Woodway Engineering Ltd -v- Simpson [2004] DRS 1464 (9 February 2004)

Woodway Engineering Ltd -v- Simpson [2004] DRS 1464 (9 February 2004)

The complainant established rights in the name WOODWAY ENGINEERING, which is identical to the domain name, and the respondent's registration and use of the domain name was primarily to unfairly disrupt the complainant's business, constituting abusive registration.

Citation
[2004] DRS 1464
Parties
Complainant: Woodway Engineering Limited; Respondent: Bartholomew Simpson
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Judgment Date
09 February 2004
Procedural Posture
Domain Name Dispute / Expert Determination
Outcome
Complaint upheld
Legal Topics
Domain Name Disputes, Passing Off, Abusive Registration
Intellectual Property Information Technology Domain Name Disputes Passing Off Abusive Registration

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Parties

Woodway Engineering Limited

Complainant

Bartholomew Simpson

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Domain Name Dispute / Expert Determination

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the complainant has rights in a name or mark identical or similar to the domain name
  2. 2 Whether the domain name in the hands of the respondent is an abusive registration

Ratio Decidendi

The complainant established rights in the name WOODWAY ENGINEERING, which is identical to the domain name, and the respondent's registration and use of the domain name was primarily to unfairly disrupt the complainant's business, constituting abusive registration.

Court Disposition

Complaint upheld

Orders

  • The domain name woodway-engineering.co.uk is to be transferred to the complainant.