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A trademark application for ROOFER.COM at the USPTO is a positive indicator that the domain Roofer.com was sold recently. The application for the registration of the ROOFER.COM mark uses a date of first use “at least” as early as in 1/1/202...
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December 3, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, Don Lambrecht & Associates, Roofer, Roofer.com, roofers, roofing, roofing.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of the domain Tecme.com faced a UDRP challenge at the WIPO; the Complainant, Tecme S.A., Argentina, claimed to have formed in the 1960s. The Complainant produces ventilators and apparently they saw 2020 as an opportunity to grab a domain...
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December 3, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Tecme, tecme.com
The domain Gaygle.com was registered in 2003 and a UDRP complaint was filed with the WIPO in 2020. Basing the filing on a 2019 trademark for GAYGLE, the Complainant operates from the .CO variant. The Respondent stated that they legitimately registered ...
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December 2, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, GAYLE, gayle.com
The registrant of Relation.com, a 1995 domain, has applied for the registration of the mark RELATION.COM at the USPTO. The “intent to use” application was filed for “Internet-based dating, social introduction and social networking ser...
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December 1, 2020 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, generic domains, Relation, Relation.com, SCOTUS
Opus is the Latin word for work of art, but in the world of trademarks and brands it all depends on use. The registrant of the domain Opus.es found out via the UDRP process that displaying PPC ads about wine constitutes trademark infringement. Opus One...
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November 30, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, Opus.es, wine
The owner of Calculator.com, a generic domain that was reported as stolen at some point, has applied for the registration of a US federal trademark at the USPTO. The application for the registration of CALCULATOR.COM as a trademark was filed on Novembe...
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November 30, 2020 DomainGang
calculator.com, Chloe Tsakiris, Domain Law, uspto
At some point, if you sell enough domains, you’re going to encounter a stealth buyer. In fact, at many venues, you may never know who the buyer is until the sale is complete and the name resolves at its new home. But let’s take a step back ...
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November 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law
The registrant of Jumpcloud.net was given immense slack by the NAF panelist, in a UDRP filed by the registrants of the matching .com. The Respondent failed to renew the domain in 2016, thus dropping its original registration stamp of 2012, and the doma...
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November 28, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, jumpcloud.net
Croner.com, a domain registered in 1996, was just lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. Registered 24 years ago, the domain was challenged by The Croner Company, that claimed continuous use of this brand for at least the past 40 years. Apparently, the...
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November 27, 2020 DomainGang
Croner.com, Domain Law
Orecle.com, a domain that dropped and was auctioned on November 5, 2020 at NameJet, was hit with a UDRP days prior. The domain dropped and was caught on September 28, and by October 29 Oracle Corporation had filed a UDRP. The timing is important, as Na...
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November 25, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, Oracle, Orecle.com