ARBITRATION
AND
MEDIATION CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Group Corporation (also known as Sony Group Kabushiki Kaisha and
formerly known as Sony Corporation and Sony Kabushiki Kaisha) / Sony
Pictures Entertainment Inc. / Sony Corporation of America / Culver Max
Entertainment Private Limited (formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks
India Private Limited) v. ...D2023-1438
1. The Parties
The Complainants are Sony Group Corporation (also known as Sony Group Kabushiki Kaisha and formerly
known as Sony Corporation and Sony Kabushiki Kaisha), Japan / Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., United
States of America (“U.S.”) / Sony Corporation of America, U.S. / Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
(formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited), U.S., represented by the GigaLaw Firm,
Douglas M. ...
2023-06-02 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha also trading as Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Salvatore Vetro
Case No. D2001-0575
1. The Parties
The Complainants are: Sony Kabuishiki Kaisha, a Japanese corporation with its principal place of business at 6-7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001, Japan; and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., a Japanese corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony, with its principal place of business at 1-1, Akasaka 7-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan. ...
2001-07-27 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. DNS Administrator, Sadecehosting.Com Internet Hizmetleri San Tic Ltd Sti
Case No. ...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
WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB v. Chai, Sen
Case No. DCC2006-0003
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, of North Carolina, United States of America, represented by Bevan Brittan, LLP, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
...Respondent
The Respondent states that he is a user of Sony Ericsson mobile phones. His original intention was to create a “fan” site for Sony Ericsson mobile phones but that never materialized. ...
2007-01-08 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha a/t/a Sony Corporation and Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. v. Polytech Group Incorporated, SW E-Solutions Ltd. and Alex
Banh
Case No. D2001-0536
1. The Parties
Complainants: Sony Kabushiki Kaisha
also trading as Sony Corporation
6-7-35, Kitashinagawa, 6-chome,
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo, Japan
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
1-1, Akasaka 7-chome Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 107-0052 Japan
Respondents: Polytech Group Incorporated
The Creque Building
Upper Main Street (P.O. ...
2001-06-15 - Case Details
특히, 신청인은 분쟁도메인이름이 “Philips”와 동일한 문자를 포함하고 있기 때문에 분쟁도메인이름이 “Philips”와 혼동될 가능성이 있고, 분쟁도메인이름이 "Sony" 또는 "Samsung"과 결합되어 있기 때문에 분쟁도메인이름은 신청인이 "Sony" 또는 ‘삼성’과 협력업체라고 오인하게 한다고 주장한다.
도메인이름에 관한 피신청인의 권리 또는 정당한 이익
신청인은 피신청인이 분쟁도메인이름에 대해서 아무런 권리나 이익이 없다고 주장한다. ...피신청인의 주장
도메인이름과 상표와의 동일·유사성
피신청인은 분쟁도메인이름에 신청인보유상표와 동일한 문자가 포함되어 있다는 점을 부인하지는 않지만, 분쟁도메인이름이 "Sony" 또는 "Samsung"과 같은 문자도 포함하고 있음을 강조한다.
도메인이름에 관한 피신청인의 권리 또는 정당한 이익
피신청인은 분쟁도메인이름의 등록만으로 신청인의 상표권을 침해한 것은 아니라는 점을 강조하면서, 분쟁도메인이름에 신청인보유의 상표와 동일한 문자 뿐만 아니라 "Sony" 또는 "Samsung"과 같은 문자도 포함되어 있기 때문에, 신청인 뿐만 아니라 "Sony" 또는 "Samsung"도 분쟁도메인이름에 대해서 동등한 권리 또는 정당한 이익을 가지고 있다고 주장한다.
...
2001-05-14 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB v. El Shoval
Case No. D2009-0088
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.
...Factual Background
The Complainant (hereinafter referred to as the Complainant and/or Sony Ericsson) is a joint venture between Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson incorporated in Sweden and the Sony Corporation of Japan. ...
2009-03-25 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sony Corporation v. ...D2002-1128
1. The Parties
The Complainants are (1) Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB, c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., c/o Eileen C. ...
2003-02-06 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson , Sony Corporation v. Host Master
Case No. D2006-1569
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB, Lund, Sweden; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden; and Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, represented by Göhmann Wrede Haas Kappus & Hartmann, Germany.
...
2007-04-16 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Corporation v. Pavlicevic Marko
Case No. DME2013-0005
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Jonas Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH, Germany (hereinafter “Complainant”).
...Panels have recognized that the SONY mark is a well-known mark throughout the world. See, e.g., Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. sony.net,
WIPO Case No. ...
2013-06-19 - Case Details
ARBITRATION
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MEDIATION CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Group Corporation v. Berry Lamy, Happy Homes Florida Real Estate
LLC
Case No. D2024-1745
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Group Corporation, Japan, represented by MarkMonitor, United States of America
(“United States” or “US”).
