The Complainant did not establish its case and the panelist
therefore dismissed the petdepot.ca complaint.
The registrant (Anna Sparkles) did not respond to the
Complaint. The Complainant registered its PET DEPOT trade-mark in Canada in
2009. The Domain Name was registered on May 27, 2004. The Panellist commented that there was no
evidence submitted to support the Complainant`s position that it used the PET
DEPOT trade-mark in Canada prior to May 27, 2004 (but for bald allegations in the complaint, which were given little or no weight). The Complainant conceded that
the Registrant had used the petdepot.ca Domain Name, conducted business and
made sales between 2004 and 2010. The Complainant therefore failed to register (or
even file) its trade-mark prior to the Registrant`s potentially legitimate and
rightful use of the petdepot.ca Domain Name.
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