Since its launch in 2009, WhatsApp has become one of the fastest growing and one of the most popular mobile applications in the world, with over 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide (as of October 2018). Consistently being ranked amongst Apple iTunes’ 25 most popular free mobile applications and Tech Radar’s Best Android Apps, WhatsApp was the fourth most downloaded application worldwide as per App Annie’s Top Apps Worldwide Rankings in 2018.
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2019-07-03 - Case Details
Amongst other things, it has registered trademarks:
(a) Community Trademark No. 002275022 for YORKTEST for a range of goods and services in International Classes 5, 10 and 42, which was registered on October 7, 2002;
(b) Community Trademark No. 002440964 for the YORKTEST logo (the letter ‘O’ takes the form of a heart shaped apple) for a range of goods and services in International Classes 5, 10 and 42, which was registered on November 6, 2002;
(c) International Trademark No. 1043079 for YORKTEST for a range of goods and services in International Classes 5, 10, 16, 42 and 44 designating numerous countries including Turkey, which was registered on March 8, 2010; and
(d) Turkish Trademark No 201208646 for YORKTEST for a range of goods and services in International Classes 16 and 42, which was registered on August 22, 2014.
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2015-04-29 - Case Details
The mobile application is available for download through the Apple iTunes App Store and Google Play Store. The POPMONEY trademark is featured on the websites of its clients on which the Complainant’s services are available.
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2015-04-23 - Case Details
This transfer is ordered without prejudice to any rights that might be asserted by Apple Inc. with regard to the domain names and .
Brigitte Joppich
Sole Panelist
Date: June 14, 2013...
2013-06-24 - Case Details
The Complainant states that the Parties' respective apps are offered on the iTunes Apple Store side by side and comments that the notation of "HomeWhiz" with a capital "W" on the second word element is identical. ...
2016-08-17 - Case Details
Particularly, eight cases concern disputes relating to pay-per-click or parking pages and six of them have found against the Respondent for similar instances of unjustified domain name registration. (See Apple, Inc. v. WhoIs Privacy Services Pty Ltd. / Stanley Pace / Shahamat / Kent Mansley / Phoebe Aoe / Tammy Caffey / Staci Michele / Layne Fletcher / Hiroko Tadano / Keith Besterson / Andrew Devon,
WIPO Case No. ...
2015-12-15 - Case Details
The Complainant produces OEM products for some of the leading brand owners including Apple, Bosch, Huawei, Hyundai, Panasonic and Samsung. The NXP trade mark is used in connection with its High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard products for applications in cars, security and the Internet of Things. ...
2017-05-02 - Case Details
This now opens to an active website headed ANC Communication Group with a logo of an apple. Apart from the trading name and several key headings, the site is in Chinese. The website "ancasta.net" cannot be opened.
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2001-05-01 - Case Details
The trademark identifies several Venezuelan soft drinks with kola, orange, apple, grape and pineapple flavors.
The mark is also registered by Golden Cup, Sabores y Marcas, C.A. for services of the class 42. ...
2001-03-09 - Case Details
Additionally, though there are exceptions, stronger trademarks tend to be those that are not descriptive of the product or service in relation with which they are used, even when they are composed of existing words (e.g. “Apple” for computers).
There is no evidence to decide in favor of the Respondent
under subparagraph 4(c)(ii). ...
2004-11-05 - Case Details
Where, however, they are trademarks, even though they may also be generic in a different context from that for which they are registered and/or used, (for example the term "apple" should it be used in with respect to a web site offering fruit, namely apples, is in all likelihood, generic), nevertheless, given the reputation of those marks in another field with which the mark is associated and where the mark is clearly not generic, then the intentional registration and use of the misspelled word or words (for example ) clearly manifests an intent to capitalize on the mark and constitutes bad faith under the Policy. ...
2003-01-29 - Case Details
Forum LLC, NAF Case No. 473209 (June 21, 2005) (finding that the respondent’s use of the , a domain name which is confusingly similar to the complainant’s APPLE VACATIONS mark, to redirect Internet users to third party commercial websites featuring travel services in direct competition with the complainant’s travel business is not a bona fide offering of goods and service or a legitimate non-commercial or fair use);
(h) Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police v, Forum LLC, NAF Claim No. 493393 (July 28, 2005) (finding that the respondent’s use of the domain name in connection with a website that provides links to businesses that compete with the complainant, search engines and pop-up advertising for which the respondent presumably receives compensation, is not a bona fide offering of goods and services nor a legitimate non-commercial or fair use);
(i) East Kentucky Network LLC v. ...
2005-12-05 - Case Details
Consumers are given the
option to pay for their purchase using PayPal, CashApp, Apple Pay, or Bitcoin. It is a concern for
Complainant that Respondent is merely trying to collect consumers’ personal identifying information,
including payment information, and either provide counterfeit products or no products at all. ...
2022-07-28 - Case Details
The purpose of its website is to assist customers in obtaining
a free D-U-N-S number from the Complainant which they will need when registering as an Apple Developer
and with the FDA.3 Accordingly, the Respondent is using the disputed domain name in connection with a
bona fide offering of goods and services and it is not misleading customers nor tarnishing the Complainant’s
trade mark. ...
2022-11-17 - Case Details
The application has been downloaded by more than 500 million users in Google Play, and is ranked as “#1 in Entertainment” in the Apple Store and “#3 in Social” in Amazon.
The official website of the Complainant for its TikTok platform is located at the domain name . ...
2021-01-15 - Case Details
The Complainant’s processors are used as the main central processing unit (“CPU”) for most mobile telephones, including those manufactured by Apple, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung, as well for other widely‑used devices including laptops, tablets, televisions, and other electronic products. ...
2021-07-01 - Case Details
The Complainant has sold over 180 billion products under its ARM brand, which includes processors used as the central processing unit for mobile telephones manufactured by Apple, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung.
The Complainant owns numerous trade mark registrations for the ARM mark in various jurisdictions, including the following:
Jurisdiction
Mark
Registration No.
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2021-07-29 - Case Details
The Complainant consistently has placed among the “top” apps for mobile devices, receiving numerous awards including “App of the Year” from Apple Inc. in 2011. The Complainant was ranked 19th in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands in 2020.
The Complainant owns trademark registrations for INSTAGRAM in multiple jurisdictions, including:
- United States Registration No. 4146057, filed on September 19, 2011, and registered on May 22, 2012 (first use in commerce October 6, 2010);
- European Union Trademark Registration No. 014493886, filed on August 20, 2015, and registered on December 24, 2015;
-International Trademark Registration No. 1129314, date of registration March 15, 2012 (designating multiple contracting parties);1
The Complainant also is the registrant of a numerous domain names reflecting the INSTAGRAM mark.
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2021-06-02 - Case Details
It is well established that such use cannot constitute a bona fide offering of goods of services, or a noncommercial or fair use under paragraph 4(c) (see The Coryn Group, Inc., Apple Vacations West, Inc. v. V.S. International,
WIPO Case No. D2003-0664).
The Complainant has established a strong prima facie case that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain names and as the Respondent did not submit a response, it has been unable to rebut the prima facie case established by the Complainant.
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2009-05-20 - Case Details
Reference is also made to the decision in The Coryn Group, Inc., Apple Vacations West, Inc. v. V.S. International,
WIPO Case No. D2003-0664, which is said to be authority for the proposition that the registration of a domain name that intentionally misspells another's domain name does not provide a right or legitimate interest.
5.3 The Complainant contends that bad faith registration and use is evidenced by the fact that the Domain Name was registered “years after” the Complainant started to use “its TENNIS WAREHOUSE” marks. ...
2008-10-02 - Case Details