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#AEX .com : Three letter #domain challenged via the #UDRP process

AEX.com is a domain registered 20 years ago, and in 2017 it was acquired by a Chinese domain buyer. As it happened to many other valuable three letter .com domains, it was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant, Euronext N.V. of A...

April 25, 2018 DomainGang AEX, AEX.com, Domain Law

Some panelists are afraid to find RDNH

I can’t believe this panelist didn’t find RDNH. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found in favor of the owner of CAGI.com in a cybersquatting complaint but, for some mysterious reason, failed to find reverse domain name hijacking. CSP International Fashion Group S.p.A., which owns CAGI.eu, filed the dispute against Capitol Appraisal Group. Capitol […]

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April 24, 2018 Andrew Allemann dawn osborne, Policy & Law, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

#Indonesian scam : #Natixis mark squatter gave ridiculous reason for NatixisCoin .com registration

The Indonesian registrant of the domain NatixisCoin.com squatted on a famous bank’s name, then produced a fake identity card to validate his registration. Natixis is a French corporation that operates as an international corporate, investment ban...

April 23, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Edward Natixis Coinobin, Natixis, Natixis coin, NatixisCoin.com

WIPO panel explains a common expired domain occurrence

A company wanted a domain but failed it capture it when it expired. Then it filed a UDRP against the new domain owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has provided an unusually descriptive explanation and interpretation of a very common occurrence. Rolyn Companies Inc. filed a UDRP against the domain name Rolyn.com just weeks […]

April 17, 2018 Andrew Allemann Expired Domains, Policy & Law

Bullshit #blockchain project on #Baidu .bot #domain called out by #WIPO panelist

If you register the domain of a famous brand, such as Baidu, better check your bullshit factor at the door. The domain Baidu.bot, a direct reference to the Chinese search engine’s online “robot,” is being turned into some type of pseu...

April 16, 2018 DomainGang baidu, Baidu.bot, blockchain domains, Domain Law

#PapaJohns : Eighteen year old #domain typo lost in #UDRP

PapaJohn’s pizza has seen better days, but even in 2000 it was extremely popular in the US. That’s when the typo domain, PapJohns.com, was registered, and for the next 18 years it kept on serving – millions of ads, that is. We can on...

April 12, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Papajohns, PapJohns.com

A troubling connection in a UDRP

The complainant’s lawyer and one of the panelists were in the same law school class and worked at the same law firm. Take a look at this World Intellectual Property Organization decision for the domain name ProntoPro.com. In a 2-1 decision, the majority of the panel found that the Atlanta company that registered ProntoPro.com did […]

March 29, 2018 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law

#Leupay : Trademark owner guilty of #RDNH in #domain dispute over Leopay.com

The dispute over the domain Leopay.com ended up with a loss for the Complainant, iCard AD of Sofia, Bulgaria. The Chinese registrant of the domain was challenged due to its proximity to the Complainant’s mark, LEUPAY. The Complainant made an unso...

March 29, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Leopay.com, leupay, RDNH

#Osteohondrosy : #Russian medical term #domain ends up in #UDRP after expiration

Domaining is alive and well in Russia, where the medical term domain, Osteohondrosy.net was registered at. Apparently, its medical services provider registrant failed to renew it; the new registrant used someone else’s information in the WHOIS. T...

March 21, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, Osteohondrosy, Osteohondrosy.net, Russian domains

#Virgan UDRP : #Trademark can also be a slang word, says the #WIPO

The domain name Virgan.com was registered in 2005, making it a 13 year old domain asset. Laboratoires Thea of Clermont-Ferrand, France, filed a UDRP at the WIPO in order to take over the domain. The Complainant possesses several international trademark...

March 19, 2018 DomainGang Domain Law, UDRP denied, Virgan, Virgan.com

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