The aged three letter domain CLH.com is in the clear, as the Complainant in a UDRP was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH.) Registered in 1995, the aged domain was dragged to the WIPO by Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos CLH S.A. of ...
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June 21, 2018 DomainGang
clh.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Zak Muscovitch
The UDRP against the aged, generic domain Cassandra.com has failed, and the panel’s decision delivered a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The Complainant is Deep Focus Inc. of New York, with a registered mark for THE CASSANDRA REPORT. IP...
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June 19, 2018 DomainGang
cassandra, Cassandra.com, Domain Law, Zak Muscovitch
A German company used a third party service that evaluated the domain Senec.com at just $10 dollars. When the domain’s registrant turned down a 1000 EUR offer, the company took the case to the WIPO by filing a UDRP, claiming that the asking amoun...
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June 14, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, senec, senec.com
The owners of the KIPLING mark, a prestigious maker of apparel, holds Mexican trademarks since 1995. Kipling Apparel Corp of Wilmington, Delaware, filed a UDRP against the registrant of Kipling.net, asserting it infringing on their mark. The Respondent...
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June 13, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Kipling, Kipling.net, UDRP denied
The UDRP against the aged, premium three letter domain DVT.com has failed. The Complainant, Dynamic Visual Technologies (Pty) Ltd of Johannesburg, South Africa, sent this case to the WIPO, after the domain’s owner sought $100,000 dollars for it. ...
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June 11, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, dvt.com
The domain iyzi.com was registered in 2005, but 13 years later, İyzi Ödeme ve Elektronik Para Hizmetleri A.Ş. of Istanbul, Turkey, filed a UDRP to grab it. The reasoning behind the Complainant’s filing? A trademark for IYZI in Turkey, registered ...
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May 28, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, Turkish domains
Olsen.com is a domain registered in 1996, and a very common surname. Despite its age of 22 years, Olsen.com was hit with a UDRP, from Olsen Holding GmbH of Hamburg, Germany. According to the UDRP, the Complainant owns the trade mark OLSEN registered as...
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May 24, 2018 DomainGang
aged domain, Domain Law, Olsen, Olsen.com
The registrant of the aged domain IMAO.com won it at a SnapNames auction in 2006, for the hefty sum of $2,150 dollars. Apparently, IMAO is a registered trademark since 1992, of the Japanese company IMAO Corporation of Gifu, Japan. The registrant of the...
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May 11, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, fair use, IMAO, IMAO.com
Capitec.com, a domain registered in 1999, ended up in the hands of New Ventures Services, a subsidiary of Web.com. In 2001, a company trademarked the CAPITEC mark, and a year ago, the domain Capitec.com moved to a private investor in Panama. The new ow...
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May 9, 2018 DomainGang
Capitec, Capitec.com, Domain Law, New Ventures Services
When you own a domain such as Lild.com, better be careful what you do with it. Registered in 2002, the domain was monetized with a zero click lander, to take advantage of obvious typo-traffic. Where was the traffic coming from? German mega-store, Lidl,...
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April 26, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Law, lidl, lild.com, typo domains