…but he didn’t use the “four letter acronym domain has value” defense.
The owner of the four letter domain name NBAZ.xyz has successfully defended a cybersquatting complaint filed by National Bank of Arizona.
This is notable for a couple reasons.
First, some people in China are not defending their domain names in disputes, and this is creating a bad precedent. In this case, the owner did defend his domain name.
Second, the respondent did not use the “four letter acronym having value” defense. Instead, he said he had no knowledge of the bank in Arizona because he is in China, and that he had plans for the domain.
Panelist Douglas Clark denied the UDRP because he said there was no evidence that the domain was registered in bad faith. However, he said the complainant could file another UDRP should evidence come to light.
Mike G says
Amazing (and disturbing) is’nt it, that although “A” Company cannot get a Trade Mark that covers ALL Classes of Goods & Services in ALL Countries, WIPO et al panelists seem to think that these complainants are entitled to rights AKIN to that !!. Totally outrageous. Yes, IF someone is using a domain in clear breach of a trade mark rights THEN fine,but many simply are not. Imagine if people were allowed to own the entire worldwide rights for names in every class of goods and services. No names would be left for anyone.
David Yang (@davidnyang) says
That’s funny.
I believer the main motivation that the owner did fight against the complaint was sourcing from a nil-costing campaign.