NovAtel, a Canadian company founded in 1978, filed a UDRP against the domain Novatela.com, which was registered in 2007. NovAtel is a leading provider of high precision GPS & GNSS positioning technology such as GPS antennas and GPS receivers, accor...
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October 18, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Novatel, Novatela.com
Epik, the domain registrar, is being named as the Respondent in a UDRP decision involving the domain name Nationwidexcessandsurplus.com at the WIPO. The case is rather odd, as it describes some alarming behavior by the Respondent’s CEO, potential...
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October 16, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Epik.com, Nationwidexcessandsurplus.com, Rob Monster
The company that operates HealthLabs.com tried to snatch HealthLab.com as well, by filing a UDRP at the WIPO. As the Complainant, FPK Services LLC operates its brand since 2015. The domain in question, HealthLab.com, was registered in 2002. The Complai...
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October 15, 2019 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, healthlab.com, HealthLabs
The domain Glovo.com was registered in 2001, and 14 years later a company acquired a trademark for GLOVO. The ensuing UDRP was decided at the WIPO, with the Respondent representing themselves. They stated that there was no way for them to be aware of a...
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October 10, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, glovo, Glovo.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, transfer denied
Beaumont.com is a geo-domain registered in 1995. Its registrant has been using it consistently selling religious medals. A Dutch company, Stone Fashion Group B.V., filed a UDRP at the WIPO and attempted to get the domain based on its history, which the...
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October 7, 2019 DomainGang
beaumont.com, Domain Law
Mediahawk.com was registered in 1997, and a company with trademarks ranging from 2010 to 2019 tried to snatch this generic domain. The Korean registrant disputed this argument, citing how it’s impossible to have known 13 years in advance of a fut...
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October 7, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, mediahawk.com
A Turkish domain investor who registered Kimya.com in 1999 faced a UDRP twenty years later. The Complainant is Armor, France, citing a trademark for KIMYA in 2018. The word means “chemistry” in Turkish, most likely from the Greek “Hym...
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October 3, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Kimya.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Domain investor, Mike Mann, won the UDRP brought against the domain Tergus.com. Tergus means “skin” in Latin, and Mike’s company, Domain Market, wanted $35,000 dollars for it when Tergus Pharma inquired about it. Tergus is a dermatolo...
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October 3, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, domain market, Tergus, Tergus Pharma
TechTrends.com is clearly a generic domain, and was registered in 2002. Its Korean registrant intended to set up a tech industry news magazine. They did so in 2018. By 2007, Association for Educational Communications and Technology had trademarked TECH...
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October 2, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, techtrends, techtrends.com
DuRoi.com is a domain registered in 1997 and its keyword “Du Roi” means “from the king” in French. A company acquired a design trademark that incorporates DU ROI in 2018, and attempted to buy the domain from its Chinese registra...
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September 25, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Du Roi, DuRoi.com, UDRP denied