{"id":22837,"date":"2024-11-08T07:47:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valloni.ch\/2024\/11\/08\/sports-domain-name-disputes\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T07:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:48:18","slug":"sports-domain-name-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valloni.ch\/de\/2024\/11\/08\/sports-domain-name-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"SPORTS DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22834\" src=\"https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/valloni.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Designerso-700x700.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The Internet is an integral part of modern life and, not least, commerce, and the registration of Internet addresses, \u2018domain names\u2019, is a common phenomenon in a wide range of activities, including sport. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Many sports organisations and well-known sportspersons have registered domain names and the corresponding websites, for sporting and other reasons, usually commercial ones. For example, FIFA, the World Governing Body of Association Football has registered &lt;fifa.com&gt; and Cristiano Ronaldo has registered his own domain name &lt;cristianoronaldo.com&gt; under which, amongst other things, he promotes his CR7 clothing line brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The world-wide reach and continuing importance of the Internet has led to the so-called practice of \u2018cybersquatting\u2019, that is, registering well-known individual, company and brand names, as domain names, with a view to selling them on at a profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In order to combat such activities, an administrative dispute resolution procedure was established under <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">he Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), which was adopted on 26 August 1999 by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Such cases are handled online, mainly by the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is a specialised Agency of the United Nations and based in Geneva. Such cases are decided by a single or a three-member Panel, who are appointed by WIPO, and their decisions must be implemented by the<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> Registrar of the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> Registry in which the disputed domain name is registered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">It is interesting to note that the first UDRP WIPO case, which was filed on 2 December 1999, involved the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the registration by a Californian resident of the domain name &lt;worldwrestlingfederation.com&gt;. The individual concerned, within three days of registration of this domain name, had offered to sell it to the WWF for a significant profit. The case resulted in its transfer to the WWF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Under the UDRP dispute resolution procedure, to qualify for cancellation or transfer of a disputed domain name, the Complainant must prove each of the following elements of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name(s).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In previous UDRP decisions, where the disputed domain name incorporates a complainant\u2019s registered trademark, this is sufficient to establish that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar for the purposes of the Policy. See <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Magnum Piering, Inc. v. The Mudjackers and Garwood S. Wilson, Sr.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">, WIPO Case No. D2000-1525. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In order to determine whether the Respondent (Registrant) has any rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name (paragraph 4(c) of the Policy), attention must be paid to any of the following circumstances, in particular, but without limitation: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8211; whether there is any evidence of the Respondent\u2019s use of, or demonstrable preparations to use, the disputed domain name or a name corresponding to the disputed domain name in connection with a <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>bona fide <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">offering of goods or services before any notice to the Respondent of the dispute; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8211; whether the Respondent (as an individual, business, or other organization) has been commonly known by the disputed domain name, even if the Respondent has acquired no trademark or service mark rights; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8211; whether the Respondent is making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name, without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Regarding the bad faith requirement, paragraph 4(b) of the Policy lists four examples of acts, which constitute <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>prima facie <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">evidence of bad faith. However, this list is not exhaustive, but merely illustrative. See <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Nova Banka v. Iris<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">, WIPO Case No. D2003-0366. For example, the disputed domain name was registered primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The failure of the Respondent to answer the Complaint or take any part in the procedure, is a further example of bad faith on the part of the Respondent. See <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v. (This Domain is For Sale) Joshuathan Investments, Inc.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">, WIPO Case No. D2002-0787. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The UDRP dispute resolution procedure is speedy and inexpensive, compared with Court proceedings, and has been extensively used over the years to settle \u2018cybersquatting\u2019 disputes. In fact, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has handled over 67,000 such disputes, involving parties from 185 countries and over 120,000 domain names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The Panel is required to issue its decision within 14 days of being appointed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The costs of the WIPO UDRP domain name dispute resolution procedure are: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">For cases involving 1-5 domain names with a single member Panel: US$1,500 (around Sw. Frs. 1,310); and with a three-member Panel: US$4,000 (around Sw. Frs. 3,492). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">For cases involving 6-10 domain names with a single member Panel: US$2,000 (around Sw. Frs. 1,746); and with a three-member Panel: US$5,000 (around Sw. Frs. 4,364).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>We advise on and handle WIPO sports domain name disputes and further information may be obtained from our International Sports Law Consultant, Ian Blackshaw, who is a WIPO Panellist, by emailing him at: \u2018<a href=\"mailto:blackshaw@valloni.ch\">blackshaw@valloni.ch<\/a>\u2019.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #467886;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/amc\/en\/domains\/guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/amc\/en\/domains\/guide\/<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet is an integral part of modern life and, not least, commerce, and the registration of Internet addresses, \u2018domain names\u2019, is a common phenomenon in a wide range of activities, including sport. 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