Case Number: D2013-1238
Complainant: Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon India
Represented by: In-house council
WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2013-1238
Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon, India has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the UDRP it filed on the domain name corediagnostics.com by a one member WIPO panel.
Core Diangostics was represented by in-house council.
Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel:
The Complainant first started business in 2011.
It registered its trademarks in 2012.
The Respondent registered the disputed domain name in 2001 and has been using it since then to promote various medical diagnostic products.
“The Respondent notes that he registered the disputed domain name in 2001, and has been using it since then to promote various medical diagnostic products, while the Complainant started its business in 2011 and first applied for its trademark in 2012. ”
“Because the Respondent’s registration of the disputed domain name predates the Complainant’s mark, the Panel finds that the Respondent could not have registered the disputed domain name in bad faith.” …
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