Between November 7, 2002, and November 11, 2002, the Respondent registered several other domain names incorporating trademarks of well-known Canadian financial institutions, namely the Canadian Bank of Commerce (also known as "CIBC" and "Banque Canadienne Imperiale de Commerce" in French) and Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife," also known as "Financiere Manuvie" in French). ...
2003-04-23 - Case Details
D2002-0285 (WIPO May 28, 2002) (holding in Turkish case that,
"while the Respondent is entitled to freely express his views . . . such
right does not extend to having a right to use the Complainant's trademark as
a domain name for the purposes of establishing a website to express such views");
Tridos Bank NV v. Dobbs, Case No. D2002-0776
(WIPO October 3, 2002) (even if English respondent has a genuine
grievance, it may not use English complainant's name without adornment as its
domain name).
...
2004-05-03 - Case Details
Notably, this agreement specifies neither the addresses or any other details in respect of the parties, bank accounts, etc., nor is any exhibit evidencing the rights of the transferor to the Domain Name attached it, as one would expect in such an agreement. ...
2008-02-15 - Case Details
The registration of the Domain Names also constitutes a “pattern of conduct” under the Policy (See Royal Bank of Canada v Henry Chan,
WIPO Case No. D2003-0031, where a pattern of conduct was found in circumstances where the respondent registered three domain names which were identical or confusingly similar to the complainant's trademarks, and Telstra Corporation Limited v. ...
2009-03-13 - Case Details
D2000-0210, and also for businessmen, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited v. Richard Brown,
WIPO Case No. D2008-0243, and for businessmen who have used their personal names in their company names, see R. ...
2009-08-11 - Case Details
Rons Porta Johns,
WIPO Case No. D2007-0952 (August 27, 2007); Associated Bank Corp. v. Texas International Property Associates,
WIPO Case No. D2007-0334 (June 28, 2007); Gerber Childrenswear Inc. v. ...
2008-08-12 - Case Details
The Complainant employed investigators in Hong Kong to visit the company in question and it transpired that its address was not at No 1301 Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong, as was said by the Respondent. Since no company by that name was located at that address, further investigations suggested that this company might be at No 3705 of those premises and not No 1301. ...
2010-02-12 - Case Details
Similarity between a domain name and a device mark which includes words or letters is a
readily accepted principle where the words or letters comprise a prominent part of the trademark in question
– see for example EFG Bank European Financial Group SA v Jacob Foundation WIPO Case
No. D2000-0036, and Sweeps Vacuum & Repair Centre, Inc. v Nett Corp. ...
2022-10-20 - Case Details
The Complaint explains that “the business, Battle Ground Family Practice, was founded by Jill Stansbury in the year 1989, also doing business as BATTLE GROUND HEALING ARTS.” The Complaint attaches copies of bank statements and tax records showing that Jill Stansbury previously operated the business as a sole proprietorship “DBA” (doing business as) “Battle Ground Healing Arts” in the town of Battle Ground, Washington, United States, practicing as a naturopathic physician and herbal apothecary. ...
2022-01-26 - Case Details
West, North (Nick Handle: JNMTOKTCQD),
Caso OMPI No. D2004-0182; y Lloyds TSB Bank PLC v. Daniel Carmel-Brown,
Caso OMPI No. D2008-1889.
5 El Demandado no proporciona mayor información respecto a dicha sociedad o su relación con ella.
6 Véase la sección 2.3 de la Sinopsis de las opiniones de los grupos de expertos de la OMPI sobre determinadas cuestiones relacionadas con la UDRP, segunda edición (la “Sinopsis”) (WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Second Edition) disponible en “www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/overview2.0/”.
7 Véase la definición del término “exclusivo” en la versión electrónica del Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Real Academia Española, disponible en “www.rae.es”.
