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Restaurant chain settles lawsuit with domain investor — Korean chicken

Restaurant chain settles lawsuit with domain investor — Korean chicken

Firm had tried to secure a domain through a UDRP, only to be hit with a lawsuit.

Screenshot for Mom's Touch chicken and burger restaurant website

Korean fast food chain Mom’s Touch has settled a lawsuit domain name investor GNO, Inc. (Gregg Ostrick) filed against it.

Mom’s Touch’s parent firm, Haimarrow Food Service, Co., Ltd, filed a UDRP with Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre in August 2020 against GNO’s domain MomsTouch.com.

GNO filed a lawsuit in Colorado court (where the domain registrar is located) ahead of the UDRP was decided. GNO asked for declaratory relief and a finding of reverse domain name hijacking.

GNO recently filed a notice of settlement discussions and followed up with a notice of dismissal this stretch.

The Whois record for MomsTouch.com changed on March 2 when the domain name was transferred from Name.com to GoDaddy.com. This suggests that part of the settlement involved the chicken restaurant chain acquiring the domain from GNO.

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