If you name your company “Lego IP” and use the domain LegoIP.com you’d better be LEGO, the toy manufacturer giant. What if you are not? Then surely the real LEGO will file a UDRP to get the domain, so be prepared to lose it. How are w...
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July 26, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Lego IP, LegoIP.com
Belgian company MindWave cv chose to file a UDRP against Mindwave.eu, a domain registered in 2012, instead of buying it for 999 Euro. The domain was listed for sale by its registrant on the Dutch domain platform, DAN.com. The decision favored the Respo...
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July 26, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Mindwave.eu
The mark HEALTHFITNESS was registered in 2009 by Health Fitness Corporation, that filed a UDRP against the domain HealthFitness365.com. The domain was registered in 2017, and while the mark itself is contained within the disputed domain, the Complainan...
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July 21, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Health fitness domains, HealthFitness365.com
Chess is an ancient strategy game going back several millennia. Based in Switzerland, the International Chess Federation holds a trademark for FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. The French acronym “FIDE” stands for “Fédération Internationale des Echecs (In...
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July 20, 2021 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, FIDE, International Chess Federation, WorldChessChampionship.com
Tata, the Indian monolith auto manufacturer, lost big time when it filed a UDRP against the domain Taatas.com. Its registrant responded that “taatas” is not a plural form of “Tata” and it’s not even pronounced the same; he...
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July 15, 2021 DomainGang
.tata, deny transfer, Domain Law, Taatas.com
A German company with a mark for MINDMEISTER filed a UDRP against the operators of the domain Mindmaster.io. Based in China, the Respondent stated they have been in business since 2004, providing mind-mapping software. It’s not clear which domain...
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July 14, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Mindmaster, Mindmaster.io, Mindmeister
Domain investors registering domains with seemingly generic terms might end up losing them. In the case of SuperDryClothing.com, the domain contains the SUPERDRY mark, registered in the UK for a clothing brand. While we’ve never heard of it, the ...
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July 12, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Superdry.cc, SuperdryClothing.com
BrandedBandaids.com is a domain created by artist and media entrepreneur, Danielle Baskin; she operates cool projects such as Maskalike.com and Dialup.com. The resolving web site appears to urge companies to brand vaccination stickers placed on the arm...
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July 6, 2021 DomainGang
artistic parody, Band-aid, BrandedBandAids.com, Domain Law, Johnson and Johnson
Facebook declined an offer to pay up $2,000 dollars for FacebookCoin.com. So is there a “Facebook coin” in the works? Most likely not, but the domain name contains the world famous Facebook mark, which led to the social media titan filing a...
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July 5, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Facebook coin, Facebook trademark, FacebookCoin.com, grant transfer, trademark domains
HugeDomains, holders of the largest private domain portfolio in the world, won the UDRP filed against its domain Corming.com. Why would a domain like Corming.com hit with a UDRP in the first place, you might ask. The Complainant is Corning Incorporated...
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July 5, 2021 DomainGang
Corming.com, Corning, Corning Incorporated, deny transfer, Domain Law, HugeDomains