...
2024-06-28 - Case Details
Centre d’arbitrage et de médiation de l’OMPI
DÉCISION DE LA COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE
Sony Pictures Television Production France et CPT Holdings Inc. (exerçant sous l’enseigne “Columbia TriStar International Television”) contre Pierre Thomas / FREECADRE Informatique
Litige No. ...Les faits
Les Requérants sont la société de droit français Sony Pictures Television Production France, d’une part, et la société de droit américain CPT Holdings Inc. ...
2013-11-01 - Case Details
Además el Demandante trae
a colación la decisión dictada en el marco de la Política Uniforme de solución
de controversias en materia de nombres de dominio (Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
International AB, Sony Corporation, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Dariusz
Pietras, Caso OMPI Nº. D2005-0553)
referida al nombre de dominio <sony-ericsson.org> en cuyo apartado 6.3
se reconoció a la marca SONY ERICSSON la cualidad de marca famosa y notoria.
...
2007-01-04 - Case Details
Diabetes Home Care, Inc. and DHC Services, WIPO
Case No. D2001-0174; Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading
as Sony Corporation) v. Kil Inja, WIPO
Case No. D2000-1409 and America Online, Inc. v. Chris Hoffman, WIPO
Case No. D2001-1184.
This Panel agrees with the Sony panel in that, mutatis mtandis:
“Each of the nineteen disputed domain names contains the whole of the complainant’s registered trademark SONY. ...
2005-10-28 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Kabushiki Kaisha v. Damian Macafee/QTK Internet/
Name Proxy/Private Registration
Case No. D2009-1134
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Kabushiki Kaisha, t/a Sony Corporation (“Sony”) of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Arnold & Porter, United Kingdom.
...
2009-10-21 - Case Details
D2011-1390 (transferring the domain name , which was comprised of a combination of two of Apple’s trademarks (APPLE and IPOD)); Sony Kabushiki Kaisha also trading as Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Salvatore Vetro,
WIPO Case No. ...D2000-0135 et al”). See also Sony Kabushiki Kaisha also trading as Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Salvatore Vetro, supra).
...
2017-05-29 - Case Details
The bad faith of the Respondent is established by the following elements:
- The "ZEGNA" trademarks are well-known thus the Respondent could
not ignore the existence of these well-known trademarks at the time of registering
the domain name (see: Sony Kabushifi Kaisha also trading
as Sony Corporation v. Sin, Eonmok WIPO
case No. D2000-1007; Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin v. ...Consequently, the panel considers that the Respondent registered
the domain name for the purpose of selling. (see Sony kabushiki Kaisha aka
Sony Corporation v. Salvatore Vetro WIPO
case No. D2001-0575).
- There is no doubt that the Respondent make it a pratice to register domain
names which infringe well-known trademarks since he registered several other
domain names including well-known trademarks such as: ,
; (see Julia Roberts
v. ...
2003-08-06 - Case Details
Discussion and Findings
To prevail on its Complaint, Complainant must prove: (i) The Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to the trademark; (ii) Respondent has no right or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name; and (iii) the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. Sony Kabushiki Kaisha aka Sony Corporation v. Sony Holland,
WIPO Case No. D2008-1025.
To prevail on its reverse domain name hijacking claim, Respondent must show that “the complainant knew of the respondent's unassailable rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name or the clear lack of bad faith registration and use, and nevertheless brought the complaint in bad faith.” Sony Kabushiki Kaisha aka Sony Corp. v. Sony Holland, supra (citing Sydney Opera House Trust v. Trilynx Pty. ...
2011-08-04 - Case Details
ARBITRATION
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MEDIATION CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited v. Randy McNeil
Case No. D2023-3255
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, United Kingdom, represented by IP
Twins, France.
...The Panel accepts the Complainant’s evidence
and claim for reputation of its PLAYSTATION trademark and concurs with the UDRP panels in Sony
Computer Entertainment America LLC v. John Chiu, WIPO Case No. DCO2014-0027, and Sony Interactive
Entertainment Inc. v. ...
2023-10-12 - Case Details
Decisions involving other domain names combining coined trademarked terms and other non-descriptive or associative elements have similarly found that the domain names could not have been registered in good faith because they could not avoid creating a false impression of association with the trademarks and complainants involved. See, e.g., Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Sony Corporation) v. Inja, Kil,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1409 (finding that “it is inconceivable that the respondent could make any active use of the disputed domain names without creating a false impression of association with the complainant”, describing the name SONY as “a coined word, having no meaning other than as a trademark denoting the goods and services of the complainant” in a decision involving multiple domain names which combined the complainant’s SONY trademark with associative words such as “securities”, “model”, “present”, and “stock”).
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2011-07-11 - Case Details