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#Pintz .com : Eighteen year old #domain grabbed by Hungarian law firm

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...

October 1, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Hungary, Pintz, Pintz.com

UDRP has its limits when it comes to taking down counterfeit websites

Even if the domain owner is doing a bad thing, UDRP can only be used if all three prongs of the policy are met. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is a good tool to take over cybersquatted domain names. These names are often being used for nefarious purposes such as phishing or […]

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September 18, 2018 Andrew Allemann countefeiting, Policy & Law

Com Laude acquires Scottish rival

Brand protection registrar Com Laude has picked up smaller competitor Demys for an undisclosed sum. Demys, based in Edinburgh, is an ICANN-accredited registrar that specializes in the UK automotive, retail/leisure, media and consumer goods sectors. It ...

September 11, 2018 Kevin Murphy bentley motors, brand protection, Com Laude, demys, Domain Registrars

ICANN surveys domain registrants about trademark claims notices

Survey is well-intentioned but is unlikely to provide good data. ICANN is requesting feedback from domain name registrants about trademark claims notices from the Trademark Clearinghouse. Domain name investors that registered new top level domain names are probably familiar with these notices. When you try to register a domain that matches a trademark in the […]

September 7, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, rights protection mechanisms, trademark clearinghouse

Playboy gets Centerfolds.com domain name in cybersquatting dispute

Iconic adult entertainment brand gets control of Centerfolds.com domain that was registered back in 1995. Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. has won control of the domain name Centerfolds.com after filing a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist determined that the current owner of the domain, E-Magine, registered the domain in bad […]

August 24, 2018 Andrew Allemann centerfolds.com, Policy & Law

#Bittrex : Record number of #UDRP filings for its #blockchain product

Bittrex, Inc. is a global leader in the blockchain revolution. According to their web site, at Bittrex.com: “We operate the premier U.S.-based blockchain trading platform, which is designed for customers who demand lightning-fast trade execution,...

August 9, 2018 DomainGang bittrex, bittrex UDRP, Blockchain, Domain Law

iyzi does it : Aged #LLLL .com domain hit with a #UDRP

The domain iyzi.com was registered in 2005, but 13 years later, İyzi Ödeme ve Elektronik Para Hizmetleri A.Ş. of Istanbul, Turkey, filed a UDRP to grab it. The reasoning behind the Complainant’s filing? A trademark for IYZI in Turkey, registered ...

May 28, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Turkish domains

Have your say on single-character .com domains

ICANN wants your opinion on its plan to allow Verisign to auction off o.com, with a potential impact on the future release of other single-character .com domain names. The organization has published a proposed amendment to the .com registry contract an...

May 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, first place internet, o.com, scdn, single-character

Nominet to charge brands for no-name Whois access

Nominet has become the second major registry to announce that trademark lawyers will have to pay for Whois after the EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect next month. The company said late last week that it will offer the intellectual...

April 23, 2018 Kevin Murphy .UK, cocca, Domain Registries, gdpr

Apparel maker, #Guess, loses #G81 .com #UDRP with #RDNH finding

Guess, the apparel maker company, has just lost the UDRP they filed against the domain G81.com. At the same time, they were branded with a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding. Registered in 2004, G81.com matches the Complainant’s trademark, G81...

April 4, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, g81, g81.com, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

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