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
The registrant of Blockcard.com, a domain registered in 2010, was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The sole panelist concluded that the domain was not registered or used in bad faith. The Complainant’s mark, BLOCK CARD, was registered in 2019. Accord...
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November 23, 2020 DomainGang
Block card, Blockcard.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The registrant of GamingBible.com lost this 2013 registration via the UDRP process; the Complainaint, Ladbible Group Limited, United Kingdom, asserted rights to a 2015 European trademark for “The Gaming Bible.” In their filing, the Complain...
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November 20, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, GamingBible.com
US based Cobrajet, Inc., instructed one of its employees to register the domain CobraJetAviation.com, with subsequent compensation of his expenses. According to the ensuing UDRP, the now former employee refused to provide access to the accounts managin...
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November 12, 2020 DomainGang
CobraJetAviation.com, deny transfer, Domain Law
Aleksandr Danilchuk filed a UDRP to restore the status of his domain, igroutka.net, after it was allegedly stolen. Igroutka means “game duck” in Russian, and it’s a popular repository of free online games. According to the UDRP, betwe...
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November 5, 2020 DomainGang
Aleksandr Danilchuk, Domain Law, Domain theft, free.games, Igroutka.net, Russian domains, stolen domain
The Chinese registrant of the domain WithU.com failed to respond to the UDRP filed against the domain. Registered in 1998, WithU.com became the target of WithU Holdings Limited, United Kingdom – the Complainant in this case. They asserted rights ...
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November 4, 2020 DomainGang
WithU.com
Two “lab” companies clashed in Europe under the .EU ccTLD, citing phonetic similarities of the domain Ayolabs.eu to the EIYOLAB mark. Eiyolab, France, represented by Coblence & Associés, France, went ahead with a UDRP against the Spanis...
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October 28, 2020 DomainGang
ayolabs.eu, Domain Law
The TikTok brand is a popular but wacky social media platform. It just so happens that TIKTOK is a registered trademark and Bytedance is very protective of its brand. But this is not about president Donald Trump’s animosity towards the Chinese-ow...
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October 27, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, tik.fail, TikTok, tiktok domains, TikTok.fail
The domain instagramshoes.com incorporates the famous INSTAGRAM mark, but since domains are case-agnostic, the question arises: Is it InstagramShoes.com or InstagramsHoes.com? It’s the latter, said the Respondent in the ensuing UDRP, adding that ...
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October 26, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, instagram shoes, instagram's hoes, instagramshoes.com
Kutus kutus is the number 88 in Indonesian, and the matching domain name KutusKutus.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The Respondent pointed out the generic nature of the domain’s meaning, along with the fact that it was registered in 2013 ...
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October 21, 2020 DomainGang
88, Domain Law, kutus kutus, KutusKutus.com, lucky domains