The extraordinary sales success of VESPA products throughout the world has determined the huge renown of trademark VESPA, which is still increasing: the trademark VESPA should therefore be considered as renowned in accordance with art. 6.bis of the Paris Convention. ...The Panel notes, from the documentation attached to the Complaint, that the Internet section dedicated to the VESPA scooter is called VINTAGE VESPA and not VESPA VINTAGE as mentioned in the Complaint. Also the U.S. and Canadian applications, mentioned in the Complaint, refer to the trademark VINTAGE VESPA and not VESPA VINTAGE. ...
2001-10-29 - Case Details
Since November 2002, the Respondent has operated an authorized VESPA dealership in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City under the name Vespa Soho (“Vespa Soho Dealership”). ...Second, the Complainants further argue that, while they granted the Respondent a limited non-exclusive license to use the VESPA mark in connection with the Soho VESPA dealership, the Respondent was not authorized to use the VESPA mark in domain names. ...
2009-02-24 - Case Details
In the July e-mail, Respondent stated that “[t]he word Vespa is the Italian word for Wasp and it pertains to the Vintage Vespa model scooters many of the people in our scooter club ride. ...Identical or Confusingly Similar
Complainants own the federally-registered VESPA mark,
providing them with federal rights under the Lanham Act. The Disputed Domain
Names literally incorporate the VESPA mark and were registered several years
after Complainants began using and obtained a federal trademark registration
for the VESPA mark. ...
2005-02-09 - Case Details
The Complainant is owner of the following trademark registrations (non-exhaustive list) (“VESPA
Trademarks”):
International Trademark Registration VESPA (verbal) No. 437943, registered on April 20, 1978;
International Trademark Registration VESPA (verbal) No. 656992, registered on June 11, 1996; and
European Union Trademark Registration VESPA (verbal) No. 008938458, registered on August 24, 2010.
...Notably, the Complainant contends that the disputed domain name entirely incorporates the Complainant’s
VESPA Trademarks and the mere addition of the generic terms “by”, “the”, and “sea” are insufficient to
distinguish the disputed domain name from the VESPA Trademarks. ...
2024-10-08 - Case Details
Factual Background
Complainants are, respectively, the owner of the VESPA mark and the exclusive licensee of the VESPA mark in the United States. Complainants manufacture the world famous VESPA scooter. ...Respondent appears to have never been licensed to use the VESPA mark, has never conducted a bona fide business under the VESPA mark, and has never been known by the disputed domain name.
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2009-04-06 - Case Details
As of June 3, 2012, the 2nd Respondent was also the registrant of , <vespa-us.com>, , , , , , , and , all of which resolved to parking websites (Annexes to the Amendment to the Complaint).
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2012-08-09 - Case Details