Volkswagen launched a “Drive Bigger” campaign and applied for the trademark DRIVE BIGGER early in 2019. Three days after the announcement, someone registered the domain DriveBigger.com, and parked it on Undeveloped. Eventually, the platform...
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December 7, 2019 DomainGang
DAN.com, Domain Law, Drive Bigger, DriveBigger.com, Undeveloped
The UDRP against the aged, generic domain AdviceGroup.com, didn’t end well for the Complainant, Advice Group S.P.A., Italy. The Complainant was found to be abusing the process to gain the domain, and was slapped with both a transfer refusal and a...
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December 5, 2019 DomainGang
advicegroup.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
SCX.ch is a Swiss cryptocurrency services domain that was sold twice in the course of a year; first, in 2018 to SwissClass Trade AG for 50,000 Swiss francs (CHF,) and a year later to the current registrant for 60,000 CHF. The first seller, Blockworks A...
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December 3, 2019 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, SCX.ch
Italian families are large, and the Taffo family is split over decisions made for their business ventures, funeral services. The Taffo family – composed by Luciano Giustino, Giuseppe, Piero, Daniele, Alessandro, Angelo, Giacomo and Giulia – has been to...
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November 25, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, Italian domains, Taffo, Taffo.com
Greenmood.com, a domain registered in 2009, was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO by a Belgian company. Operating from the matching .BE domain, Sadig Alakbarov, stated that his company Pack & Co S.P.R.L. offers “stabilized plant products”...
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November 22, 2019 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, Greenmood, Greenmood.com
Vudo.com, a domain registered in 1999, was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant is Vudu, Inc., that according to the UDRP filed incorrect information regarding their brand’s formation date, which was not in 1995. They oper...
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November 20, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Vudo.com
Raja is the Hindi word for “king” and the domain Raja.com represents that. Registered in 1995, Raja.com appears to have been parked on a PPC services lander at Sedo. There is no indication that the domain has been developed – in the t...
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November 14, 2019 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, Raja Aji, Raja.com
A crafty response by the registrant of Craftsmans.com, a 2001 registration, led to their victory at the WIPO. The Complainant, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., filed the UDRP citing its famous CRAFTSMAN brand and mark. The self-represented Respondent,...
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November 13, 2019 DomainGang
Craftsmans, Craftsmans.com, Domain Law, transfer denied
A Turkish company filed a UDRP against the domain Pepee.com. The domain was registered several years before the Complainant’s trademark registration. Pepee is a diminutive name for Jose, Joseph, or Giuseppe. The Complainant is Düş Yeri Bilişim Te...
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November 6, 2019 DomainGang
Domain Law, John Berryhill, Pepee, Pepee.com
Travel booking giant, Trivago, became popular a few years ago due to the scruffy actor featured in its commercials. In a recent UDRP case filed against the owner of Traveltrow.com, Trivago claimed that the two domains sound alike! Despite the Responden...
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November 1, 2019 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, Traveltrow.com, Trivago