8 Véase Aktiebolaget Electrolux v. ...
2015-04-10 - Case Details
The disputed domain name is confusingly
similar to the trademark LEGO, the mere inclusion of an additional letter, in
the present case the letter “s”, is not a distinctive feature and
the Complainant’s trademark is entirely contained in the disputed domain
name (apart from the precedent indicated in the Complaint, see also Compass
Bancshares, Inc., Compass Bank v. toptarget.com BV, WIPO
Case No. D2003-0387; Deutsche Telekom AG v. Vision Computer S.L.,
WIPO Case No. ...
2004-07-20 - Case Details
Express Ventures Ltd., NAF Case FA00030000094375 and Royal Bank of Canada v. Xross, eResolution case AF-0133.
The Respondent has convincingly demonstrated legitimacy in relation to the domain names incorporating GTA. ...
2005-01-05 - Case Details
La existencia de ciertos elementos en común ha sido tenida en cuenta por los
paneles para decidir que hay identidad o estrecha relación entre entidades que
sólo aparentemente son distintas entre sí. En el Caso
OMPI N° D2000-0750, DG Bank AG v. Xuhui, Dai, 4 de septiembre de 2000,
el panel concluyó que la entidad denominada “Pearl” y el demandado
no carecían de relación entre sí: ambas tenían la misma dirección postal, el
mismo número de teléfono y la misma dirección de correo electrónico, por lo
que concluyó que el demandado era idéntico a Pearl o estaba muy estrechamente
relacionado con Pearl. ...
2004-12-14 - Case Details
The Domain Names and Registrars
Domain Names:
The Registrars with which the Domain Names are registered are:
Network Solutions Inc:
Domain Bank Inc:
3. Procedural History
A Complaint was submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "WIPO Center") in hard copy and electronically on May 22, 2001, and June 13, 2001, respectively. ...
2001-10-11 - Case Details
AF-0096
(March 16, 2000); The Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Boris Kapachev, WIPO
Case No. D2000-1571 (January 15, 2001); Bayerishe Motoren Werke AG v. JMXTRADE.com
Selling Premium Domain, Case No. ...
2002-10-18 - Case Details
The designation The Trading Force was used by the TFL Group of Companies.
4.2.7 In the Handbook, TFL Defence Ltd is named as a part of the TFL Group of Companies, whose address is given as 4 Talina Centre, Bagley’s Lane.
4.2.8 That address is also given at the website located at the domain name in issue for both the Respondent Limited company and the TFL Group of Companies.
4.2.9 On April 30, 2002, the Explora Group Ltd ["Explora"] states that it "….acquired from the Receivers and Lloyds TSB Bank Limited all the legal and equitable rights and obligations […] previously owned by The Trading Force Ltd (in Administrative Receivership)…...
2003-01-13 - Case Details
AF-0096 (March 16, 2000); The Toronto-Dominion
Bank v. Boris Kapachev, WIPO Case No.
D2000-1571 (January 15, 2001); Bayerishe Motoren Werke AG v. JMXTRADE.com
Selling Premium Domain, WIPO Case No.
...
2003-01-24 - Case Details
Furthermore, the addition of the suffix “.net” or the suffix “.com” to the disputed domain names is for Internet registration purposes only, being a requirement of the domain naming system, and does not serve as a distinguishing feature for trademark purposes under the Policy. See The Bank of the Pacific v. Digi Real Estate Foundation,
WIPO Case No. D2006-1112; Columbia Insurance Company v. ...
2008-03-19 - Case Details
Seocho and Vladimir Snezko,
Caso OMPI No. D2001-1199; o Trustmark National Bank v. Henry Tsung,
Caso OMPI No. D2004-0274. Pues bien, todo parece indicar que este el caso del nombre de dominio , que aunque no es objeto del presente procedimiento, puede ser tenido en cuenta como elemento complementario para determinar la mala fe del Demandado.
...
2008-01-22 - Case Details
On that website Complainant expresses political and other opinions, and offers for sale a variety of products and services, including books, magazines, games, and links to merchandise such as a “survival seed bank”.
According to the Registrar's verification, Respondent is registrant of the disputed domain name. ...
2009-11-10 - Case Details