OTP Bank of Hungary alleges that the “OTP” part is exclusively theirs; the ensuing UDRP they filed against OTPGroup.com failed. Founded in Hungary in 1949, the Complainant is a commercial bank, operating primarily in Central and Eastern Eur...
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February 4, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, OTPGroup.com
Chancery Track LLC contested the ownership of the matching domain chancerytrack.com via the UDRP process. In its filing, the Complainant shed light on the personal dispute of its officers due to a pending divorce: Complainant contends that it has opera...
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January 24, 2021 DomainGang
ChanceryTrack.com, Domain Law
Bytedance Ltd. filed a UDRP from its Cayman Islands headquarters, targeting a group of “Tik tok” domains, including Tiktoks.com. The rest of the disputed domains are growtiktok.com, tiktokcharts.com, tiktokexposure.com, and tiktokplanet.com...
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January 15, 2021 DomainGang
Bytedance, Domain Law, Tik tok, Tiktoks.com
The registrant of the domain Lenscrafter.com lost a nice money-maker, after the typo-domain was lost via the UDRP process at the WIPO. Lenscrafters is a registered trademark of Luxottica Group S.p.A., Italy, and the singular form most likely generated ...
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January 11, 2021 DomainGang
Domain Law, Lenscrafter.com, LenscrafterEyewear.com
I bet you didn’t know .cloud domains existed: A French cloud services provider called Clever Cloud filed a UDRP against the domain Clever.cloud. The Complainant operates from the domain Clever-Cloud.com and registered the French trademark CLEVER ...
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January 8, 2021 DomainGang
clever cloud, Domain Hacks, Domain Law
How’s your weekend and year going so far? Mine has been great with a few things going well for myself already, I know it’s only the second of January but I am staying positive for...
The post USPTO Status is DEAD – Is there still a risk? appeared first on Robbie's Blog online since 2011 - Domain Names, Domain News, Domain Auctions.
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January 2, 2021 Robbie
Domaining.com, General News, John Berryhill, Trademark Help, uspto
Happy New Year, I hope you all had a great new year and I wish all of my readers a prosperous 2021. I was reviewing some recent popular posts on NamePros and have come across...
The post Got a cease and desist for a landing page appeared first on Robbie's Blog online since 2011 - Domain Names, Domain News, Domain Auctions.
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January 1, 2021 Robbie
cease and desist, Domain Name Investing, domain registration, Domaining.com, drs, Legal Help, Music123, namepros, Namepros Daily, namepros.com
The domain FlyLife.com was registered in 2001, and 19 years later it was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. The Complainant Leighton Adem is the owner of FlyLife Magazine Pty Ltd, an Australian journal on fly fishing which was established in 1995. FlyLife Ma...
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December 11, 2020 DomainGang
deny transfer, Domain Law, flylife.com
The Curators of the University of Missouri filed a UDRP against the domain MUHealthcare.com, based on the use of unregistered marks MU, MU HEALTH, and MU HEALTH CARE. The Respondent noted that she acquired the domain as a platform for staging complaint...
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December 10, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, MUHealthcare.com, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Happy Hump Day Team – Another Wednesday and only 16 days Christmas… this year as much as being terrible for many reasons have absolutely flown past the days just seem to disappear… There is another...
The post If Domainers cared about trademarks why was this domain sold? appeared first on Robbie's Blog online since 2011 - Domain Names, Domain News, Domain Auctions.
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December 9, 2020 Robbie
Domain Aftermarket, Domain Law, Domain Name Investing, Domain Name Trade Marks, domain registration, Domaining.com, General News, namepros, Trade Mark, Trademark Law