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The domain RiskMethods.com was sold for 25,000 euro in 2017; allegedly, the new owner, Lever10 Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada, failed to update the WHOIS information. Its former owner, Level2 LLC, was named as a Respondent in an ensuing UDRP. A German comp...
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April 16, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, no RDNH, RiskMethods, RiskMethods.com
The domain name Adora.com was registered in 1996 by Pearl One Media. Through the years, the domain displayed technology-related content including web hosting services. Around 2014, the domain’s lander became a “for sale” page, showcas...
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April 16, 2019 DomainGang
adora dolls, Adora.com, aged domains, Domain Law
The Korean registrant of the domain Guzzini.com sought to get $100,000 dollars from the Italian trademark holder. Instead, they got hit with a UDRP once negotiations failed. Enrico Guzzini formed the company in 1912, and the brand is famous in Italy, a...
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April 12, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Guzzini, Guzzini.com
The Respondent in the UDRP case against the domain name RosettaStone.app, is taking the case to the US courts, following the loss at the WIPO. The federal lawsuit – filed at a California court – seeks a declaratory statement that the domain...
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April 5, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law
Can’t expect a generic phrase such as “Miss India” to be unprotected these days, as the owner of the domain MissIndia.com found out. Registered in 1999, MissIndia.com displays a basic web page about the winner of the 2017 Miss World p...
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April 2, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Miss India, MissIndia.com
If your UDRP is a lost case, you might as well go down in flames. The Respondent to the UDRP for the domain TetraTrex.com wasn’t pleased when he received the emails regarding his domain. The Complainant is Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. ...
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April 1, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, fuck off, tetratrex.com
The Respondent in the UDRP case against the domain 123ink.com was avenged, after a three member panel at the WIPO delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Registered in 1999, the domain 123ink.com consists of a numerical prefix common with...
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March 30, 2019 DomainGang
123ink.com, Domain Law, John Berryhill, RDNH
Using the UDRP process in order to recover a stolen domain usually fails, but the owner of AQORN.com did it. Most panelists frown upon active disputes with domains such as infringement claims, lawsuits or domain theft; in the case of AQORN.com, the Res...
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March 26, 2019 DomainGang
AQORN, AQORN.com, Domain Law, Domain theft, stolen domains
The geo-domain name IstanbulAirport.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. This 2002 registration was sharing information about airport hotels in Istanbul, Turkey at the time. Can a generic geo-domain be hit with a UDRP? Apparently so, as Complainant is ...
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March 26, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Istanbul Airport, IstanbulAirport.com
Domain investor, Stanley Pace, won another UDRP – this time against the domain Reindl.com. The domain was offered for sale with a $79,000 dollar price tag. Registered in 2016, the domain’s keyword, “reindl,” means casserole in G...
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March 24, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, generic domains, Reindl.com, Stanley Pace