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The registrant of ExcelWay.com secured the domain in 2003; fifteen years later, a Spanish corporation tried to take it away from him. Not only did the Complainant, AUSACORP, S.L of Barcelona, Spain, lose the UDRP at the WIPO, they were served with a f...
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October 8, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, ExcelWay, ExcelWay.com, Plan B, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Costa means “coast” in Spanish; the matching domain Costa.com was registered in 1997, and yet 21 years later, an Italian company filed a UDRP against its registrant. The Respondent was represented by ESQwire.com, sponsors of our publication...
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October 4, 2018 DomainGang
Costa.com, Domain Law, esqwire
The owners of Hanit.com, a domain registered 17 years ago, were hit with a UDRP; the Complainant is HAHN Kunststoffe GmbH of Hahn Flughafen, Germany. The Complainant asserts rights to the HANIT mark in Germany, but the Korean Respondent pointed out he ...
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October 3, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Hanit.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
An Indian company took the owners of AsiaNet.com and AsiaNet.net to the WIPO, attempting to wrestle them away via the UDRP process. Asianet Satellite Communications Limited of Thiruvananthapuram, India, failed at both attempts. The .net owner and Respo...
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October 2, 2018 DomainGang
Asianet, Asianet.com, Asianet.net, Domain Law, FMA, Future Media Architects
The Green Bay Packers own a trademark for “TITLETOWN” and have entered into a joint venture with Microsoft to provide a tech incubator in the area. The half a century old mark is showcased in a recently opened Titletown District, located ad...
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October 1, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, greedy domainer, Greedy Domainers, green bay packers, TitleTown, TitleTownTech.com
Dot .APP is very popular – among cybersquatters, as well. The use of generic domains alongside .APP can trigger some inconspicuous trademark violations, but there are more explicit examples of blatant cybersquatting from registrants of famous mar...
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October 1, 2018 DomainGang
.app domains, Domain Law, dot app, ServiceMaster
Pintz.com is a domain registered in 2000; eighteen years later, it’s handed over to a Hungarian law firm via the UDRP process. Thanks to the Respondent’s lack of legal representation, the domain was lost, despite its registration date preda...
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October 1, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Hungary, Pintz, Pintz.com
If you jumped into the dot .APP namespace believing that the domains will sell like hot cakes, better watch out. Even generic keywords, when used in conjunction with the “app” part might infringe on existing applications and other software....
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September 26, 2018 DomainGang
.app domains, Domain Law, dot .app domains, Hike.app
The Registrant of the domain BaduHouse.com secured it in 2000. Fast forward 17 years later, a company acquired rights to the physical property that is named “Badu House,” in Llano, Texas. According to the UDRP: “Complainant is the own...
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September 25, 2018 DomainGang
Badu House, BaduHouse, BaduHouse.com, Domain Law
Largus.com is a domain name registered in 1996; this 22 year old domain is in the possession of a Swedish company. Over the course of several years, the domain has been used as an asset of Largus Aviation, and yet, a French company that owns a L’...
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September 24, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, largus, Largus.com