The Complainant established its case and the Panel
transferred the Domain Names to the Complainant.
The complainant, the Canadian
Hockey Association (“CHA”), is the owner of both Canadian official
marks and a US trade-mark registration for HOCKEY CANADA.
Interestingly, and because this Asian-based web
site selling counterfeit merchandise provided fake WHOIS information belonging
to a Registrant in the United States, the Panel disregarded CHA’s Canadian official
marks, and rightfully held that its US trade-mark registration was sufficient to establish
rights.
The Complainant argued that the goods for sale on
the disputed domain were counterfeit, which the panel found was sufficient to
establish bad faith.
You can read the decision here.
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