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If you lose a UDRP filed against your dot .mobi domain name, consider that a favor. Fifteen years after its introduction in 2005, the generic TLD arrived a mere two years before the mobile web became obsolete, thanks to the launch of the Apple iPhone. ...
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January 19, 2021 DomainGang
.mobi domains, Domain Law, dot .Mobi, ISS.mobi
The aged domain ICRM.com was contested via the UDRP process at the European arbitration center for domain disputes (ADDR.eu.) Attorney Howard Neu represented the Respondent who is a domain name investor. Registered in 1995, the domain’s qualities...
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January 18, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Howard Neu, ICRM.com
Bytedance Ltd. filed a UDRP from its Cayman Islands headquarters, targeting a group of “Tik tok” domains, including Tiktoks.com. The rest of the disputed domains are growtiktok.com, tiktokcharts.com, tiktokexposure.com, and tiktokplanet.com...
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January 15, 2021 DomainGang
Bytedance, Domain Law, Tik tok, Tiktoks.com
Powell LLC, an architectural company from Tennessee, attempted to usurp the domain name Powell.co from its registrant of 10 years and filed a UDRP for it. The domain was registered in 2011 by Chris Powell, a Briton, who has used his name as an extensio...
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January 13, 2021 DomainGang
Chris Powell, Domain Law, dot co, Powell LLC, Powell.co
The operators of the ultra-premium domain name, Refinance.com, have applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. Registered in 1998, the domain Refinance.com was listed as sold in 2005, in a private transaction reported at $706,000 dollar...
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January 13, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, refinance, refinance.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of the domain Lenscrafter.com lost a nice money-maker, after the typo-domain was lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. Lenscrafters is a registered trademark of Luxottica Group S.p.A., Italy, and the singular form most likely generated ...
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January 11, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Lenscrafter.com, LenscrafterEyewear.com
I bet you didn’t know .cloud domains existed: A French cloud services provider called Clever Cloud filed a UDRP against the domain Clever.cloud. The Complainant operates from the domain Clever-Cloud.com and registered the French trademark CLEVER ...
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January 8, 2021 DomainGang
clever cloud, Domain Hacks, Domain Law
The domain SPASE.com was dragged through a second UDRP by the same Complainant, Sahil Gupta, who earns the honors of being perhaps the first recipient of a double Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding for the same domain name. Despite losing the first ...
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December 28, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Sahil Gupta, spase.com, spase.io, two times RDNH
Domain investor Andy Booth was well prepared to fight for his solid domain, SmartWallet.com, at the federal court – but he didn’t have to. The UDRP that was filed at the National Arbitration Forum delivered a surprising result despite the l...
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December 22, 2020 DomainGang
Andy Booth, Domain Law, SMARTWALLET, SmartWallet.com
Chinese mega-corporation, JD.com, has filed for the registration of the mark, JD.COM, at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark application was filed for: “Transport; transportation logistics; packaging of goods; piloting; h...
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December 18, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, JD.com, SCOTUS