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Mike Forde suffered head injuries, and was in danger of losing the domain Briteline.com – until a panelist found that the UDRP Complainant failed to provide proof of bad faith registration. Briteline.com was registered in 1996 and in 2004 a compa...
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December 10, 2018 DomainGang
Briteline, Briteline.com, Domain Law, Mike Forde
Tata Motors, the Indian can manufacturer, has filed 3 UDRP cases in recent months, and has lost two of them. First it was the incredible case of Harrier.com, which is a generic domain registered many moons ago. Tata Motors lost that UDRP with flying co...
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November 27, 2018 DomainGang
.tata, Domain Law, Tata Motors, Tata UDRP, TataInvest.com
The Chinese registrant of TataCoin.com used an interesting defense at the WIPO. TATA Motors, the Indian company that is rolling out the Harrier car, lost a UDRP it filed against TataCoin.com. The Respondent claimed the mark isn’t known in China, ...
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November 26, 2018 DomainGang
.tata, crypto domains, Domain Law, tata coin, Tata Motors, tatacoin.com
Fusion3.com, a domain name registered in 1999, was challenged at the WIPO – almost 20 years later. Fusion3 Design, LLC of Greensboro, North Carolina, filed a UDRP dispute, basing their claims on a trademark registered in 2013. The Korean registra...
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November 24, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, fusion3, fusion3.com
A guy named Zoyo registered the domain Zoyo.com in 2002; sixteen years later, a British company filed a UDRP to enforce its rights for the ZOYO mark. A strange UDRP case, as the domain’s owner did not respond. The WIPO panelist, Desmond J. Ryan A...
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November 21, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law
Digiti.com, a domain registered in 2002, was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant, DIGITI limited liability company of Zandhoven, Belgium, provided no information about its business other than the fact that it owns European Unio...
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November 20, 2018 DomainGang
digiti, digiti.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
A company that generated $320 million dollars in 2017 tried to wrestle away VGuard.com, a domain registered in 2004. V-Guard Industries Limited of Vennala, India, asserted that its mark is famous as the company was formed in 1977. Operating from vguard...
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November 19, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Vguard, VGuard.com
The UDRP decision for the case involving the domain ideo.net is a clear demonstration of inconsistency among the panelists. In many cases, a domain name’s registration date can predate a trademark, and yet, the domain is ordered to be transferred...
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November 17, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, ideo.net
The registrant of the domain Pret.app just won the UDRP dispute that was filed by the holder of 480 trademarks, Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited of London, United Kingdom. The word “pret” means “ready” in French, and the Responden...
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November 15, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Pret, Pret.app
Wedia.com is a domain registered in 1997; twenty-one years later, a French company attempted to wrestle it away from its Japanese registrant via the UDRP process. After offering $3,000 dollars to the Registrant and not hearing back, WEDIA SA of Paris, ...
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November 13, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, wedia, wedia.com