Friday, October 19, 2018

#373 - bmwregina.ca - TRANSFER GRANTED

The Complainant owns the popular BMW family of trademarks, registered in Canada for use in association with vehicles among other goods and services.  The Registrant is a competing auto parts dealer that is using the website by reproducing the BMW design marks, and falsely suggesting a sponsorship or affiliation with the Complainant.

The Panel correctly held that the Domain was registered in bad faith because the web site was offering similar services to the Complainant.

You can read the decision here.

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