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Certainly it's one basis for dispute (but only if it is trademarked): https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/

Bitvise are “passing off” which is a tort in English law https://harperjames.co.uk/article/passing-off/

extremely subjective. the damage of allowing schoolmarm types to determine laws based on what they think is parasitic or deceptive is more dangerous than the unambiguous and coherent concept of property. PuTTY owns https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ There are a number of strings in this domain that cause me great distress. Should I be allowed to seize their property?

What a ridiculous argument. Every project and company that has a trademark should be allowed to protect that, including by claiming domains clearly intended to appear associated with their trademark. Being offended by strings has nothing to do with that and it’s childish to try to derail the conversation like that.