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Cloudflare received a trademark infringement complaint regarding chaln.link
Cloudflare offers network service solutions including pass-through security services, a content distribution network (CDN), and registrar services. Due to the pass-through nature of our services, our IP addresses appear in WHOIS and DNS records for websites using Cloudflare, and Cloudflare cannot remove material from the Internet that is hosted by others.
The actual host for chaln.link are the following IP addresses. 142.132.217.232. Using the following command, you can confirm the site in question is hosted at that IP address: curl -v -H «Host: chaln.link» 142.132.217.232/
Below is the information we received:
Reporter’s Name: James Christopher
Trademark Holder’s Name:
Reporter’s Email Address: takedown2@takedownreporting.com
Reported URLs:
http://chaln.link
Original Work: Trademarked Symbol: CHAINLINK
Registration Number: 6348792
Registration Office: WIPO
Logs or Evidence of Abuse: We are the authorised representatives of Smart Contract. Chainlink Labs is the leading provider of secure and reliable open-source blockchain oracle solutions, enhancing smart contracts by connecting them to a wide range of off-chain data sources and computations, such as asset prices, web APIs, IoT devices, payment systems, and more. They have brought this domain to our attention. We believe you are the host of this domain. The above-mentioned URL is using naming conventions and logos infringing on the Chainlink’s trademark whose registration number is 6348792 (WIPO) providing hyperlink to a clone website which is creating a risk for the entity’s people, assets, customers, operations, and reputation.
Due to the suspicious substring match of the URL and webpage appearance ,it appears the domain is attempting to illegitimately impersonate our client Chainlink Labs. Please investigate and take appropriate action.
Comments:
Please address this issue with your customer.
Regards,
Cloudflare Trust & Safety
