Client: Sanofi ( Paris, France )
Result: Sanofi found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Reference: https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2022/d2022-1610.pdf
Selarl Marchais & Associés, based in Paris, France, represented Sanofi in the pharmaceutical company’s effort to take the domain initiv.com from its current owner. A single-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization handed up the ruling of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on July 23, 2022. In writing his decision, panelist Adam Taylor specifically singled-out the “representatives” of Sanofi for composing a misleading filing.