CheapStuff.com UDRP Follows $3,875 NameJet Sale

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A UDRP was filed against the CheapStuff.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The UDRP is WIPO Case D2020-1354, and it appears to have been filed within the past couple of days.

To me, CheapStuff.com seems like a pretty generic domain name that could be used to sell “cheap stuff.” Likely because of the potential usage for this descriptive domain name, CheapStuff.com sold for $3,875 at NameJet in March of this year, according to NameBio. Based on the “pendingrenewalordeletion@networksolutions.com” email address in the historical Whois record at DomainTools from February 26th, it appears to have been an expiry auction. In fact, CheapStuff.com was promoted by NameJet in its newsletter, even earning the honor of being one of two domain names listed in the email subject:

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Airy.com Subject of UDRP (Updated)

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Airy.com is a valuable 4 letter and one word .com domain name. A company filed a UDRP against Airy.com at the World Intellectual Property Organization. It is WIPO case D2020-1119.

Airy.com has an October of 2003 creation date, making the domain name nearly 17 years old. Airy.com is currently registered at Uniregistry, but the only part of the Whois record I can see is “Registrant State/Province: SINGAPORE.” The domain name had been registered under Whois privacy at Uniregistry for several years before.

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SCOTUS Hearing: Booking.com

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Because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments via teleconference for the first time in its history. On the docket before SCOTUS is the Booking.com trademark, where Booking.com seeks trademark protection for its brand, which is comprised of a generic term and the .com domain name extension. The case has been followed closely by many people in the domain name business, but particularly industry attorneys:

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RDNH Finding on Dagostino.com UDRP

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D’Agostino Supermarkets filed a UDRP against Dagostino.com at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The decision was published this morning, and the New York City based supermarket chain lost the UDRP. In addition, the three member panel ruled that this was a case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain registrant was represented by Brett Lewis of Lewis & Lin.

The UDRP failed for a number of reasons, including the fact that “Respondent by competent evidence demonstrated that “D’Agostino” is her family name.” In fact, the domain registrant also showed that her father was the original registrant of the domain name and used it for his business until transferring it to the current registrant in 2006. That alone was almost certainly enough evidence needed to win the UDRP. The fact that D’Agostino is also a relatively widely used surname was also a factor in the decision.

I think there are a couple of noteworthy excerpts in the decision for investors to note:

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Loses DAE.com UDRP

Elliot Silver
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Earlier this year, I reported that a UDRP was filed against DAE.com. The complainant in the UDRP is Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. The UDRP was decided by a three member panel, and the decision went in favor of the domain respondent. Attorney Jason Schaeffer of ESQWire.com represented the domain respondent, who will retain the domain name as a result.

As reported in the original article, the domain registrant acquired the domain name via GoDaddy Auctions for $126,000. Reportedly, the complainant in the UDRP offered to buy the domain name for $200,000 via a broker from GoDaddy shortly after the conclusion of the auction. From what I gather, it appears that the domain registrant was communicating with multiple parties, perhaps related to (or working with) the complainant prior to the UDRP filing. The respondent believes the UDRP is a “Plan B” filing because the attempt to acquire the domain name via negotiation had failed.

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MYS.com Subject of UDRP at WIPO

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A UDRP was filed against the high value MYS.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The UDRP was filed at WIPO within the last week or so, and it is WIPO Case D2020-1004.

The MYS.com domain name was created in November of 1996, making it 23 years old. The domain name is registered to a Chinese domain registrant. It looks like it has been owned by that registrant for several years. Before that, MYS.com had been owned by a US-based domain investor for quite some time.

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