Category: News
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NIXI’s great offer on the eve of 75th Independence Day
India is heading for its 75th Independence Day. The whole nation has joined to celebrate this iconic occasion. Amid these celebrarations the manager of the country’s ccTLD has come up with a spectacular offer. National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has offered huge discounts over .in and .भारत domains names. The domain names are available…
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NFTs.com sold for $15 million!
The domain name industry finally has something to rejoice upon. It has been reported that the domain name NFTs.com has been sold for $15 million. With this multi-million dollar deal, the domain name has become the second highest publicly reported domain sale till date. Second only to Voice.com. The name of the buyer of the…
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CentralNIC bags registry rights for .gl ccTLD
CentralNIC is on a high. The company is expecting a brilliant First Half of 2022 and now the company has signed yet another brilliant agreement. The London based company has signed an agreement with Tusass A/S. The agreement gives CentralNIC registry rights for the ccTLD of Greenland .gl. Tusass A/S is one of the oldest…
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Pro-Palestine website spreads fear among Massachusetts’ Jews
A number of news platforms have reported about the presence of a controversial Pro-Palestine domain name that seems to disrupt the environment in Massachusetts. The website has caused special trouble for the Jewish community living there. The domain name of the website hasn’t been announced yet. This has been done to stop the spread of…
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EU’s approval for Turkish trademark enrages Greece
Türkiye, or Turkey is going through a lot of name changes. Just recently the country changed her name. We also reported about how Turkish Airlines is also going to be renamed. Now, a trademark filed by Türkiye is creating trouble. The country filed a trademark application for TURKAEGEAN at the European Union Intellectual Property Office…
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Who gets CocoChoco.com?
Some names are strategic because of its popularity or the meaning that it imparts. However, certain uncommon words that are funny to pronounce can also be a prospective brand name. Forum witnessed a unique case regarding the use and registration of the domain name CocoChoco.com. Interestingly, none of the parties manufacture chocolate! The Complainant here…
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Russian entity tries to infringe upon HELBIZ
The first criteria for a domain resolution procedure is the presence of confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and the Complainant’s trademarks. However, this is easier said than done and can be many times confusing, as well. WIPO arbitrated in an interesting domain name dispute regarding a Russian Respondent. The domain name in question…
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Veho.fi denied ownership of Veho.com
Legal procedures are based on facts and evidence. There are instances when a seemingly stronger side might lose the arbitration, in a situation where it lacks strong evidence to prove a key element of the case, as demonstrated in our current story. WIPO was presented with a tough battle against the 4-lettered domain name Veho.com.…
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To get the domain, man files complaint against McAfee
Stories about Domain Disputes are interesting as it gives us a list of dos and don’ts, while establishing our businesses. We can course correct our intuitions based upon the panel proceedings. However, there are numerous cases where the Complaint is filed arbitrarily and without anything substantial. Forum witnessed a peculiar case where an individual Complainant…
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Is Quatreau similar to Cointreau?
The first basis of trademark disputes begins from establishing whether the marks in dispute have a basis of similarity. Only after the similarity is proven, do the case proceed. US authorities had been presented with a case of a trademark dispute. The Complainant here was the maker of popular orange coloured liqueur, Cointreau. The Complaint…
