WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. Whoisguard Protected, Whoisguard, Inc. / VINCENT, ZESDORN
Case No. D2017-1226
1. ...Also, the Complainant registered many domain names consisting of the mark SONY, including the domain name , registered in 1989.
The disputed domain name incorporates the Complainant’s trademark SONY and the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.
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2017-08-15 - Case Details
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2001-05-14 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha, also trading as Sony Corporation
v. Richard Mandanice
Case No. D2004-1046
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Kabushiki Kaisha, also trading as Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, represented by Abelman Frayne & Schwab, United States of America.
...
2005-01-31 - Case Details
The SONY trademark has been registered worldwide by Sony Corporation including but not limited to the EU Office for Harmonisation in the Internal market on May 5, 1998, (No. 472) for inter alia apparatus and instruments for data communication. ...The Complainant avers it is licensed to use the SONY ERICSSON trademark worldwide.
The Complainant also claims that by reason of the extensive use promotion and advertising of the Sony Ericsson business by reference to the SONY ERICSSON mark in the UK, Europe and internationally, including in the Philippines, the Complainant is the proprietor of a substantial goodwill and reputation in the mark in the field of mobile telecommunications based services and has trademark rights in the mark SONY ERICSSON. ...
2006-10-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration
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PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha aka Sony Corporation v. A. Smith
Case No. D2006-0652
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Kabushiki Kaisha aka Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, represented by Abelman Frayne & Schwab, United States of America.
...The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality
and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules,
paragraph 7.
4. Factual Background
Sony Corporation owns over 400 trademark registrations
for the mark SONY or marks containing SONY in Japan, where Sony Corporation
is headquartered, over 50 registrations and applications for the mark SONY or
marks containing SONY in the United States, where the Registrar for the domain
name of the Respondent is located, and over 90 registrations for the mark SONY
or marks containing SONY in Hong Kong, where the Respondent purports to be located.
5. ...
2006-08-24 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation), Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. v. MCS Bulgaria 2003
Case No. D2009-1294
1. The Parties
The Complainants are Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) of Tokyo, Japan and Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. of Zaventem, Belgium, represented by SafeNames Ltd., United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
...
2009-11-23 - Case Details
세계지적재산권기구 중재조정 센터
행정패널 결정문
SONY CORPORATION 대 이춘희
사건번호: D2000-1587
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1. 당사자
신청인:
Sony Corporation
일본 동경시 시나가와구 키타시나가와 6-7-35번지(우편번호 141-0001)
대리인: Robert B. ...결정예정일은 절차규칙
제15조에 따라 행정패널이 구성된 날로부터 14일 즉 2001년 5월 15일로 통지되었다.
4. 사실관계
신청의 원인이 되는 상표는 “SONY”이고 신청인은 “SONY” 그 자체는 물론 “SONY”를 포함하는 많은 등록상표들을 소유, 사용하고 있다. 신청인은 “SONY” 상표를 최소한 1955년부터 사용하여 왔으며 미국에서는 1960년 10월 16일 최초로 등록되었다. ...
2001-05-29 - Case Details
投诉人在全球多个国家和地区注册有SONY商标，包括分别于2004年7月28日、1997年6月28日在中国注册的SONY和索尼商标，2009年1月2日在中国香港注册的索尼商标（见投诉书附件5）。
此外，投诉人在华全资子公司索尼（中国）有限公司和香港分公司索尼香港（Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited）分别拥有SONY商标为主要组成部分的域名, 和，并通过上述域名在中国内地和中国香港推广、销售SONY品牌系列产品（见投诉书附件7）。
...A.3. 争议域名属恶意注册和恶意使用；
- “sony”这一名称并非英文中的既有词汇，系臆造词，该商标一旦和投诉人企业产品或者服务结合起来显著性异常突出。经过投诉人多年的经营和推广，SONY商标已成为电子产品领域最具价值的品牌之一（见投诉书附件9）。被投诉人不可能不知道SONY商标的存在。
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2013-03-28 - Case Details
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (“Sony Inc.”) holds a trade mark for PLAYSTATION registered on November 12, 2013 with the U.S. ...Procedural Issue
The Complainant is named first as Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (“Sony Inc”) and then, for the remainder of the Complaint, as Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. ...
2014-12-16 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. WhoisGuard Protected, WhoisGuard, Inc. / David Grant
Case No. D2020-3162
1. The Parties
Complainant is Sony Corporation, Japan, represented by CSC Digital Brand Services Group AB, Sweden.
...Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Panel concludes that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the SONY trademark in which Complainant has rights.
The disputed domain name incorporates the SONY trademark in its entirety. ...
2021-02-01 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
İDARİ HAKEM KARARI
Sony Corporation v. Sadık Özsoy, Sistem İletişim Elektronik Gıda Taah. ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti.
Dava No. ...Aynı veya Karıştırılma İhtimali Yaratacak Kadar Benzer
İdari Hakem, ihtilaflı alan adlarının Şikayet Eden'in SONY markasıyla iltibas oluşturacak kadar benzerlik teşkil ettiği kanaatine varmıştır.
Öncelikle, Şikayet Eden, SONY markasının sahibi olduğunu kanıtlamıştır. ...
2018-01-30 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. sony.net
Case No. D2000-1074
1. The Parties
Complainant: Sony Kabushiki Kaisha
(t/a Sony Corporation)
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa, 6-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo, Japan
Respondent: sony.net
108-102 Seohan2apt
bokhyun2dong bukku
Taegu, 702-022
Korea
2. ...The "sony.net" domain name is therefore identical and confusingly similar to the mark SONY in which the Complainant has rights and is the owner thereof.
The Respondent has not been licensed, contracted or otherwise permitted by the Complainant in any way to use the mark SONY or to apply for any domain name incorporating the mark SONY. ...
2000-12-12 - Case Details
Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la OMPI
DECISIÓN DEL PANEL ADMINISTRATIVO
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. Heinz Windheim
Caso No. ...Dariusz Piedras,
Caso OMPI No. D2005-0553, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sony corporation, c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB v. ...
2008-02-25 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. Gerald Foley
Case No. ...Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Panel finds that the Complainants have rights in the marks SONY, ERICSSON and SONY ERICSSON. Specifically, the Third Complainant has registered rights in the mark SONY; the Second Complainant has registered rights in the mark ERICSSON; and the First Complainant has rights in all three marks – by licence from the Second and Third Complainants in the case of the marks SONY and ERICSSON, and by virtue of its own goodwill in the case of the mark SONY ERICSSON.
...
2009-01-15 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. Domain Admin, Privatewhois.biz
Case No. D2017-2341
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Gün & Partners, Turkey.
...The Panel notes the reputation and wide recognition of the Complainant’s trademark SONY. Due to its worldwide recognition (including in Turkey), the Panel accepts the SONY trademark as a well-known trademark. ...
2018-01-26 - Case Details
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MEDIATION CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Group Corporation v. Hulmiho Ukolen, Poste restante
Case No. D2023-3840
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Group Corporation, Japan, represented by CSC Digital Brand Services Group AB,
Sweden.
...Further, the Complainant
owns over 100 domain names that include the trademark SONY.
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The Complainant’s trademark SONY is well recognized and respected worldwide and across the industries it
operates in. ...
2023-11-21 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB v. Viacerta AB
Case No. DNU2006-0002
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, of Lund, Sweden, represented by Bevan Brittan LLP, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
...The two parts of the Complainant’s name are protected individually by
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and the Sony Corporation of Japan. Both the
SONY trademark and the ERICSSON trademark have been registered worldwide including
but not limited to the European Union. ...
2007-01-12 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. Whoisguard Protected, Whoisguard, Inc. / Samuel Mcknight
Case No. D2017-0794
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP, France.
...The Complainant is the owner, amongst others, of the following trademark registrations (Annex 10 to the Complaint):
- International Trademark registration No. 1194843 for SONY registered on March 29, 2012 covering all 45 international classes;
- Panama Trademark registration No. 7957 for SONY registered on August 19, 1963; and
- United States of America Trademark registration No. 770275 for SONY registered on May 26, 1964.
...
2017-07-05 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sony corporation, c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB v. ...DAE2006-0002
1. The Parties
The Complainants are Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB of Lund, Sweden, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson of Stockholm, Sweden c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, and Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, represented by Göhmann Wrede Haas Kappus & Hartmann of Germany (referred to collectively as “the Complainant” except as otherwise noted).
...
2006-11-14 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. Domain Admin, Privatewhois.biz
Case No. D2017-2342
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Gün & Partners, Turkey.
...The Panel notes the reputation and wide recognition of the Complainant’s trademark SONY. Due to its worldwide recognition (including in Turkey), the Panel accepts the SONY trademark as a well-known trademark. ...
2018-01-26 - Case Details