WowWe, Inc. of The Woodlands, Texas, just lost a UDRP decision on the domain name wowwe.com Here are the relevant findings form the one member panel: "Complainant WowWe, Inc. owns U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4057342 for the mark WOWWE, as used in connection with the “provisioning of video conference services, electronic mail services, and video messaging services”. The registration … [Read more...]
New Jersey Loses Again: UDRP Panel Says They Don’t Even Have Rights to GardenStateParkway.com & NjTurk
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority just lost a UDRP on the domain names GardenStateParkway.com and NYturnpike.com because the panelist found the Authority did not have "common law rights" to the terms Garden State Parkway or and NJ Turnpike and for some reason the state didn't apply for a trademark on either roadway until 2001 and 2011 respectively Yikes As an ex-New Yorker I can say few … [Read more...]
Short & Sweet D1 Sports Loses UDRP on D1Sports.com Since TM Came 3 Years After Domain
D1 Sports Holdings, LLC just lost a UDRP on D1sports.com Simply stated the trademark holder didn't get their TM until 2004, the domain name was registered in 2001. As it should have been, game over. Here is the relevant facts and finding from the one member panel: Complainant owns trademark registrations for DI, the earliest being registration number 2,877,559, whose registration … [Read more...]
Back To The Future: UDRP Filed On GongShow.com
Long before American Idol, and America's Got Talent, there was The Gong Show. The last time original episode on of the Gong show appeared on Network Television it was 1989, well before the Internet, and well before the 1st domain name was registered. Today an UDRP was filed on the domain name GongShow.com. The domain name GongShow.com has an original registration date of October 7th … [Read more...]
DWI.Org Sells For $14K On Namejet After One Bidder Bids Against Himself From $6K Up
The domain name DWI.org sold today on NameJet.com for $14,000 after one bidder bid against himself from $6K up. I don't think you really can't call it an auction if your the only one bidding but that seems to be the case with this domain name. The bidder Id of Anubhavit was the high bidder at $6K, $8K, $9K, $10K, $11K, $12K, $13K and his final and winning bid of $14,000 The reserve price … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.12M Led By VideoShop.com For $35K
Sedo just reported that 765 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, last week totaling $1.12m. This amounts to $39m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: videoshop.com at 35,000 EUR · Top ccTLD: beaute.fr at 17,650 EUR · Top “other” … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By LightArt.com For $32K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 7/15/13 – 7/21/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $1,037,702. The highest sale was LightArt.com which sold for $32,000, followed by shrs.com for $18,500. Full information on the transactions can be found here. Below is the full list of reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]