Red Bull wins domain dispute
April 23, 2008 | Author: Editor | Filed under: Cybersquatting
According to Out-Law.com Red Bull has won the domain dispute against Carl Gamel who was in posession of the domain name “redbullsucks.com”.
He has been ordered to hand it over to Red Bull. He has claimed that his intention was to warn other people of the dangers of engergy drinks but was found to be publishing a site promoting a rival drink.
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s arbitration and mediation centre ruled on the domain under its uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) which protects trade mark rights holders against bad faith users of domain names which are identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark.
The panel found that Gamel did not have a legitimate interest in the domain because his site was not a site of legitimate criticism but one trying to sell a rival product.
The panel ordered that the domain has to be transfered to Red Bull.
More on: http://out-law.com/page-9063
