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The registrant of the domain MicrosoftOracleIBM.com infringed on three world-famous trademarks: Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM. What led the registrant to spend money on such an obvious violation of famous corporations? Of all three entities forming this i...
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January 21, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, MicrosoftOracleIBM.com
The registrant of the domain IndoorBillboard.com hit back, when Indoor Billboard/Northwest, Inc. filed a UDRP at the Forum (NAF.) Registered in 1999, the domain consists of two generic words, descriptive of “indoor billboard” advertising. D...
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January 21, 2022 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, esqwire, ESQwire.com, IndoorBillboard.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The domain WeatherUSA.com was registered in 1998. WeatherUSA, LLC registered the WEATHERUSA mark in 2019, claiming first use in 2001 and common law mark established via its domain weatherusa.net. In 2021, they filed a UDRP to usurp the .com. The Respon...
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January 20, 2022 DomainGang
deny transfer, domain disputes, Domain Law, Weather USA, WeatherUSA.com
The domain name Byfy.com was registered in 2004. Etrack LLC registered the BYFY mark in 2021. It filed a UDRP to usurp the domain and failed, as the WIPO panelist delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH.) It was a “Plan B”...
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January 20, 2022 DomainGang
Byfy.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The PornHub trademark is world-famous and Licensing IP International S.à.r.l., operators of the mark, rarely loses a UDRP case. This time, the culprit was the domain PornGamesHub.com, a portal or “hub” of “porn games.” Note: The...
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January 18, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, PornGamesHub.com, PornHub
A trademark alone does not secure domain rights, and in the case of EquityTrustCompany.com, the UDRP Complainant experienced just that. Equity Trust Company, is a South Dakota corporation that administers retirement plans. According to the UDRP, the Co...
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January 17, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, EquityTrustCompany.com
Bybit Fintech Limited, was established in 2018 as a cryptocurrency exchange. With more than 2 million registered users, it offers a mobile application or app known as ByBit. On June 24, 2021, the company filed in Hong Kong, China, trademark applicatio...
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January 12, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law
The Respondent in a UDRP that involved several obvious infringement cases of the world-famous FACEBOOK brand did not go gently into that good night. As the poem says, the Respondent raged, raged against the Panelist instead, rambling about how Facebook...
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January 12, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, facebook brand, Meta Inc
Cryptos.com founder, Nick Spanos, has applied for the registration of the matching mark, CRYPTOS.COM, at the USPTO. Mr. Spanos, an early adopter of BTC, is the founder of Bitcoin Center NYC, dedicated to promoting Bitcoin, educating the public, and hos...
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January 12, 2022 DomainGang
crypto, CRYPTOS.COM, Domain Law, Nick Spanos
Hola Domains, also known as Hola Dominios Limitada, is an active domain investment company based in Costa Rica. They fought and won a UDRP filed against the domain OceanReady.com, based on the registered mark OCEANREADY claimed by GXI LLC, a wholly-own...
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January 12, 2022 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, Hola Domains, Hola Dominios Limitada, Ocean Ready, OceanReady, OceanReady.com