Yes, two companies can operate with names that differ by one letter. A chemicals company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name sichem.com. Sipchem Europe S.A. is part of the Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem), founded in 1999. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute with World Intellectual […]

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Company filed a cybersquatting complaint against a childcare company in New York. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Seed of Life Center for Early Learning and Preschool, Inc. tried to reverse hijack the domain name SeedsOfLifeChildcare.com. According to its website at SeedOfLifeLLC.com, the Complainant operates four childcare facilities in the Seattle […]

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Keeper Security failed to show that the domain was registered in bad faith. Cybersecurity company Keeper Security, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name keeper .com. The Complainant argued that the domain name was spreading malware. It hired a private investigator who gathered evidence that suggested the domain owner was […]

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Spanish film producer goes after domain name used by publicly traded Chinese cinema operator. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Wanda Films, S.L. tried to reverse hijack the domain name WandaFilm.com. The company produces and distributes films in Europe and Latin America for the Spanish speaking market. It uses the domains […]

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Company filed a cybersquatting complaint without disclosing its long history with the domain owner. A fight between pool construction companies in Texas resulted in a misguided UDRP filing. Pools123 Houston LLC filed a dispute over Pools123Texas.com, which is registered by Aquamarine Pools of Texas. The case involved a confusing set of facts, but in a […]

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Hockey club wins cybersquatting dispute over confusingly similar name used to perpetuate fraud. The Edmonton Oilers hockey club has won a cybersquatting complaint it brought to disrupt an invoice fraud scam. In a dispute before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the team said that the registrant of eBmontonoilers .com was cybersquatting with its registration […]

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Complainant previously owned the domain name, and tried to buy it back from a domain investor before filing a UDRP. Mangels Industrial S.A., a manufacturing company in Brazil, has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain name mangels.com. The company owned the domain at one point, but it let it expire (or […]

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A surprising factor helped the domain registrant, and the panel rightfully decided this case was too close to call to order the domain transferred. OneTab Ltd, which offers a browser plugin for organizing tabs on Google Chrome, has lost a cybersquatting complaint in an interesting case that tested the bounds of the Uniform Domain Name […]

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1inch tried to snag a .com domain registered before the company existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that crypto company 1inch Limited tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain 1inch .com. The company cited European Union and United Kingdom trademarks in a cybersquatting filing against the domain name. The problem was […]

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AI could have decided this case. World Intellectual Property Organization published a decision for young.com today. The three-person panel unanimously found in favor of the domain registrant (pdf) and found that Complainant Young Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed the case in bad faith. The panel had especially harsh words for the Complainant, noting that “to assert that it […]

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Company searches for the domain name owner in the wrong Georgia. Jorge Almirall registered the domain name almirall.org in 2002 and has used it for email since then. This year, the Spanish pharmaceuticals company Almirall, S.A. filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name. With GDPR, nearly all domain names have protected Whois records. As […]

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It tried to use UDRP to resolve a trademark dispute, not a cybersquatting dispute. Descon Engineering Limited has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over desconllc.com. The company uses the domain descon.com. The dispute the company filed is a trademark dispute, not a cybersquatting dispute under the Uniform […]

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The domain was registered well before the company existed. GigPig, A UK company that connects musicians with venues for gigs, has been led to the slaughterhouse in a cybersquatting dispute. The company filed a UDRP against GigPig.com, a domain that was registered in 2001. GigPig was founded in 2021, although it claims it has been […]

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