Vitol Holdings B.V. is a Dutch energy and commodity trading company that was founded in Rotterdam in 1966 by Henk Viëtor and Jacques Detiger. The company today has filed a WIPO dispute…
Tag: UDRP
Owned a premium 4 letter domain for years. Someone recently trademarked it
This thread over at NamePros is one that most domain name investors never want to dream about, what happens if someone trademarks a domain name you own – Do you have any…
Domain Names Owned by EasyGroup
EasyGroup (styled as easyGroup, incorporated as EasyGroup Holdings Ltd), founded in 1998, is the holding company controlling the “easy” family of brands. It is privately owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary EasyGroup IP Licensing…
USPTO Status is DEAD – Is there still a risk?
How’s your weekend and year going so far? Mine has been great with a few things going well for myself already, I know it’s only the second of January but I am…
If Domainers cared about trademarks why was this domain sold?
Happy Hump Day Team – Another Wednesday and only 16 days Christmas… this year as much as being terrible for many reasons have absolutely flown past the days just seem to disappear……
The Story of 7S.com
The domain name 7S.com was subject to a WIPO case number D2010-1953, when Personal GMBH took on domain name investor Zhaohua Luo to try and take ownership of the domain name 7S.com,…
Don’t Register Lego Domain Names
Lego the world-famous plastic brick manufacturer from Denmark protects its trademark from counterfeiters but also domain name investors who might think they can earn a quick buck by registering Lego Trademark domain…
Barclays Bank – Wins WIPO Dispute
Barclays Bank who is one of the largest banking organisations in the world with assets of over £1.1 Trillion Pounds – Yes that’s Trillion not Billion Pounds… Has finally won a WIPO…
VirtualRoadshow.com – Nearly lost in WIPO
The domain name VirtualRoadshow.com was almost lost 20 years ago in a WIPO dispute. I think we would all agree in the current climate that this domain names value has significantly increased…
