Go Web Producao de Paginas Internet LDA v Global Publications Ltd [2009] DRS 6473 (8 January 2009)

Go Web Producao de Paginas Internet LDA v Global Publications Ltd [2009] DRS 6473 (8 January 2009)

The complainant failed to provide sufficient evidence of reputation, targeting, or confusion, and the domain name was registered before the complainant's trade mark application. The registration was not found to be abusive.

Citation
[2009] DRS 6473
Parties
Complainant: Go Web – Produção de Paginas Internet Lda; Respondent: Global Publications Limited
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Judgment Date
08 January 2009
Procedural Posture
Domain Name Dispute / Decision of Independent Expert
Outcome
complaint refused
Legal Topics
Domain Name Disputes, Trade Marks, Abusive Registration
Intellectual Property Internet Law Domain Name Disputes Trade Marks Abusive Registration

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Parties

Go Web – Produção de Paginas Internet Lda

Complainant

Global Publications Limited

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Domain Name Dispute / Decision of Independent Expert

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 registration is abusive

Ratio Decidendi

The complainant failed to provide sufficient evidence of reputation, targeting, or confusion, and the domain name was registered before the complainant's trade mark application. The registration was not found to be abusive.

Court Disposition

complaint refused

Orders

  • request for transfer of the domain name goweb.co.uk is refused