Company says distributor failed to stop using its trademarks in domain names after it ended the relationship.
Connor Sport Court International (CSCI), the company behind the ubiquitous Sport Court sports flooring brand, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against a former distributor.
The company had an oral agreement with B.C. Sport Court Ltd. d/b/a BC Game Court, a Canadian company, to distribute its Sport Court Products.
According to the lawsuit, CSCI terminated that agreement after the distributor failed to pay what it owed.
But the distributor still uses the domain names bcsportcourt.com and sportcourtbc.com, the lawsuit alleges.
CSCI argues that the distributor must cease using the domain names since it is no longer a distributor.
The lawsuit asks that the domains be transferred to CSCI and that the distributor stop using the Sport Court trademarks on any website.
This type of dispute can’t be resolved with a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) filing. Because the domains weren’t originally registered in bad faith, only allegedly used in bad faith later, it doesn’t meet the UDRP’s “registered and used in bad faith” requirement.
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