Monday, January 30, 2012
CDRP SUMMARY #177 - TWENGA v. privacy protected
The Complainant established its case and the panelist therefore directed
the transfer of twenga.ca to the Complainant. The private registrant
(the first-ever CDRP decision with a
privacy-protected identity) did not respond to the Complaint. The
registration for the trade-mark TWENGA occurred after the registration
date of the Domain Name in dispute. Although no evidence of prior use
of the trade-mark (prior to the date of registration of the Domain Name)
was filed, the panelist found the Complainant had rights in the Mark
based on the Mark’s application date. This case will assist
rights-holders given the panelist’s broad reading of the phrase “rights
in the Mark”
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