Gucci Wins UDRP on 165 Domain Names

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Gucci this morning Won a  UDRP seeking 165 domain names which all contain the famous trademark.

The complaint was filed by the formal name of the company that owns the trademark to the Gucci brand, Guccio Gucci S.p.A.

Many of these domains make no sense and its hard to believe that they would even get enough traffic to cover registration fees.

Domain names like guccihomeequity.com or guccijudo.com, guccihomesecurity.com, and guccihomeschooling.com

Many of the domains contain the famous trademark of another company as well and could have been actionable by two companies, I refer to them as double lawsuit domains, like yahooallguccihandbags.com and gucciyahooblog.com

All the domain names were owned by a Wode of Hong Kong

Here is the complete list:

all-gucci-japan.com
allguccijapan.com
allgucciyahoo.com

authenticguccioutletonline.net
bestguccijapan.com
bestgucciyahoo.com
bigguccijapan.com
biggucciyahoo.com
cheapguccijapan.net
easyguccijapan.com
findguccijapan.com
freegucciyahoo.com
funguccijapan.com
globalguccijapan.com
globalgucciyahoo.com
greatguccijapan.com
guccidesigner-handbags.com
guccihandbagsblog2013.com
guccihandbags-group.com
guccihandbagsinwork.com
guccihandbagsservicenow.com
guccihandbagssitejapan.com
guccihandbags2design.com
guccihick.com
guccihomebased.com
guccihomebiz.com
guccihomebusiness.com
guccihomebuyer.com
guccihomebuyers.com
guccihomecare.com
guccihomedecor.com
guccihomedesign.com
guccihomeequity.com
guccihomefinder.com
guccihomeguide.com
guccihomehealth.com
guccihomeimprovement.com
guccihomeimprovements.com
guccihomeinfo.com
guccihomeinspection.com
guccihomeinspections.com
guccihomeinspector.com
guccihomeinspectors.com
guccihomeinsurance.com
guccihomeloan.com
guccihomeloans.com
guccihomemortgage.com
guccihomeoffice.com
guccihomeonline.com
guccihomeprices.com
guccihomerentals.com
guccihomerepair.com
guccihomesale.com
guccihomesales.com
guccihomeschool.com
guccihomeschooling.com
guccihomesearch.com
guccihomesecurity.com
guccihomeseller.com
guccihomesellers.com
guccihomeservices.com
guccihomeshow.com
guccihomesolutions.com
guccihomesource.com
guccihomestaging.com
guccihomestay.com
guccihomestore.com
guccihometeam.com
guccihometheater.com
guccihomevalue.com
guccihomevalues.com
guccijapanblog.com
guccijapancenter.com
guccijapanclub.com
guccijapancompany.com
guccijapandesign.com
guccijapangroup.com
guccijapanguide.com
guccijapanhome.com
guccijapanhomes.com
gucci-japan-inc.com
guccijapaninc.com
guccijapanmedia.com
guccijapanonline.net
guccijapanservice.com
gucci-japan-shop.com
guccijapanshop.net
guccijapansite.com
guccijapantech.com
guccijapanusa.com
guccijapanwork.com
guccijapanworld.com
guccijudo.com
guccilacquer.com
guccinippon.com
guccirube.com
guccirustic.com
gucciyahooblog.com
gucciyahoocenter.com
gucciyahooclub.com
gucciyahoo.com
gucciyahoocompany.com
gucciyahoodesign.com
gucciyahoogroup.com
gucciyahooguide.com
gucciyahoohome.com
gucciyahoohomes.com
gucciyahooinc.com
gucciyahoomail.com
gucciyahoomedia.com
gucciyahoomessenger.com
gucciyahooonline.com
gucciyahoosale.com
gucciyahoos.com
gucciyahooservice.com
gucciyahooshop.com
gucciyahoosite.com
gucciyahoostore.com
gucciyahootech.com
gucciyahoousa.com
gucciyahoowork.com
gucciyahooworld.com
gucciyen.com
gucciyokel.com
gucci2013-handbags.com
homeguccijapan.com
homegucciyahoo.com
homes2013guccihandbags.com
hotguccijapan.com
hotgucciyahoo.com
hotjapanguccihandbags.com
justguccijapan.com
liveguccijapan.com
livegucciyahoo.com
myguccihome.com
myguccijapan.com
mygucciyahoo.com
newguccihome.com
new-gucci-japan.com
newguccijapan.com
newgucciyahoo.com
newyahooguccihandbagshomes.com
oneguccijapan.com
onlineguccijapan.com
onlinegucciyahoo.com
realguccijapan.com
realgucciyahoo.com
superguccijapan.com
theguccihome.com
the-gucci-japan.com
theguccijapan.com
thegucciyahoo.com
the2013guccihandbags.net
topgucciyahoo.com
webguccihandbagsjp.com
webguccijapan.com
webgucciyahoo.com
worldguccijapan.com
worldgucciyahoo.com
yahooallguccihandbags.com
yourguccijapan.com
yourgucciyahoo.com
yourmuguccihandbags.com
2013freegucci-handbags.com
2013newguccihandbagscenter.com

 

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  1. Nat Cohen says

    spot checked a couple of the domains. They were registered in January.

    What do you think the odds were that whoever registered these would not have renewed them? No one else would have likely registered them.

    Gucci may have been better off waiting till next year to see whether the domains deleted on their own.

    In addition to paying the fees for the UDRP, is Gucci now going to pay the reg-fees on these 165 domains indefinitely?

    This problem may have gone away on its own, but now Gucci may be out tens of thousands of dollars in order to own a bunch of worthless domains that no one would ever have seen or visited.

  2. Domo Sapiens says

    Nat,
    Lawyers do need to justify their fees, I think it also shows that even big companies fail miserably at protecting PRO-actively their IP, not every Fortune 500 is a Markmonitor et al client.

    If I remember correctly there is a huge ‘Adidas’ typo that has been WIPO-ed twice after recuperating the domain the company forgot to renew the domain …

    Go figure!

  3. Nat Cohen says

    This problem would probably have gone away on its own. Instead these 165 domains are going to be added to the official stats as evidence of widespread cybersquatting.

    The problem with cybersquatting is consumer confusion. But if no consumer ever sees a domain, even if it includes a TM, then is it cybersquatting?

    A domain version of ‘if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?’

  4. BrianWick says

    When I read the headline of this post – the first thing that came to mind – another hack squad of Chinese losers

  5. Domo Sapiens says

    Nat,
    To many “if’s”:)
    What do you propose? that companies do nothing? with respect of protecting their I.P.
    I understand “me thinks” you are implying it gives a black eye to the Domain Industry…

    Now imagine “if” 🙂 you will the problem compounded tmaximum exponential by the New gTLD upcoming Tsunami…

    Robert F.

  8. BrianWick says

    So Brands –
    So Gucci is only selling direct now ?
    or something like this:
    LordAndTaylor.Gucci
    Macys.Gucci

    utterly naïve and clueless
    Good God – I stay on these posts as a reminder of so many apparent right decisions I have taken over the last 15 .com years