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Airline company claims rights over tacaairlines.com domain name

In a complaint at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,Taca International Airlines requested rights over the domain name tacaairline.com.

The company has been using its "taca" mark since 1931 and registered it in 1999,and it owns numerous trademark registrations,included "taca" in the U.S.,where the respondent,Kevin Daste,is located.
 "The disputed domain name is derivative and virtually identical to the Complainant’s TACA Marks, which have become famous in their field due to their long, continuous use and have been incontestable in the U.S. since 2005. The disputed domain name contains the Complainant’s name in its entirety. Furthermore, the Complainant contends that adding “airlines” or any (other) prefix, suffix, hyphen or generic word to a distinctive trademark owner’s domain name is not enough to avoid confusing similarity."
Then,the airline company,represented by Law Offices of Jean S. Perwin added that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith.
After having proved all the elements ,the Panel decided that tacaairlines.com to be transfered to the complainant.

 

 

 
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