The domain RiskMethods.com was sold for 25,000 euro in 2017; allegedly, the new owner, Lever10 Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada, failed to update the WHOIS information. Its former owner, Level2 LLC, was named as a Respondent in an ensuing UDRP. A German comp...
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April 16, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, no RDNH, RiskMethods, RiskMethods.com
The Korean registrant of the domain Guzzini.com sought to get $100,000 dollars from the Italian trademark holder. Instead, they got hit with a UDRP once negotiations failed. Enrico Guzzini formed the company in 1912, and the brand is famous in Italy, a...
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April 12, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Guzzini, Guzzini.com
Paint company files abusive cybersquatting complaint. An Israeli paint company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Tambour.com. Tambour is a dictionary word in French that means ‘drum’. Tambour Ltd uses the domain name Tambour.co.il. The paint company reached out to the owner of the domain name […]
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April 11, 2019 Andrew Allemann
Policy & Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization
Can’t expect a generic phrase such as “Miss India” to be unprotected these days, as the owner of the domain MissIndia.com found out. Registered in 1999, MissIndia.com displays a basic web page about the winner of the 2017 Miss World p...
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April 2, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Miss India, MissIndia.com
If your UDRP is a lost case, you might as well go down in flames. The Respondent to the UDRP for the domain TetraTrex.com wasn’t pleased when he received the emails regarding his domain. The Complainant is Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. ...
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April 1, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, fuck off, tetratrex.com
The Respondent in the UDRP case against the domain 123ink.com was avenged, after a three member panel at the WIPO delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Registered in 1999, the domain 123ink.com consists of a numerical prefix common with...
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March 30, 2019 DomainGang
123ink.com, Domain Law, John Berryhill, RDNH
The geo-domain name IstanbulAirport.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. This 2002 registration was sharing information about airport hotels in Istanbul, Turkey at the time. Can a generic geo-domain be hit with a UDRP? Apparently so, as Complainant is ...
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March 26, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Istanbul Airport, IstanbulAirport.com
Domain investor, Stanley Pace, won another UDRP – this time against the domain Reindl.com. The domain was offered for sale with a $79,000 dollar price tag. Registered in 2016, the domain’s keyword, “reindl,” means casserole in G...
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March 24, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, generic domains, Reindl.com, Stanley Pace
The Rosetta Stone is a granite stele found in 1799, inscribed in hieroglyphic script, Demotic and ancient Greek. It proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, opening a window to Egypt’s civilization, history and heritage. Rosetta ...
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March 19, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, esqwire, Rosetta Stone, Rosetta Stone stele, RosettaStone.app, stele
Three strikes for Clearbank; the British financial organization lost its 3rd UDRP case that it filed since last October. The bank operates from Clear.Bank and states that it spent more than 500,000 British pounds in 2018 to advertise its brand. First c...
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February 28, 2019 DomainGang
clearbank, Clearbank.net, Domain Law