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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
The registrant of PetLife.com had someone threaten his domain asset, wiggling a trademark that did not exist in 2003. The domain PetLife.com was first registered in 1996, according to Archive.org; the DomainTools WHOIS records only go back to a subsequ...
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November 13, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Legally.com, a generic domain registered in 1997, was challenged via the UDRP process. The aged domain was offered for sale via Afternic, for $24,999 dollars. That’s hardly a bank breaker for a buyer in the legal services business, but in this ca...
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November 12, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Legally.com
The domain Krooz.com was registered twenty years ago, in 1998. Currently, it’s being used as a cruises finder, but for the majority of its past, it was either parked or served some basic content. A company operating from MyKrooz.com registered a ...
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November 10, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Krooz, Krooz.com
Blackhawks.com is a generic domain registered in 1995, and 23 years later it’s lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant in this case is none other than the Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, aka “Blackha...
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November 8, 2018 DomainGang
Blackhawks.com, Domain Law
Venus et Fleur is a NYC based florist, operating from the domain VenusEtFleur.com which was registered in 2015. The company alleged that another florist, Eternal Fleur, operating from EternalFleur.com, imitated their brand, offering competitive service...
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November 7, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, EternalFleur.com, Venus et Fleur
Registered in 1998, the three letter domain AEX.com was challenged via the UDRP process. The Complainant in this case, Euronext N.V. of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, asserted rights to the AEX mark due to a Benelux mark: “The Complainant is a compa...
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November 7, 2018 DomainGang
AEX.com, Domain Law
A company that owned the domain Idenix.com between 2000 and 2017 and allowed it to lapse, regained it via the UDRP process. Forget about the domain expiration cycle! The mere fact that someone at Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC of Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...
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November 6, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law