Costa means “coast” in Spanish; the matching domain Costa.com was registered in 1997, and yet 21 years later, an Italian company filed a UDRP against its registrant. The Respondent was represented by ESQwire.com, sponsors of our publication...
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October 4, 2018 DomainGang
Costa.com, Domain Law, esqwire
An Indian company took the owners of AsiaNet.com and AsiaNet.net to the WIPO, attempting to wrestle them away via the UDRP process. Asianet Satellite Communications Limited of Thiruvananthapuram, India, failed at both attempts. The .net owner and Respo...
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October 2, 2018 DomainGang
Asianet, Asianet.com, Asianet.net, Domain Law, FMA, Future Media Architects
Dot .APP is very popular – among cybersquatters, as well. The use of generic domains alongside .APP can trigger some inconspicuous trademark violations, but there are more explicit examples of blatant cybersquatting from registrants of famous mar...
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October 1, 2018 DomainGang
.app domains, Domain Law, dot app, ServiceMaster
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...
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October 1, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Hungary, Pintz, Pintz.com
Largus.com is a domain name registered in 1996; this 22 year old domain is in the possession of a Swedish company. Over the course of several years, the domain has been used as an asset of Largus Aviation, and yet, a French company that owns a L’...
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September 24, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, largus, Largus.com
A Dutch company operating from mijndomein.nl tried to wrestle away the matching dot .com, mijndomein.com. The latter was registered in 2003 and according to their web site, operates a business worldwide. They risked losing their domain via the UDRP pro...
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September 19, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Dutch domains, Mijndomein, Mijndomein.com
The domain Hindware.com was registered in 2000, and 18 years later it was challenged and lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. Being self-represented, the Respondent claimed they registered the domain as a combination of hind (the body part behind the...
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September 13, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Hindware, Hindware.com, Igor Nikolenko
If you’re a domain registrant try not to be too cheeky with your attitude to offers. The Japanese registrant of NBAZ.xyz had the following communication with the other party, National Bank of Arizona of Salt Lake City, Utah: “I decide my mi...
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September 7, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, NBAZ, NBAZ.xyz
Goodr.com, a domain registered in 2009, has been lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant, Goodr LLC of Playa Del Rey, California, received the registration of its GOODR trademark in 2016. The company operates from the domain playgoodr.co...
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September 4, 2018 DomainGang
Brandroot, Domain Law, Goodr, Goodr.com
The domain Wansa.com was registered in 2003, and the term “Wansa” is apparently a common name in Arabic-speaking countries. Its registrant, however, failed to seek legal assistance when a UDRP was filed. They also failed to file a formal re...
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August 29, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, no legal support, wansa, wansa.com