark, stating that it was established in 1996. It filed a UDRP to usurp the domain from its registrant; the Complainant registered Afer.fr […]
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