Reglikedomain industry desk

Yikes! No wonder this firm wanted a better domain

Firm that filed UDRP uses a truly awful domain name.

Often times a firm files a UDRP since they’re using an inferior domain to the one they want.

For example, cases are filed in which the complainant owns a .tv or .net domain and the respondent owns the .com. Of course, the reason the complainant originally registered the other domain was since the .com was by now taken.

That’s the case with a just-decided case for GameBreaker.com.

The domain owner registered the domain name back in 1999. The complainant claims its first rights to the GameBreaker mark in 2006. So obviously the complainant lost.

But wait until you hear what the complainant, The Gamebreaker Corp., Inc., uses for its web address. This wasn’t a matter of merely upgrade the top level domain.

r-u-a-gamebreaker.com

I seriously think I just threw up a bit in my mouth. That may be the worst domain name I’ve ever seen. Definitely bottom five.

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