Tucows Fights off Car Dealership |
| Published: February 28, 2008, 2:03 pm |
| Tags: domain registrars, policy amp 038 law, tucows, udrp |
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Tucows wins UDRP decision for Batchelor.com. Advertisement Domain registrar Tucows has successfully defended against an arbitration proceeding over the domain name Batchelor.com, which the registrar acquired with its NetIdentity purchase. NetIdentity holds nearly 40,000 surnames and offers email addresses at those names, such as tom@lastname.com. The complaint was filed by Ken Batchelor Cadillac Company, a car dealership in San Antonio, Texas. The National Arbitration Forum panel determined that Batchelor Cadillac did not establish rights in the mark “Batchelor”. Establishment of rights to the mark is one of three requirements to win a UDRP. The complainant must also show that the registrant had no rights or legitimate interest in the name and the domain was been registered in bad faith. The panel did not weigh in on the latter two because of the lack of trademark. Bill Sweetman, General Manager, Domain Portfolio at Tucows, said he was surprised this case was [ Full article ] |
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