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Karma.com and its owner, Mr. David Malaxos, were vindicated; the UDRP against the 1994 registration ended with a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding. The Respondent registered the domain in 1994, and the claims made by the Complainant, Karma Internat...
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February 16, 2019 DomainGang
David Malaxos, Domain Law, Karma.com, Karma.com UDRP
The domain Dialoga.com was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO, by Dialoga Servicios Interactivos, S.A. of Bilbao, Spain. The Respondent was represented by IP attorney, Zak Muscovitch, of Muscovitch Law. Originally registered in 1998, the domai...
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February 15, 2019 DomainGang
Dialoga.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Zak Muscovitch
The UDRP decision in a case for the domain MountainMotorsports.com shows how difficult it is to stage a complaint based on a common law trademark. A three member panel at the WIPO ordered the domain to remain with the Respondent. The Respondent’s...
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February 14, 2019 DomainGang
common law marks, Domain Law, esqwire, MountainMotorsports.com
A UDRP decision for the domain ClearBank.co followed the steps of the one before it, for ClearBank.com. It seems that the Complainant, ClearBank Limited of London, United Kingdom, filed the two UDRP cases simultaneously – in October 2018. The fir...
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February 8, 2019 DomainGang
clearbank, ClearBank.co, Domain Law
Airtron.com was registered in 1994, and in 2018 it was hit with a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum. The 24 year old domain was defended by IP attorney, Zak Muscovitch. The sole panelist stated: “Respondent’s declaration says that Respondent...
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February 6, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law
VDG.com, an aged three letter .com domain, was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The domain was registered in 1995, and in 2018 Van der Graaf Inc. of Brampton, Canada registered a trademark for VDG. The three member panel at the WIPO found t...
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February 5, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, UDRP denied, VDG.com, Wiley Rein
The domain name Tenica.com was registered in 2002, making it 17 years old today. Its registrant was presented with a UDRP case at the WIPO, as Tenica and Associates LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, asserted rights to the TENICA mark. The company operates fr...
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January 31, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Tenica, Tenica.com
The UDRP case filed against the domain GreenRoads.com was decided upon by 3 panelists at the WIPO. The 2005 domain registration was challenged by Green Roads of Florida LLC that asserted rights to a 2017 mark for GREEN ROADS. The Respondent was represe...
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January 30, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Greenroads, GreenRoads.com
What happens when two companies, from two different countries, decide to use the same brand and domain name? In the case of MyCarflex.com, the domain’s registration in 2017 by French company Carflex, was done years after a Mexican company registe...
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January 28, 2019 DomainGang
carflex, Domain Law, mycarflex.com
The holder of a stylized mark for CHEFMASTER won the UDRP case filed against the matching domain name, Chefmaster.com. The domain was registered in 1998, while the trademark registration dates back in 1956. There was no response by the Respondent, and ...
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January 26, 2019 DomainGang
Chefmaster, Domain Law, habitual cybersquatter, John Berryhill