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The operators of the ultra-premium domain name, Humidity.com, have applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. Registered in 1995, the domain Humidity.com has been in the possession of its registrant, Walter Meier, a Swiss company, since...
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February 19, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Condair, Condair Group AG, Domain Law, Humidity.com, uspto
The buyer of the domains Home.com and Fairway.com has not wasted time: they’ve filed for the registration of the matching trademarks, HOME.COM and FAIRWAY.COM at the USPTO. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation upgraded its corporate domain to...
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February 17, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, Fairway, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, Fairway.com, Home.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of SexToy.com, a 1995 domain, has applied for the registration of the mark SEXTOY.COM at the USPTO. The trademark application was filed for the following classes of services: Cleaner for use on adult stimulation aids Personal lubricants ...
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February 16, 2021 DomainGang
AdultShopping.com, booking.com, Domain Law, generic domains, SCOTUS, SexToy, SexToy.com, SexToyClub.com
In a rare case of a failed UDRP (ADR) filing, Metron France argued over the language in which the case should be filed in. The domain in question, Metron.EU, is a European Union domain name and the Respondent is Czech. The Complainant wanted to change ...
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February 10, 2021 DomainGang
ADR, Domain Law, Metron, Metron.EU
Secret Benefits is a relationships app, promising to bring “generous and attractive people” together. The company has over 1 million members, and its active Google Ads use keywords such as “Wealthy Sugar Daddies, Beautiful Sugar Babie...
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February 9, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, John Berryhill, Oboleo Ltd, Secret Benefits, SecretBenefits.com, SecretsWithBenefits.com
The operators of the ultra-premium domain name, Lottery.com, have applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. Registered in 1998, the domain Lottery.com appears to have changed hands in 2017, due to WHOIS changes and a reference to a 201...
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February 8, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, Lottery.com, uspto
OTP Bank of Hungary alleges that the “OTP” part is exclusively theirs; the ensuing UDRP they filed against OTPGroup.com failed. Founded in Hungary in 1949, the Complainant is a commercial bank, operating primarily in Central and Eastern Eur...
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February 4, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, OTPGroup.com
The trademark application for HONEY.COM, a mark consisting of the keyword plus the TLD, was refused at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO.) The application for the registration of HONEY.COM was filed last September, following an incre...
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February 2, 2021 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, honey.com, uspto
A Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision graced the UDRP against CloudTango.com. Two out of three panelists concurred on the RDNH finding, but that’s all it takes to “tango.” The Respondent in this case was Huge Domains, that register...
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January 26, 2021 DomainGang
CloudTango.com, Domain Law, RDNH
Chancery Track LLC contested the ownership of the matching domain chancerytrack.com via the UDRP process. In its filing, the Complainant shed light on the personal dispute of its officers due to a pending divorce: Complainant contends that it has opera...
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January 24, 2021 DomainGang
ChanceryTrack.com, Domain Law