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The Irish registrant of the aged domain, MindGym.com, has been using it in business since 1996. British company, Mind Gym plc, acquired a number of trademark registrations for MINDGYM between 2002 and 2021 based on its use of the mark since 2000. But a...
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December 6, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, MindGym, MindGym.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
An Australian domain name, Scuba.net.au, was the subject of a UDRP filed at the WIPO. The domain is generic and used as a forwarder to Underwater.com.au, a web site with diving resources for Australians. That didn’t stop eScuba Pty Limited from f...
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November 30, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, ESCUBA, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, scuba.com, Scuba.net.au
The domain CandyCloud.com consists of two generic words; this 2006 registration has been listed by its registrant with a $40,000 dollar asking price. Meanwhile, Candy Cloud IP LLC is a company that acquired the registration of the mark CANDY CLOUD wit...
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November 21, 2022 DomainGang
Candy Cloud, CandyCloud.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Gaming companies duke it out in cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Build a Rocket Boy Games Ltd guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The video game company was founded by Leslie Benzies, a well-known video game producer credited for his work on Grand Theft Auto. It’s currently working on […]
Post link: Video game company Build a Rocket Boy tried reverse domain name hijacking
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November 14, 2022 Andrew Allemann
Policy & Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, world intellectual property organization
The domain name BuildARocket.com consists of 3 dictionary words; registered in 2006, the domain was acquired in 2018 by Build a Rocket GmbH, a German company. They have been doing business as “Build a Rocket” under a variety of domains, all...
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November 14, 2022 DomainGang
Build a Rocket, BuildARocket.com, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The UDRP against the domain Habi.com, an active business since 2021, was denied. The domain name Habi.com was registered in 1997. In the process, the WIPO panel found the Complainant, Inversiones MCN S.A.S., Colombia, guilty of engaging in Reverse Doma...
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October 28, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, Habi, Habi.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The Complainant in the UDRP filed against the domain ProjectPay.com believed they had a case; it all went downhill from there. ProjectPay Pty Ltd., Australia, tried to get this domain registered in 2001 based on trademarks that were registered 16+ year...
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October 26, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, ProjectPay.com, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Coca-Cola filed a UDRP against the domain name KOF.com and it lost. The soft drink maker uses KOF as its ticker symbol in Mexico and registered the marks KOF and KOF.COM as trademarks, the latter without owning the domain name! The WIPO Panel found tha...
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October 25, 2022 DomainGang
Coca-Cola, Domain Law, KOF, KOF.com, RDNH
The registrant of the aged LLLL .com domain Dagi.com was hit with a UDRP at the WIPO. Registered in 2000, the domain was acquired by the Respondent in 2012. The UDRP was filed by a Turkish retailer company, Dagi Giyim San. Ve tic.a.ş., that claims righ...
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October 20, 2022 DomainGang
dagi, Dagi Giyim San. Ve tic.a.ş., dagi.com, deny transfer, Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The operators of SambaTV.com registered the domain name in 2000. Samba TV, a US-based television technology company operates from the “domain hack” Samba.tv. They filed a UDRP to grab the domain but it didn’t end well. Not only was th...
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October 13, 2022 DomainGang
Domain Law, RDNH, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Samba.tv, SambaTV.com